Author: Jack Bogart

President Trump did not pardon or commute the prison sentence of Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the anonymous marketplace website Silk Road, despite his promise on the campaign trail to free him on “day one.”Ulbricht was convicted because his website, which was founded in 2011 and used cryptocurrency for payments, was used to sell illegal drugs, even though he did not sell any of the illicit substances himself.After being sworn into office on Monday, Trump issued several executive actions, including efforts to reduce immigration, designating cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, a move to resume federal executions and pardoning or commuting…

EXCLUSIVE: The Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard has been terminated over concerns about the border, recruitment concerns and an “erosion of trust,” a senior DHS official confirmed to Fox News.Adm. Linda Lee Fagan has been terminated by the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Benjamine Huffman, the official said.Fagan has demonstrated leadership deficiencies, operational failures and an inability to advance the strategic objectives of the Coast Guard. These include the failure to address border security threats, insufficient leadership in recruitment and retention, mismanagement in acquiring key acquisitions such as icebreakers and helicopters, excessive focus on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives…

A California woman was sentenced to 25 years to life for the fatal shooting of a teenager in October 2021. Jessica Yesenia Quintanilla, 24, was found guilty of first-degree murder in the killing of 19-year-old Leilani Marie Beauchamp inside a Fairfield, Calif. home in November 2024, KSBW reported. “Her siblings will now not know what their lives could have been without their big sister by their sides, and they are tremendously grieving her loss,” Beauchamp’s grandmother Lourdes Giovannini said before sentencing on Friday, Jan. 17, per the Vacaville Reporter. “Leilani was my first grandchild. I was in the delivery room…

An Oregon elections office was vandalized and heavily damaged just hours before the second inauguration of President Trump.Portland police confirmed to Fox News Digital that two dozen windows and two doors were smashed by rocks at the Multnomah County Elections office in southeast Portland in the early hours on Monday.A spokesperson for the department said an alarm alerted officers to the incident, adding that officers found that the building had been tagged with graffiti. “We believe 8-10 people were involved,” the officer stated. “In addition, there was some anti-government/anti-establishment graffiti on the building.” CLIMATE ACTIVISTS LEARN FATE FOR RED POWDER ATTACK ON…

Zachariah Hobbs, an Alaska bartender and father of five, is being remembered by family as “exuberant and outgoing” and a man who “was always happy,” days after he was allegedly murdered by a former bar patron he once kicked out for harassing a coworker. “Anybody that [knew] Zachariah knows that he was a world inside of a person,” his brother Aram Hobbs told local KTUU in Alaska. “He always ended every sentence with a chuckle. He was always happy.” Hobbs was shot and killed Wednesday, Jan. 15, outside of Midnite Mine, the bar where he worked. He was 43 years…

A pregnant woman accused of killing her one-year-old son in Georgia was captured and taken into custody in upstate New York. Gloria Wright, 23, was arrested in Rochester with the assistance of the U.S. Marshals on Saturday, Jan. 18. Wright was wanted for first-degree murder and first-degree cruelty to children after her one-year-old son was discovered not breathing at a Georgia home on Jan. 8. The boy later died at a hospital, according to the Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office. Wright was interviewed by police after her child’s discovery, but had not been seen since. Authorities were offering a $5,000 reward…

Cheryl Burke is opening up about a tough moment from her childhood. The Dancing with the Stars alum, 40, recalled how she and her step-sister were molested by a family friend growing up during an appearance on the latest episode of the Oldish podcast. As Burke detailed how the abuse was exposed, she also recalled that at a very young age, she had to take the stand in court at her abuser’s trial.  “Both of us were getting sexually molested by the same person, the caretaker that was taking care of us,” she said. “And then it was my sister’s…

An Indiana woman allegedly admitted to putting her child inside a suitcase on a bus ride — and is now facing charges of child endangerment. Ashley Gibson, 29, was arrested on Dec. 12 in Bloomington, Ind., in connection with the incident, according to police, FOX 59, WBIW and Indiana Public Media reported last week.  Court documents and police records cited by the outlets allege Gibson boarded a Bloomington Transit bus with a suitcase on the afternoon of Dec. 12. According to video footage reviewed by investigators, she sat towards the front of the bus, FOX 59 reported. Once the bus…

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares lambasted President Biden after he granted clemency to the “Waverly Two,” who they said admitted to being responsible for the 1998 murder of a Sussex County police officer.”I am beyond outraged and in utter disbelief that President Biden would announce clemency for Ferrone Claiborne and Terence Richardson – two men who admitted to being responsible for brutally killing Officer Allen Gibson, a hero and dedicated servant to our community,” Youngkin said in a statement.”What makes this even more unconscionable is the Biden U.S. Attorney advised the White House not to commute…

The hearing protection market is divided into a few camps. While suppressors, foam ear plugs and old school ear muffs all definitely have their place in protecting our ears, electronically operated ear protection has gained a huge market share in the last couple decades. Today we’re looking at a new entry into this crowded arena that advertises itself as having a novel addition to the usual features, Auto Ears. Auto Ears was designed by one dude, Logan Warren. While he credits others for supporting him along the way, Logan spent 2,500 hours over the last three years making this brainchild…