WASHINGTON, May 19 (UPI) -- Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, in a Senate hearing Tuesday, refused to rule out payments to convicted Jan. 6, 2021, rioters and Jeffrey Epstein-related sexual abuse perpetrators as part of the Justice Department's controversial $1.776 billion fund.

This new "Anti-Weaponization Fund," announced by the department Monday, was created to compensate President Donald Trump's allies who say they were unfairly targe...

After 13 hours of discussion, the Saeima, Latvia’s parliament, voted last autumn to withdraw from Europe’s leading human rights treaty for preventing and combatting gender violence – the Istanbul Convention.

Immediately following what many Latvians described as a sudden and shocking decision, thousands of protesters poured into the streets of Riga to express their anger and frustration.

The opposition parties that spearheaded this vote included the National Alliance, For Stability! and Latvia...

Americans knew about his bankruptcies, lawsuits, and failed ventures. They knew the stories — some read them, others heard them, and many were told a version of him that was never real. For decades, his failures were hidden, excused, or repackaged as victories. He has never been the powerhouse he claimed to be; he has simply been protected by those who benefited from the myth. Now the illusion has collapsed, and the consequences are national — and global. Allies question America’s reliability. A...

CHICAGO — Even with the Department of Homeland Security partially shut down and aggressive immigration campaigns apparently on hold, state and Chicago leaders are looking for ways to ensure safer policing, accountability and transparency in immigration enforcement.
The White House and Democratic leaders missed a Feb. 14 deadline to fund DHS, as Democrats sought revisions to immigration enforcement after the killing of Alex Pretti and Renee Good last month in Minneapolis. Democrats published a li...

SPRINGFIELD — For the first time in five years, certain forms of student loan forgiveness will be taxable following a change in federal tax policy this year.
This comes after a provision of the American Rescue Plan Act expired Dec. 31. That measure, signed into law in 2021 by former President Joe Biden, temporarily excluded student loan debt from federal income taxes.
And those tax implications could extend to Illinois state taxes as well unless lawmakers act.
President Donald Trump’s “One Big B...