Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderón admitted fabricating her disappearance, spreading false claims about federal agents and staging her release after hiding in Bakersfield. She now faces a statutory maximum sentence of five years in federal prison.
Democrat candidates face an ugly final campaign stretch as federal investigators scrutinize Ilhan Omar and questions about Muslim Brotherhood associations follow Abdul El-Sayed, while Republican candidates Ken Paxton and Max Miller confront controversies of their own.
Records revealed that 498 Maine absentee ballot envelopes reached the Center for Civic Design before the 2025 election, while delayed state responses and an investigation closed without public announcement left major questions about the shipment unanswered.
Federal Police summoned Flávio Bolsonaro to surrender his passport within 24 hours after Justice Alexandre de Moraes cited a flight risk, escalating the bitter fallout from a presidential result Bolsonaro has denounced as invalid and stolen.
The White House defended President Trump’s religious liberty record after Archbishop Jeffrey Grob apologized for joining an Oval Office prayer and accused the administration of publicizing the sacred gathering for political purposes before the midterm elections.
Federal investigators say 405 suspected noncitizens cast more than 1,500 Washington ballots, while prosecutors warn the number could reach thousands and blame the state’s refusal to provide its complete voter database for slowing the inquiry.
CBS News highlighted 17 illegal aliens reportedly returned by Ghana to their home countries, but ICE rejected the network’s framing and answered the “60 Minutes” segment with a blunt, mocking response.
UC Berkeley professor Richard Borcherds now grades homework mainly for completion and relies on exams administered in person, warning that rapidly improving AI has made student work difficult to verify and could transform mathematics itself.