Virginia AG candidate faces bipartisan backlash over violent, inflammatory text messages

[ad_1] Jay Jones, the Democratic nominee for attorney general of Virginia, faced condemnation from Republicans and Democrats on Friday after text messages from 2022 resurfaced in which he said he would “piss on graves” of GOP opponents and mused about hypothetically shooting then-Republican Speaker of the House of Delegates Todd Gilbert. In a text message…

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers ask judge to dismiss criminal charges, calling them “vindictive and selective”

[ad_1] Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador only to be brought back to the U.S. to face smuggling charges, asked a federal judge in Nashville on Tuesday to dismiss his indictment, calling it a “vindictive and selective prosecution” by the Trump administration. The attorneys claimed the Trump administration is…

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Venezuela flies military aircraft over U.S. Navy ship for a second time, Pentagon officials say

[ad_1] For the second time in two days, Venezuela has flown military aircraft over the USS Jason Dunham in international waters near South America, multiple Defense Department officials confirmed to CBS News Friday, describing the action as turning into a “game of chicken.” The aircraft, which one Defense Department official said were F-16 fighter jets,…

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