Left: Justice Brett Kavanaugh speaks at a panel at the Eighth Circuit Court Judicial Conference on Thursday, July 31, 2025, in Kansas City, Missouri (AP Photo/Nick Ingram). Right: Board of Governors member Lisa Cook, right, listen during an open meeting of the Board of Governors at the Federal Reserve, June 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP…
Category: Law & Crime
Little Sisters of the Poor Still Fighting the Obamacare Abortion Mandate
They say that no good deed goes unpunished. There’s even a song called “No Good Deed” in a hit Broadway musical. If anyone ever had a reason to say that, it would be the Little Sisters of the Poor. Free exercise of religion may be a fundamental right in America, but they’ve been fighting for…
Judge Nixes Request to Lower Barry Morphew’s $3 Million Bond
A Colorado judge on Tuesday denied a request from accused wife killer Barry Morphew to lower his bond from $3 million to $500,000, but she did change the requirements of the bond to make it slightly easier for him to get out of jail until his trial. District Court Judge Amanda Hopkins changed Morphew’s bond…
‘Smoke filled the vehicle’: Dad caught ‘hot-boxing’ car with 2-year-old son in back seat while parked outside swanky hotel, cops say
Inset: Phillip Fraisar and Kasey Buckmann (Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department). Background: The valet area outside the Clevelander Hotel in Miami Beach, Fla., where Phillip Fraisar and Kasey Buckmann were allegedly caught “hot-boxing” inside their car with Fraisar’s 2-year-old son (Google Maps). A New York dad was busted outside a swanky Florida hotel “hot-boxing” his…
On WPHT’s The Rich Zeoli Show: To Discuss Minnesota Catholic School Shooting
Dr. John Lott talked to fill-in host Mike Opelka on WPHT’s The Rich Zeoli Show in Philadelphia about the Minneapolis school shooting, another mass shooting in a gun-free zone. See also Dr. Lott’s new op-ed with Congressman Thomas Massie at the Wall Street Journal about the media bias in covering mass shootings. (Friday, August 29, 2025, from 3:45 to…
Rasmussen Survey: 73% Of Voters Support Photo ID Requirement. Despite claims that IDs discriminate against the poor, the poor show the highest support with those making over $200,000 having the least support. Blacks and Hispanics all have about 70% support.
Voters continue to favor requiring photo ID to vote—with support virtually unchanged from 2021. It is a key election integrity measure that President Donald Trump has openly championed—by more than a 3-to-1 margin. In recent surveys, 73% of likely U.S. voters say this requirement is reasonable to protect election integrity, while 21% disagree. Moreover, strong…
On Washington Watch with Tony Perkins: To Discuss the Crime Numbers under Biden and Trump
Dr. John Lott appeared on Washington Watch with Tony Perkins to explain how crime data has been distorted by the Biden administration and local D.C. officials. See also Dr. Lott’s new piece at Real Clear Politics titled “Trump Admin Efforts Could Sharply Reduce DC Crime.” (Tuesday, August 12, 2025) The program airs on the American Family…
Trump Responds to Viral Video of Items Being Tossed Out of White House
A strange video that spread across social media over the weekend has now drawn a direct response from President Donald Trump. The clip, which appeared to show objects being hurled from a White House window, fueled widespread speculation about what was happening inside the executive mansion. Some online users suggested it showed a staffer tossing…
Vegas Woman Fatally Shoots Boyfriend During Weapons Photo Shoot
A Las Vegas woman has been charged with murder after she fatally shot her boyfriend while he was taking pictures of her posing with a gun. Allysandra Blea, 20, was arrested on August 26 and faces a charge of open murder with a deadly weapon for the August 23 shooting, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police…
Parents Charged With Death of Infant Daughter After Dad Admits ‘Playing Rough’ With Her
A Nebraska couple has been charged with child abuse resulting in death after their 4-month-old daughter died earlier this month. An autopsy indicated that the baby girl died from a traumatic brain injury consistent with shaken baby syndrome, police said in court documents, according to the Lincoln Journal Star. Ryan Greenwood, 36, called 911 at…
