Author: Jack Bogart

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned during a press briefing that he is concerned about American tourists being arrested for old social media posts.Since the inauguration, one of the key foreign policy priorities of President Donald Trump’s administration has been freedom of speech in Europe. While America and its people have close relationship with Europe, particularly the United Kingdom, the crackdown by ostensibly liberal western democracies on free speech has been a key source of conflict.Rubio was asked during a Dec. 19 press briefing, “The State Department mentioned earlier this year some…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro reportedly made a statement on television and radio early Saturday as the U.S. strikes against his country unfolded, describing them as an “attack against the sovereignty of Venezuela.” The remarks came before President Donald Trump announced that Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were “captured and flown out of the country” following a “large scale strike” carried out by the U.S. military. Attorney General Pam Bondi later said Maduro and Flores were indicted on charges including narco-terrorism conspiracy. In comments aired on state television and radio, Maduro alleged that U.S.…

NEED TO KNOW Teacher Sierra Allen and student Landin Williamson were attacked by dogs outside Collins Rhodes Elementary School in Prichard, Ala., on Dec. 16Allen says she “probably wouldn’t be here today” if parents at the school didn’t intervene to rescue her from the attackThe owner of the dogs allegedly told Allen, “they don’t know where the dogs are,” following the “vicious” incident A student and teacher are recovering from injuries sustained in a dog attack outside an elementary school in Alabama. On Tuesday, Dec. 16, Landin Williamson was running towards Collins-Rhodes Elementary School in Prichard after being dropped off…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The FBI chased the “Real Sopranos” for decades without breaking them, until one arrest changed everything.Behind the HBO hit series was a real mafia family operating in New Jersey and New York: the DeCavalcante crime family. In 1999, retired FBI agent Séamus McElearney says the Bureau finally cracked the organization from the inside by flipping a violent mob soldier and triggering a chain reaction that dismantled the family.McElearney, author of the recently released “Flipping Capo: How the FBI Dismantled the Real Sopranos,” joined the FBI in 1998 and was assigned to Squad…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In an extraordinary military operation, the United States launched a large-scale military operation in Caracas, Venezuela, early Saturday, with special forces seizing President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. There is a pending 2020 indictment of Maduro in the Southern District of New York where he is expected to be taken to face prosecution.The operation comes not long after the 37th anniversary of the capture of Manuel Antonio Noriega on Dec. 20, 1989. Noriega was convicted of drug and money laundering offenses and sentenced to 40 years in prison. He was tried in…

The story of the American Revolution is often simplified to April 19, 1775; Lexington and Concord, the “shot heard ’round the world,” and war between colonial militias and British regulars. But by the time musket fire echoed across Massachusetts, the conflict had been smoldering for years. Long before independence was declared, the fight was already underway over a fundamental question: whether free people could remain armed. Disarmament Came Before the Shooting The British effort to control the colonies did not begin with battlefield engagements. It began with policies. By 1768, as resistance to taxation without representation, warrantless searches, and arbitrary…

NEED TO KNOW A former Orlando, Fla. police officer was shot and killed on New Year’s Day in an incident that police say stemmed from a “family dispute”Police identified the victim as 65-year-old Dennis Turner, who served with the Orlando Police Department for 23 years and retired in 2018Police have arrested 58-year-old Jeffrey London on murder and firearm charges A retired police officer in Orlando, Fla., was shot and killed on New Year’s Day in an incident that police say stemmed from a “family dispute.” Officers responded to a residence around 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 1, and found a…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Bail Project has poured more than $90 million into bailing suspects out of jail, including individuals who later killed people while free on bail.The organization says its mission is to provide “free bail assistance” and “reunite families.” In multiple instances, however, defendants bailed out by the organization later killed someone, at times shortly after being released from jail. In total, the organization claimed in a 2024 report that it has provided $91 million in “bail assistance” to defendants.Below are individuals accused or convicted of murder after The Bail Project paid their…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Venezuelan dictator captured by the Trump administration worked as a bus driver and union organizer before his ascent through the South American country’s political system, where he ultimately became a wanted man by the U.S. with a $50 million reward for information leading to his arrest. Nicolás Maduro was “captured and flown out of the country” early Saturday following a “large-scale strike” by the U.S. military, according to President Donald Trump. The actions mark a stunning fall for Maduro, who was serving his third term as president of Venezuela. He led an administration…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! World leaders were sharply divided Saturday after the United States launched a large-scale strike on Venezuela and President Donald Trump announced that the country’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, had been captured and flown out of the country.Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez condemned what he called a “criminal attack,” writing on X that, “Our zone of peace is being brutally assaulted.” Communist Cuba is a supporter of the Maduro government and has been a longtime adversary of the United States.Colombian President Gustavo Petro said his government viewed the reports coming out of Venezuela “with…