North Carolina election official arrested, accused of spiking granddaughters’ ice cream with drugs

A North Carolina Elections official appointed by the State resigned from his position on Thursday, authorities said, after he was arrested and accused of increasing the ice cream of his granddaughters with illicit narcotics. James Edwin Yokeley Jr., 66, had been president of the Surry County Elections Board before presenting his renunciation letter. “This decision…

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D.C. Democrats rebuke Mayor Muriel Bowser’s comments that Trump’s surge reduced crime

Another Democratic councilor, Brianne Nadeau, from Ward 1, published in X that “DC is under siege” of the federal government, with “armed military patrolling our streets and masked agents collecting the neighbors and carrying them.” “Our residents are afraid, they hesitate to leave and work, angry because our limited autonomy is eroding. There is nothing…

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White House says it fired transportation regulator in latest move to reshape Trump government

Washington – The White House said Thursday that he has fired a member of the Surface Transport Board, a measure that occurs when the independent federal regulatory agency is considering the proposed fusion of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern Railroad Companies. “At the beginning of tonight, I received an email from the White House that…

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