Jerry Rodriguez has been convicted of attacking or harassing at least two women and was arrested in 2025 for allegedly beating and strangling a third woman.
Donald Trump is dropping his attempt to prosecute six congressional Democrats who made a video urging federal law enforcement and members of the military not to obey illegal orders. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C., led by Jeanine Pirro, had sought to indict lawmakers two weeks ago, but a federal grand jury issued a rare denial. Pirro has subsequently decided to stop pursuing the case, NBC News reported Monday night. While another federal prosecutor in a different federal court district could still try to bring a case, there’s no indication that any will. Trump had accused Representatives Jason Crow, Maggie Goodlander, Chris Deluzio, and Chrissy Houlahan, as well as Senators Mark Kelly and Elissa Slotkin, of “SEDITION AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL,” even suggesting that they should be executed. It was a gross abuse of power, as none of the six lawmakers did anything except express their First Amendment rights and tell federal and military personnel not to follow illegal orders, which shouldn’t bother the White House if it doesn’t believe it’s issuing any. A federal grand jury agreed, and on some level, prosecutors in Pirro’s office must have known their effort was unfounded, as they couldn’t name any statute the members of Congress violated.Trump’s State of the Union address will take place Tuesday night. It’s not clear how many of the six Democrats will be attending, but at least some of them will. It will be interesting to see if Trump decides to take a jab at them during his speech, or even acknowledges them at all.
Saudi Arabia began blocking foreign companies without a regional headquarters in the kingdom from bidding for government contracts two years ago, but it’s now becoming more flexible.
War crimes prosecutor Reed Brody joins Democracy Now! to discuss a number of ongoing human rights issues, including the international fallout of the so-called Epstein files, the International Criminal Court case against former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, the Russian invasion of Ukraine — now marking its fourth anniversary — and more.
Some hyperscalers weigh the benefits of pursuing on-site power generation instead, a new Sightline Climate report found.
President Donald Trump is considering mentioning the concept in his State of the Union address.
Aided by U.S. intelligence, Mexican security forces killed the nation’s most wanted man, the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho,” on Sunday. At least 70 people were killed in the raid and aftermath as armed groups retaliated in more than a dozen states. “There’s a real sense in Mexico and beyond that governments need to show the U.S. that they are willing and able to take military action on their own, lest Washington send special forces into the country,” says Reuters correspondent Laura Gottesdiener about the raid and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s wider crackdown on organized crime. While Sunday’s operation will help Sheinbaum “stave off some of the pressure from Trump,” Latin American historian Alexander Aviña warns that “this is not going to do much in terms of stopping the flow of illicit drugs from Mexico into United States.” Instead, he says, instability within cartel leadership will likely lead to internal power struggles that spill out into local communities. “The burden of this war always falls upon the very bottom of the hierarchy within this political economy,” says Aviña.
A former CIA analyst warned of the potential energy threats in a report first shared with Semafor.
The head of the sustainable solutions group at Dutch bank ING spoke to Semafor about the Supreme Court’s tariff decision.