Birth tourism crackdown expands as House chairman raises criminal conspiracy case

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A House task force chairman says companies helping foreign nationals travel to the United States to give birth so their children obtain U.S. citizenship could be engaging in a criminal conspiracy. Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, who chairs the House Oversight Committee’s Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights … Read more

Judge tosses remnants of Proud Boys seditious conspiracy case after Trump’s broad clemency

WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed the remnants of the government’s landmark case against far-right Proud Boys members who were convicted of seditious conspiracy for plotting to attack the Capitol to keep President Donald Trump in the White House more than five years ago. The case’s dismissal late Friday became a … Read more

Mississippi district attorney pleads guilty to bribery conspiracy and resigns

JACKSON, Miss. — A Mississippi district attorney has resigned and changed his plea to guilty in a bribery scheme that ensnared other officials in the state’s capital city, including Jackson’s former mayor. Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens was indicted in November 2024 after two FBI agents posing as real estate developers offered bribes to … Read more

Promoter of election conspiracy theories wins GOP primary for Nevada secretary of state

Las Vegas — Former state lawmaker Jim Marchant won the Republican nomination for Nevada secretary of state on Monday, bringing one of the state’s most outspoken promoters of election conspiracy theories within reach of the office that oversees voting in a perennial presidential battleground. His win after Nevada’s June 9 primary sets up a rematch … Read more

U.S. charges 3 for alleged smuggling conspiracy involving unaccompanied minors

The Justice Department announced on Thursday it has charged three people in Ohio for conspiring to smuggle unaccompanied minors across the U.S. border. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the indictment against Maritza Azucena Cahuec Coc, Carlos Cahuec Coc and one other defendant is emblematic of a broader problem, in which fraudsters are often serving … Read more

Obama-appointed judge with ties to anti-Trump conspiracy theory hit with misconduct complaint

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper is facing a judicial misconduct complaint from a conservative watchdog group, which argues he should have recused himself from a lawsuit involving President Donald Trump’s effort to rename the Kennedy Center. The Center to Advance Security in America (CASA) … Read more

Colorado Democrats censure governor for conspiracy theorist sentence commutation

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Colorado Democrats voted overwhelmingly to censure one of their own, Gov. Jared Polis, for commuting the prison sentence of Tina Peters, the election conspiracy theorist who amplified President Donald Trump’s baseless claims that mass fraud caused his 2020 election loss. About 90% of the state party’s roughly 700 Central Committee members … Read more

U.S. indicts Cuba’s Raúl Castro and 5 others on murder and conspiracy charges

Washington — Former Cuban leader Raúl Castro and five others have been indicted by a U.S. grand jury in Florida, seemingly in connection with the Cuban military’s fatal downing of two planes 30 years ago, according to court papers released Wednesday. The federal criminal charges against the 94-year-old Castro — brother of the late Fidel … Read more

DOJ indicts Cuban ex-President Raul Castro on charges including murder, conspiracy to kill US nationals

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former Cuban President Raúl Castro has been indicted in connection to his alleged role in the 1996 downing of two planes operated by the Miami-based exile group Brothers to the Rescue. Cuba’s President Raul Castro addresses the Cuban Communist Party Congress in Havana, Cuba, in a file … Read more