Iowa Mom Sentenced for Injecting Toddler Son With Unnecessary Insulin
An Iowa mother was sentenced to a decade in prison for repeatedly injecting her toddler son with insulin to make him appear sick. Alexandra Marie Frost, 26, pleaded guilty in June to to child endangerment and administering harmful substances charges, The Gazette reported, and returned to court on Friday for sentencing. In courts, she asked…
Pledges of Unity in Beijing Mask Deep Skepticism Among Iran, China, Russia
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands as they meet, in Beijing, China, Sept. 2, 2025. Photo: Iran’s Presidential website/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian traveled to Beijing on Tuesday, joining Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin as the three nations aim to…
Criminals Use Mail-Order Abortion Pills to Force Women to Have Abortions
Readily available mail-order abortion pills have reportedly been used to trick women into ending the lives of their unborn children in multiple recent coercion cases, sparking concerns about forced abortions. At least four alleged incidents of coerced abortions using the pill have already been reported across the country in 2025 alone, including cases in Texas,…
When “Australian” Means Everything, “Australian” Means Nothing
“Australia is a multicultural nation,” or so our politicians never tire of reminding us. But it is precisely this notion—that Australia is not defined by one people and culture but by many—that fuels much of the frustration behind Sunday’s March for Australia. Many Australians fear that large-scale immigration, at a rate that leaves little room…
WSU KNEW KOHBERGER A THREAT, KILLER’S BLEAK APT., WITNESS’ DEATH THREATS, VILE IMAGES
Bryan Kohberger attended Washington State University for a little over three months, and in that time, 13 complaints were filed about his bad behavior. The complaints related to the nature of being homophobic, ableist, xenophobic, and misogynistic. Kohberger was just days into his first semester of the doctoral program when administrators received their first formal…
Men Whose Children are Killed in Abortions are Fighting for Their Lives
A recent Wall Street Journal story drew national attention to a growing wave of lawsuits filed by men whose partners ended pregnancies without their knowledge or consent. These cases, filed under wrongful death statutes, attempt to challenge the legal framework that excludes fathers from decisions about the lives of their unborn children. But behind the headlines and…
Woman tried to take 4-year-old boy from his mother at the airport while claiming ‘this is my child,’ police say
Background: Miami International Airport (Google Maps). Inset: Alvina Agba (Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation). A woman who claimed she was only trying to calm down a 4-year-old boy at a Florida airport is charged with allegedly trying to take the boy from his mother. Alvina Agba, 23, was arrested on Tuesday after the Miami-Dade County…
Abortion Business Stops Killing Babies, Abortionist Faces Complaint
This morning, the pro-life group Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust sent out a press release announcing that the Washington Surgi-Clinic is no longer taking abortion appointments. This is the notorious D.C. facility where Cesare Santangelo performs late-term abortions. A video on the Survivors YouTube page shows a receptionist at the Washington Surgi-Clinic telling a caller that the…
College Cheerleader Hid Infant’s Body in Trash Bag After Giving Birth
A University of Kentucky student is out of jail days after she was arrested for allegedly putting her deceased baby in a closet. WLEX reported that Laken Riley, 21, posted $100,000 bond and is at her parents’ home without any monitoring. On Saturday, Lexington police allegedly found her deceased baby in a closet, wrapped in…
Leftist Charged With Threatening to Kill Pro-Life Senator Marsha Blackburn
Authorities on Thursday charged a 22-year-old woman for allegedly threatening to murder Republican Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn. The woman, Penelope Convertino, allegedly left a threatening voice message on the voicemail for Blackburn’s Nashville satellite Senate office on May 30, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Tennessee….
