The Justice Department unsealed an indictment charging two Chinese nationals with running a years-long money-laundering network for the Sinaloa Cartel and the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG). The complaint paints a picture of a global operation that moved drug cash through secretive banking tricks, encrypted apps, and trade-based schemes. The two suspects were indicted More

Spencer Pratt’s Los Angeles mayoral campaign just gave everyone a reason to stop yawning. Two new developments — a massive fundraising haul in the latest city filing and fresh polling showing real movement — have turned what looked like a novelty candidacy into a legitimate threat to the status quo in a very blue city. More

The White House went into lockdown after gunfire erupted near a security checkpoint just outside the complex. Reporters on the North Lawn heard dozens of shots. Secret Service officers returned fire, the attacker was struck and later died, and a civilian bystander was critically injured. President Trump was inside and was not physically harmed. What More

The Democratic National Committee’s long‑shelved post‑2024 “autopsy” finally hit the public record this week — and it landed about as gracefully as a lead balloon. DNC Chair Ken Martin put out a 192‑page draft by consultant Paul Rivera, then added a public shrug and a list of edits. What matters most in that dump is More

Russia’s blunt warning at the United Nations that NATO membership “will not protect” the Baltic states has thrown a live grenade into the middle of the European Union’s favorite buzz phrase: “strategic autonomy.” Moscow’s allegation that Ukrainian drones are being staged from Baltic territory — loudly denied by the Baltics and not backed by public More

The city woke up to a grim scene in Kensington this week: a man’s body stuffed inside a suitcase, abandoned in an alley on the 600 block of East Hilton Street. It is a shocking reminder that violence can sit on a street corner and still get the bland treatment of an “active investigation” press More