Crime & Courts

321 articles in the Crime & Courts category.

Former Utah Postal Worker Charged with Dumping Hundreds of Mail-In Ballots
Crime & CourtsPolitics & ElectionsSeptember 23, 2026

Former Utah Postal Worker Charged with Dumping Hundreds of Mail-In Ballots

By Tommy Flynn

A federal grand jury in Utah indicted former U.S. Postal Service letter carrier Damon Matai Seei, 34, of Payson, on one count of unlawful secretion, destruction and delay of mail after he allegedly discarded mail entrusted to him—including approximately 300 mail-in ballots....

Mullin: DHS Has 1,620 Noncitizen Voting Cases Open and 151 Arrests
Crime & CourtsPolitics & ElectionsSeptember 22, 2026

Mullin: DHS Has 1,620 Noncitizen Voting Cases Open and 151 Arrests

By Tommy Flynn

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the Department of Homeland Security is investigating 1,620 cases of alleged voter fraud involving noncitizens and has already made 151 arrests. He told Fox News contributor Kayleigh McEnany that the department is also working...

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Politics & ElectionsCrime & CourtsSeptember 21, 2026

Eighth Circuit Says Missouri Must Use GOP 7–1 Map in November; Order Paused One Week for Supreme Court

By Tommy Flynn

A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that Missouri must use the Republican-drawn 2025 congressional map in the Nov. 3 general election — the same lines used in the August primary. The court said switching back to the 2022 map would violate...

 An ICE officer oversees an immigration enforcement operation.
Crime & CourtsImmigration & BorderSeptember 21, 2026

ICE Officer Shoots Venezuelan National in North Austin; Mayor Calls Agency “Rogue” as Protesters Clash With Police

By Tommy Flynn

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot a man once in the torso Sunday afternoon in North Austin during a federal operation, city officials said. Austin-Travis County EMS was notified at about 12:56 p.m. in the 8000 block of Anderson Square, near U.S. 183. Paramedics...

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US NewsCrime & CourtsSeptember 21, 2026

GAO: DHS Took More Than Three Years on Majority of Closed Whistleblower-Retaliation Cases

By Tommy Flynn

The Government Accountability Office found that the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general took more than three years to finish 39 of the 73 whistleblower-retaliation investigations it opened and closed from fiscal 2018 through 2025. That is 53 percent of the closed...

Former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency John O. Brennan speaking at the 2019 John J. Rhodes Lecture
Crime & CourtsPolitics & ElectionsSeptember 21, 2026

Prosecutors Zero In on Brennan as Florida Grand Jury Probe Moves Ahead

By Tommy Flynn

Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of Florida have subpoenaed former CIA Director John Brennan to testify Oct. 15 before a grand jury in Fort Pierce, his lawyer confirmed in a court filing. Prosecutor Kurt Olsen told Brennan’s counsel that Brennan is a “target” of a...

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Crime & CourtsPolitics & ElectionsSeptember 20, 2026

DOJ Charges 16 Across Seven States for Illegal Voting and Citizenship Fraud

By Tommy Flynn

The Justice Department announced Friday that 16 people have been charged with illegal voting, illegal registration, and related election crimes in seven states, expanding a noncitizen-voting docket that until now had been rolling out office by office. The charges include voting...

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Crime & CourtsHealthSeptember 19, 2026

Feds Say South Florida Diploma Mills Sold Thousands of Fake Nursing Credentials; Full Measure Airs Undercover Case

By Tommy Flynn

Federal prosecutors in South Florida have convicted every defendant charged so far in Operation Nightingale, a years-long case against for-profit nursing schools that sold diplomas and transcripts to people who did not complete required classes or clinical training. Buyers then...

Mugshot of Helda Araceli Mendez-Merida, a Guatemalan national, accused of illegally voting.
Crime & CourtsPolitics & ElectionsSeptember 19, 2026

ICE Arrests Guatemalan Woman in Indianapolis Accused of Voting in a U.S. National Election

By RWTNews Staff

The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that ICE officers arrested Helda Araceli Mendez-Merida, a Guatemalan national, on Sept. 3 in Indianapolis during a targeted immigration operation. Officials said she unlawfully voted in a past national election in Indiana. DHS did...

Clancy Holdout Juror: “I Didn’t Have Any Doubts” She Planned the Killings
US NewsCrime & CourtsSeptember 18, 2026

Clancy Holdout Juror: “I Didn’t Have Any Doubts” She Planned the Killings

By Tommy Flynn

The lone juror who blocked a Massachusetts insanity verdict in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial released a statement Thursday saying he never wavered. Michael P. Desronvil told NewsNation, through a spokesperson, that the evidence showed Clancy knew what she was doing when she...

Jim Jordan speaks at an event.
Immigration & BorderCrime & CourtsSeptember 17, 2026

Jordan Subpoenas Fairfax and Boulder DAs Over Leniency for Criminal Aliens

By Tommy Flynn

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, issued subpoenas Wednesday to Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano and Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty, accusing both prosecutors of giving “preferential treatment” to criminal aliens and...

Official Seal of the FBI
Crime & CourtsNational SecuritySeptember 17, 2026

FBI Stops ISIS-Inspired Plot in Butler County; Rifle and 190 Rounds Seized

By Tommy Flynn

Jonathan Hunter Kramer, 21, of Valencia, Pennsylvania, has been charged with receiving a firearm and ammunition knowing or having reasonable cause to believe they would be used to commit a federal crime of terrorism, including material support to a designated foreign terrorist...