‘Refusal to cooperate’: Oldest federal judge shelved yet again as she continues to thumb her nose at ‘justified’ requests for ‘neuropsychological testing’
U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman (YouTube). A judicial council has told the nation’s oldest sitting federal judge, 98-year-old Pauline Newman — who was suspended in 2024 amid complaints about her mental health — that she must remain on the legal sidelines for another year based on her continuing to refuse requests for “neuropsychological testing.” “No new…
‘You did this to yourself’: Teen who blamed acne meds for shooting 2 friends, killing 1, but told cops he ‘wanted to commit a homicide,’ learns fate
Inset: Ethan Riley (Jeter Memorial Funeral Home). Background: Connor Hilton during his sentencing for murdering Riley in 2023 (KHOU). An 18-year-old Texas man who said he “wanted to commit a homicide for a long time” and followed through on that desire when he shot two of his friends, killing one, just days before Christmas, is…
Donna Adelson: Friends of ‘Matriach Mastermind’ Describe Her Demeanor Following Markel’s Death
Testimony continued Tuesday in the murder case against Florida matriarch, Donna Adelson, accused of murdering her former son-in-law, Dan Markel. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Adelson, 75, is accused of orchestrating Markel’s 2014 murder. She’s facing first-degree murder, conspiracy and solicitation charges, for the contract killing. Her son, Charlie Adelson, along with his ex-girlfriend Katherine Magbanua,…
Woman with ‘fascination’ for guns kills boyfriend during firearm photoshoot, talked of her love for ‘shooting people in the face’: Police
Inset: Allysandra Blea (Law&Crime Network). Background: The block in Las Vegas where Blea allegedly shot and killed her boyfriend last week (Google Maps). A 20-year-old woman in Nevada who authorities say “had a fascination with firearms” is accused of shooting her boyfriend dead while he was photographing her posing with a gun. Allysandra Blea was…
Texas Resident Kills 11-Year-Old Boy Playing ‘Ding Dong Ditch’ Prank [Update]
A Texas man was jailed on murder charges on Tuesday, days after he allegedly shot and killed an 11-year-old boy playing a “ding dong ditch” prank. Houston police said Gonzalo Leon Jr., 42, shot Julian Guzman in the back as he ran from a home on Saturday. Guzman and a few friends rang Leon’s doorbell…
Teachers Unions Across US Under Fire for Alleged Antisemitism
National Education Association president Becky Pringle leads hundreds of demonstrators in chants during a rally to end US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids, in Washington, DC, US, on, June 9, 2025. Photo: Allison Bailey/NurPhoto via Reuters Connect Teachers unions across the United States have come under intense scrutiny from both Jewish activists and federal…
UK Confirmed A Bird Flu Outbreak
As the bird flu panic in the United States is continuing to cool off, the United Kingdom has confirmed an outbreak of the H5N1 HPAI (highly pathogenic avian influenza) in southwestern England. The UK ruling confirmed the bird flu outbreak on Sunday at a poultry premise. Accoridng to a report by Reuters, a 3 km (about…
‘Weight of the evidence is weak’: Grand jury lets Trump assassination suspect who allegedly wanted to ‘sacrificially kill’ POTUS walk free, lawyers say
Left: Donald Trump speaks at the annual Road to Majority conference in Washington, DC, in June 2024 (Allison Bailey/NurPhoto via AP). Right: Nathalie Jones (Justice Department/Rod Hughes). A grand jury has found “no probable cause” to indict a woman who allegedly threatened to “sacrificially kill” President Donald Trump as the evidence against her was “weak”…
Iran’s Executions in August Jump 70 Percent Compared to Previous Year as Rights Groups Warn of Troubling Surge
Illustrative: A February 2023 protest in Washington, DC calling for an end to executions and human rights violations in Iran. Photo: Reuters/ Bryan Olin Dozier The Islamic regime in Iran accelerated its execution machine last month, killing at least 152 prisoners according to the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights. The figure represents a surge of…
Judicial Watch Sues HHS for Records on Workplace Incident Involving Former Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Patent Attorney
(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit on behalf of former patent attorney Regina Ciolek against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for records concerning a reported “workplace incident” at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (Regina Ciolek v. U.S. Department…
‘Unlawfully usurped’: Jeanine Pirro doubles down on demand for judge to immediately ‘oust’ official after revelation of backup plan to survive Trump firing
