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DOJ Seizes $560,000 in Hamas Crypto, Takes Over Recruitment Sites — Thousands of Donor IDs
US NewsNational SecuritySeptember 3, 2026

DOJ Seizes $560,000 in Hamas Crypto, Takes Over Recruitment Sites — Thousands of Donor IDs

By RWTNews Staff

The Justice Department announced this week that court-authorized seizures allowed the FBI to take approximately $560,000 in cryptocurrency destined for Hamas and to seize domains and servers used by the group’s military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, to raise money and recruit...

Senator Markwayne Mullins
US NewsImmigration & BorderSeptember 3, 2026

DHS: Operation Rotten Apple Nets 2,197 Illegal Aliens in New York

By Tommy Flynn

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Tuesday that ICE arrested 2,197 illegal aliens across New York from July 27 to Aug. 29 in an enforcement surge the department named Operation Rotten Apple. Mullin, speaking at a New York City press conference, said those taken...

President Trump with fist clenched.
US NewsPolitics & ElectionsSeptember 3, 2026

Trump: I’m Hitting the Trail — Battleground Republicans File Into the White House

By Tommy Flynn

President Trump said Wednesday he will campaign for House, Senate, and gubernatorial candidates in the final 30 days before the Nov. 3 midterms, telling reporters he will make “a lot of stops” and telling Republican lawmakers at a White House Rose Garden dinner that “it’s all...

President Trump watches the start of Operation Epic from Mar-a-Lago.
US NewsNational SecuritySeptember 3, 2026

Trump: Hormuz Under U.S. Control — More Iran Strikes Ready “Anytime We Want”

By Tommy Flynn

President Trump said Wednesday that overnight U.S. strikes on Iran were “a very heavy attack,” that American forces destroyed new Iranian equipment along the Strait of Hormuz, and that the military is prepared to hit again “any time we want.” Asked how long the renewed bombing...

Letitia James inset with image of President Trump
US NewsPolitics & ElectionsSeptember 3, 2026

NY AG Staffer: James Office Told Me to Target Trump — Then the Emails Vanished

By Tommy Flynn

A prosecutor in New York Attorney General Letitia James’s office alleged in a Friday all-staff email that his supervisor ordered him to “find and pursue crimes” against President Trump and affiliated entities without a credible predicate. The message was then deleted from office...

Jim Jordan speaks at an event.
US NewsPolitics & ElectionsSeptember 2, 2026

Jordan Demands FBI Turn Over Round River Files After Memos Label Trump Officials ‘Conduits’

By Tommy Flynn

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan on Wednesday directed FBI Director Kash Patel to produce the full record of Operation Round River, a 2020 Foreign Influence Task Force counterintelligence effort that newly declassified documents show treated senior Trump officials,...

Jamieson Greer being sworn in as U.S. Trade Representative by Vice President JD Vance in April, 2025.
US NewsEconomy & BusinessSeptember 2, 2026

Greer to Canada: No Talks, No Deal — “It’s More Their Emergency Than Ours”

By Tommy Flynn

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Tuesday there are “no negotiations happening on trade right now” with Canada and that the standoff is “more their emergency than ours.” He told Politico it is “not clear Canada wants a deal.” The comments came more than a week after...

Speaker Mike Johnson delivers remarks to the United States House of Representatives
US NewsPolitics & ElectionsSeptember 2, 2026

Johnson Forces Floor Vote to Cap the Supreme Court at Nine Justices

By Tommy Flynn

Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday the House will vote Wednesday, under suspension of the rules, on a constitutional amendment locking the Supreme Court at nine members. A two-thirds majority is required. Johnson announced the vote after the chamber passed the continuing...

Judge's gavel
US NewsCrime & CourtsSeptember 2, 2026

Clancy Jury Reports Deadlock After Four Days; Judge Orders Deliberations to Continue Wednesday

By Tommy Flynn

Jurors in the first-degree murder trial of Lindsay Clancy told Plymouth Superior Court Judge William Sullivan on Tuesday morning they were “unable to come to a unanimous decision” after many hours of deliberation. Audible gasps were heard in the courtroom as Sullivan read the...

The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Photo: Nils Huenerfuerst / Unsplash
US NewsPolitics & ElectionsSeptember 2, 2026

House Passes CR 370–48; Shutdown Threat Off Until After the Midterms

By Tommy Flynn

The House on Tuesday approved the Senate’s short-term continuing resolution 370–48, extending federal funding at current fiscal 2026 levels through Dec. 11 and sending the bill to President Trump. Current appropriations expire Sept. 30. The vote, taken under suspension of the...

The U.S. Capitol Building is shown in Washington, D.C.
US NewsPolitics & ElectionsSeptember 2, 2026

192 House Democrats Refuse to Condemn Socialism as GOP Resolution Passes 220–192

By Tommy Flynn

The House on Tuesday adopted H.Res. 1490, a nonbinding resolution sponsored by Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.) that “condemns and denounces socialism in all its forms, including the Democratic Socialists of America,” opposes implementing socialist policies in the United States,...

Alleged Charlie Kirk assassin, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, seen in his mugshot
Crime & CourtsUS NewsSeptember 2, 2026

Judge Sends Charlie Kirk Assassination Case to Trial; Death Penalty Stays on the Table

By Tommy Flynn

Utah Fourth District Judge Tony Graf Jr. ruled Tuesday in Provo that prosecutors have probable cause on all seven counts against Tyler James Robinson, 23, in the Sept. 10, 2025, shooting death of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University, and bound the case over for trial. Robinson...