Russian and Ukrainian delegations attend talks at the Dolmabache palace, in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 16, 2025. Ramil Sitdikov, Sputnik Pool Photo via AP

Russia, Ukraine agree on POW exchange after talks

By Chris Summers Contributing Writer  Russia and Ukraine held their first direct peace talks since March 2022 in Istanbul on Friday and agreed to exchange 1,000 prisoners of war each.  Earlier,

The FBI headquarters in Washington on Nov. 6, 2023. Photo by Madalina Vasiliu.

Patel: FBI to move out of DC headquarters 

By Jack Phillips Contributing Writer  FBI Director Kash Patel on Friday morning confirmed that the FBI is leaving its Washington headquarters, known as the J. Edgar Hoover Building, due to safety

Letters to the Editor

Patrick Lee Gipson | Standing with the Victims

Editor’s note: The following letter was submitted before Thursday’s unanimous Assembly vote in favor of a revised version of Assembly Bill 379 that restored a modified version of the original

Letters to the Editor

Lois Eisenberg | Lamenting the First 100 Days

President Donald Trump signed 142 executive orders in his first 100 days in office, per the federal register, which is an extraordinary amount of executive orders in that period of

Courts filler

SCOTUS hears birthright citizenship arguments 

By Jack Phillips Contributing Writer  President Donald Trump on Thursday morning weighed in on the U.S. Supreme Court hearing arguments in a case involving his order to limit birthright citizenship, arguing

Dan Walters

Dan Walters | What Spurs Newsom’s Bullying?

One of Gavin Newsom’s political ploys is to depict political rivals as bullies and himself as someone who stands up to them. Last September, for example, he devoted an entire