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro waits for President Donald Trump to arrive to speak with members of law enforcement and National Guard soldiers, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, in Washington (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin). Former Fox News host and current U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro is once again asking a federal judge to declare…
Stopping Ukraine War Means Stopping China’s Support for Russia: Newsham
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un traveled to China on Monday to attend a military parade. For further insight into China’s alliances, NTD spoke with China expert and national security specialist retired Col. Grant Newsham, a senior fellow at the Center for Security Policy and the author of “When China Attacks.” Watch the interview below: Stopping…
Israel’s Defense Ministry Pens New Merkava Tank Procurement
Israel’s armored corps will benefit from a hefty tank production uptick over the next five years. As part of the new plan to accelerate main battle tank (MBT) production, the $1.5 billion contract will bolster Israel’s armored vehicle inventory while ramping up the production rates of the latest Merkava iteration. Israel’s Defense Ministry highlighted the effective use of these…
Belgium Ties Palestinian State Recognition to Hamas Exit, Hostage Release, Imposes Sanctions on Israel
People take part in pro-Hamas protest in Brussels, Belgium, Nov. 11, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Yves Herman Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot has announced that Brussels will recognize a Palestinian state at this month’s United Nations General Assembly if the Hamas terrorist group is removed from power in Gaza and all remaining hostages are freed. “Belgium will…
Daughter of Nazi Who Seized Painting Looted From Jewish Art Dealer Put Under House Arrest in Argentina
Adolf Hitler and Hermann Göring. Photo: German Federal Archives The daughter of a high-ranking Nazi official, who took a painting stolen from a Jewish art dealer during World War II, has been put under house arrest by Argentina’s federal court as officials continue to search for the missing artwork. Friedrich Kadgien was an SS officer…
Lawmaker who ‘tried to gouge’ wife’s eye out, ran daughter off the road in ‘big truck’ resigns after guilty plea
Inset: Rep. Ty Burns (Oklahoma House of Representatives). Background: The area where Burns allegedly ran a car off the road with his 16-year-old daughter inside (Google Maps). A 46-year-old Oklahoma state representative and MAGA supporter will not be spending any time behind bars for a series of domestic violence incidents that included him trying to…
Texas Opens Investigation Into K-12 Antisemitism in Plano School District
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton talks to reporters. Photo: USA TODAY NETWORK via Reuters Connect Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into antisemitism in the Plano Independent School District (PISD) in Collin County following a slew of complaints alleging anti-Jewish discrimination and harassment. “The reports regarding antisemitic activity in Plano ISD schools…
On Missoula’s KGVO: Discussing Crime and Gun Control
Dr. John Lott, President of the Crime Prevention Research Center, appeared on the Talk Back program to answer the audience’s crime and gun-violence-related questions. See also Dr. Lott’s op-ed at Real Clear Politics titled “AI Chatbots Rely on Sources With Clear Biases.” (Tuesday, August 19, 2025, from 9:05 to 9:16 AM MT) Click this link for the…
Teachers Unions Spend $40 Million Funding Leftist Groups
A watchdog group, Defending Education (DE), exposed two of the largest teachers’ unions for donating millions of dollars to left-wing organizations. According to DE’s investigation, which was based on union disclosures to the Department of Labor from July 2022 to June 2024, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA) have collectively funneled…
Parents Protest School District That Arranged Secret Abortions on Teen Girls
Two opposing political groups stood on Jackson Middle School’s lawn. One group, decked out in rainbow colors, sporting bright pink socks, sea-green hair, and trans flags, held their signs up in the air, presenting them both to the cars passing by and to the conservative group behind them. But the group behind them, in the…
Cheerleader admits to giving birth to baby found wrapped in towel inside plastic garbage bag in closet: Cops
Inset: Laken Snelling (University of Kentucky). Background: Home in Lexington, Kentucky, where she allegedly gave birth to an infant and wrapped the child in a garbage bag (Google Maps). Cops in Kentucky were startled to find a dead newborn wrapped in a plastic bag — and accused the infant’s mother of being behind the grim…
