Tampa Free Press

The Senate opened a grueling, non-stop voting session on Thursday by killing a Democratic attempt to permanently ax the Justice Department’s controversial “anti-weaponization” fund. The 49-to-50 vote kicked off a legislative “vote-a-rama,” a marathon process allowing endless amendments as Republicans push through a $70 billion immigration enforcement package. Because the GOP ...

A Michigan woman’s attempt to escape a Pennsylvania home ended in her murder, leading to a life sentence without parole plus an additional 25 to 80 years for a Pennsylvania man. Jason Race, 45, of Wilkes-Barre, received his sentence on June 2 after pleading guilty on March 25 to first-degree murder, kidnapping, aggravated assault, abuse […]

An American expat who spent years living in China faces up to a decade behind bars after admitting in federal court today that he was secretly working as an operative for Beijing. Thomas Weir Pauken II, 50, pleaded guilty to operating as an unregistered foreign agent within the United States. Court records show that between […]

A federal jury in Maryland has convicted the owner of a private jet charter company for running a multi-million dollar scam that swindled clients out of $15 million, federal prosecutors announced Thursday. Patrick Britton-Harr, 43, of Annapolis, Maryland, was found guilty of six counts of wire fraud. Court evidence revealed that Britton-Harr used his company, […]

A Pennsylvania man admitted in a Cincinnati federal court on Thursday to his role in an international network that paid for the torture and killing of monkeys on camera. Hugh T. Campbell pleaded guilty to conspiracy to create and distribute “animal crush” videos, a federal crime targeting the production and sharing of media that depicts […]