New Jersey man arrested and charged with conspiring to support ISIS

WASHINGTON –  A former New Jersey resident has been arrested and charged with allegedly conspiring and attempting to provide support to the Islamic State, the U.S. Department of Justice said Monday. Nader Saadeh, 20, a former Rutherford, N.J., resident, was expected to appear before a federal judge Monday afternoon. The charges against Saadeh stem from an FBI investigation into a group of individuals from the New Jersey-New York area....

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Executions likely go on despite strong Supreme Court dissent

Wherever their summer travels have taken them, Supreme Court justices probably will weigh in on Texas' plans to execute two death row inmates in the week ahead. If past practice is any guide, the court is much more likely to allow the lethal-injection executions to proceed than to halt them. Opponents of the death penalty took heart when Justices Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg made the case against capital punishment in late June...

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Why the Fox Debate is taking hits from Donald Trump’s fans

The attacks by Donald Trump and his followers on the Fox News debate have raised a really important question: What, exactly, is the role of moderators in a presidential debate? Or to take a broader view: What is the role of journalists, period? Many in the mainstream media, including such luminaries as Katie Couric, Andrea Mitchell and Jeff Greenfield, have praised the tough questioning by Megyn Kelly, Bret Baier and Chris Wallace. Perhaps...

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Sanders Trumps Hillary

**Want FOX News First in your inbox every day? Sign up here.** Buzz Cut: •        Sanders Trumps Hillary •        2016 GOP Power Index: Carly climbs on knockout debate •        Trump expands attacks •        Power Play: Hayes takes his five •        To be...

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Clinton touts $350B college affordability plan, faces stiff opposition

Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton announced a $350 billion plan Monday to make college more affordable, calling for a “new college compact” designed to reduce the growing burden of student debt. However, the plan faces a difficult sell to both liberal Democrats and Republicans, possibly not going far enough for the Democrats' liberal wing, while turning off Republicans with a high price tag and increased federal intervention. Clinton...

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White House aide arrested after allegedly shooting gun at boyfriend

A White House staffer was arrested late Friday after allegedly shooting a gun at her boyfriend, an officer with the U.S. Capitol Police, during a heated argument, authorities said. Barvetta Singletary, 37, who is a special assistant to President Obama and also holds the title of house legislative liaison, was charged with domestic violence in the incident, which police say occurred at her home in Upper Marlboro, Md. Police say she summoned...

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Florida detective reels in 50 pounds of cocaine worth millions while fishing

An off-duty police detective hooked a big one that didn't get away along the Florida coast last week, snagging a 50-pound parcel of cocaine with a street value of $10 million. The Charlotte County deputy, fishing from a boat just off the Gulf Coast, reeled in the haul while fishing Wednesday off Englewood Beach in Englewood, according to authorities. "While out fishing yesterday evening, one of our detectives caught more then he was expecting,"...

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State of emergency issued in St. Louis County, Mo.

St. Louis County, Mo. has issued a state of emergency following a spate of violence amid protests marking the one-year anniversary of the death of Michael Brown. “In light of last night’s violence and unrest in the City of Ferguson, and the potential for harm to persons and property, I am exercising my authority as county executive to issue a state of emergency, effective immediately,” St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger said in a statement...

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French couple dead after hike in New Mexico; child rescued

Dehydrated and disoriented, a French couple hiking in the New Mexico heat likely sacrificed themselves to save their 9-year-old son, a sheriff said Friday. David Steiner, 42, and his wife, Ornella Steinner, 51, died during a hike in hellish heat at White Sands National Monument. But as their water supply quickly dwindled, the Steiners gave their son two sips of water for each one they took, likely saving his life. The boy was dehydrated but...

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