‘I didn’t think there was a kid on it’: 80-year-old driver who killed 9-year-old said he knew he ‘hit a bicycle’ but kept driving with the child underneath his truck, police say
Background: News footage of the April 29 crash that killed Dalton Gibbs (KSL). Inset: Dalton Gibbs (GoFundMe). A Utah man who allegedly ran over a 9-year-old boy on his bicycle without realizing it now faces felony charges. Months after 80-year-old George Parker Hunter fatally struck 9-year-old Dalton Gibbs with his truck, the older man has…
‘Set out to have her punished’: Teacher’s deportation Facebook post lands her in hot water, sparking lawsuit
Inset: The social media image that Brooke Zahn allegedly shared online, which is included in a lawsuit filed against Jeffers Pond Elementary in Minnesota (Minnesota District Court/Brooke Zahn). Background: Jeffers Pond Elementary in Prior Lake, Minn., where Brooke Zahn teaches and was suspended for an alleged social media post (KMSP/YouTube). A Minnesota elementary school teacher…
Man Drugged Girlfriend With Abortion Pills, Killed Her Baby When She Refused Abortion
An Illinois man has been arrested and accused of intentional homicide of an unborn child after he allegedly gave the abortion chemical mifepristone to his girlfriend, killing her baby, according to a report from Live Action News. The report said it was police in Bloomington who took into custody Emerson Evans, on allegations he drugged…
Mom Found Dead Alongside 12-Year-Old Son in Suspected Homicide
A Michigan woman and her 12-year-old son were reportedly found dead together on Labor Day. The 41-year-old woman and her son were discovered dead with apparent traumatic injuries in their Hazel Park home. Officials have not disclosed the pair’s names, but stated that they were mother and son, according to the Detroit Free Press. Hazel…
Israel Mobilizes Thousands For Gaza Takeover
The next phase of the war has been kicked off as Israel mobilized thousands to continue its takeover of Gaza. Many are questioning the extensive reservist mobilization and intensified airstrikes, saying this does not address the safety of hostages held by Hamas. While the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) are gearing up for the next step…
A judge said CNN ‘simply lied’ about Alan Dershowitz’s impeachment defense of Trump, and he could use that to challenge landmark SCOTUS precedent
Attorney Alan Dershowitz returns to the courtroom after a break during former U.S. President Donald Trump’s at Manhattan Criminal court on Monday, May 20, 2024 in New York (Michael M. Santiago/Pool Photo via AP). Famed criminal defense lawyer and Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz lost out again in his defamation lawsuit against CNN,…
Series About Dutch Jewish Woman in Nazi-Occupied Amsterdam Premieres at Venice Film Festival
Venice, 82nd Venice International Film Festival 2025 – Day 7, Photocall for the film “Etty.” Pictured are Hagai Levi – Director, Julia Windischbauer, Sebastian Koch, Claire Bender, and Leopold Witte. Photo: Pool Photo Events 06IPA/Sipa USA via Reuters Connect A six-part television series inspired by the true story of a Dutch Jewish woman who wrote…
Israeli President to Meet Pope Leo at the Vatican on Thursday
Israeli President Isaac Herzog speaks during a press conference with Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics in Riga, Latvia, Aug. 5, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ints Kalnins Israeli President Isaac Herzog will travel to the Vatican on Thursday to meet Pope Leo, who has recently stepped up his calls for an end to the war in Gaza. The one-day visit is being made at the invitation of the pope,…
Iran Warns US Missile Demands Block Path to Nuclear Talks
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani speaks after meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, in Beirut, Lebanon, Aug. 13, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Aziz Taher The path to nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States is not closed but US demands for curbs on Iranian missiles are obstructing prospects for talks, a senior Iranian official said on Tuesday. A sixth round of Iran-US talks was suspended after the…
New Polls Reveal that America is Becoming More Pro-Life
Something incredible is happening in America: public opinion on abortion is changing. Recent polls show growing Pro-Life momentum, and the results might surprise you. Gallup released its annual survey on abortion in June, revealing that 43% of respondents now identify as Pro-Life, a two-point increase from the previous year. The survey also showed an increase in the number…