A federal lawsuit seeks to halt the upcoming UFC fight card on the White House South Lawn in a mixed martial arts show timed for President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday and part of the celebration of the nation’s 250th anniversary. The filing Saturday by the Public Integrity Project on behalf of two Virginia resident contends the Trump administration’s authorization of the June 14 event violated National Park Service regulations prohibiting sporting events on federal parklands. It also says Congress didn't consent to the towering arch overlooking the event space and no environmental review was conducted before the construction. The White House says the lawsuit is “baseless.”
The U.S. military said it carried out another strike Saturday on a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three men in the fourth attack this week and putting the total death toll at 205. U.S. Southern Command announced the strike with its usual language that the vessel was “engaged in narco-trafficking operations” and operated by a designated terrorist organization. It provided no evidence for the allegation. It’s the latest in a monthslong campaign against alleged drug boats traversing the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific. Video released by the military on social media shows a small vessel floating in the ocean before it’s hit and engulfed in a fireball.
The Department of Justice is acknowledging it's removed from its website news releases about criminal cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot. The department says the information about the prosecutions is “partisan propaganda.” The purge of news releases documenting criminal charges, convictions and sentencings is the latest step by the Trump administration to dramatically rewrite the history of the Capitol assault. On that day more than five years ago, hundreds of supporters of Republican President Donald Trump stormed the building in an effort to halt the congressional certification of his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden.
Indigenous leaders say that federal contractors are desecrating sacred Native American places and cultural sites at an unprecedented pace in the rush to build more walls on the U.S.-Mexico border. Construction accelerated after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security waived cultural and environmental laws. The action allows more barriers along the border even as illegal crossings have plummeted. The Trump administration says the border walls are needed for national security and are meant to keep people, including drug smugglers, from entering the U.S. illegally. Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” devoted over $46 billion to the effort.
Hundreds gathered in Lima’s Town Square as part of the nationwide “No Kings” Protest, denouncing Trump administration policies and showing support for free speech and democracy.
LIMA, Ohio (WLIO) - Some Lima-area Democrats were out causing “good trouble” this afternoon as they marched through downtown Lima to the Town …
Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) joined Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) and his Senate Republican colleagues in writing to President Donald Trump regarding the administration’s ongoing negations with Iran.
The Allen County Democrats held a rally to voice concerns about recent policies impacting the environment.
Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) has joined Sen. Dan Sullivan’s (R-Alaska) Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act. This bill supports the return to President Trump’s maximum pressure posture toward Iran by expanding and strengthening U.S. sanctions against Iran’s energy exports.
he Lima Chapter of the NAACP has sworn in its new officers and outlined plans for its next two-year term.