NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Department of Justice on Tuesday filed motions to vacate the convictions of several high-profile defendants involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol breach.The filings, submitted to the Court of Appeals by the United States, specifically seek to vacate criminal judgments against identified members of the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys organizations, most of whom were convicted of seditious conspiracy.”In the Executive Branch’s view, it is not in the interests of justice to continue to prosecute this case or the cases of other, similarly situated defendants,” federal prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney’s Office…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! One of former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s, D-Calif., closest friends in Congress said their tight-knit relationship “clouded his judgment” regarding rumors that swirled about the ex-lawmaker for years in Washington, D.C.”Eric Swalwell lied to all of us,” Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., said at an impromptu press conference in his office. “He lied to the most powerful people in this country and they trusted him. They trusted him with some of the most sensitive spots in our government, whether it was on Judiciary Committee, Intel Committee, impeaching Donald Trump.””And that clouded my judgment, my…

President Donald Trump said the U.S.-Iran war is “very close” to an end as hostilities ease amid a two-week ceasefire agreement. “I think it’s close to over, yeah. I view it as very close to being over,” Trump told FOX Business anchor Maria Bartiromo in an interview that will air on “Mornings with Maria” on Wednesday.The president’s comments come as peace talks between U.S. officials and Iranian negotiators are reportedly expected to restart Thursday following stalled weekend talks in Pakistan. On Monday, Trump instituted a naval blockade of all Iranian ports, marking a fresh intensification of the conflict after the U.S. agreed to…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Baltimore Orioles manager Craig Albernaz has seven fractures in his orbital area as well as a broken jaw after taking a foul ball to the face, but he remains in the dugout with his squad.However, Albernaz has one big change to his daily routine over the next month or so. He needs to eat baby food.The injury occurred on Monday night against the Arizona Diamondbacks, as the foul ball came whipping toward the Orioles’ dugout and hit Albernaz square on the right side of his face. But he was back at Camden…

One of Los Angeles’ most iconic taco institutions could soon receive official recognition from city leaders. The original King Taco location in Cypress Park is being considered for designation as a Historic-Cultural Monument, a move that would formally acknowledge the restaurant’s influence on LA’s taco culture and its role as a symbol of Latino immigrant entrepreneurship, according to LAist. The proposal is scheduled to be reviewed by the city’s Planning and Land Management Committee, which will consider adding the restaurant at 1118 N. Cypress Ave. to the city’s list of protected historic sites, according to city records. A couple holds…

WHITTIER, Calif. () — A homeowner in Whittier is left picking up the pieces after a large block of ice mysteriously fell from the sky and crashed through his home, according to Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn.Photos shared by Hahn show what appears to be a large mass of ice covered in dirt that landed on the couch inside the man’s home, plus a large hole torn through the ceiling.It happened just after 11:15 a.m. on April 10. Hahn says resident Yuder Grau heard what sounded like an explosion, and that’s when he discovered the block of ice and…

BroadwayWorld has your first look at the A-list lineup set to appear at The Broadway Festival this summer. Check out videos from today’s preview featuring Tony Award-winnerAlex Newell, Talia Suskauer, and Tony-nominee Jenn Colella performing selections from stage and popular music. Tony Award winner Newell performs “When You’re Good to Mama” from CHICAGO, while Talia Suskauer delivers “The Wizard & I” from WICKED. Jenn Colella is also featured, performing “Hard to Handle” by The Black Crowes ahead of her scheduled appearance at the festival. The videos arrive in anticipation of The Festival, a three-day outdoor event set to take place…

Barbie Ferreira is confident in her own skin and doesn’t need anyone trying to dull her shine. “To me, talking about weight loss or glowing up is so boring,” Ferreira, 29, said during a Tuesday, April 14, episode of Amanda Hirsch’s “Not Skinny But Not Fat” podcast. “I think people are just obsessed with that right now. It’ll be even a young person that just grows up and it’s like, ‘The glow up! Or the glow down!’ Everyone’s obsessed with that. She was 16, and now she’s 25.” The Euphoria alum added, “It’s not just me. Every actress right now…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A former delivery driver who murdered 7-year-old Athena Strand searched “do FedEx truck cameras constantly record” after the killing, an expert testified in week two of the capital murder trial.The second week of Tanner Horner’s punishment phase began with Scott Morris, a digital forensic examiner employed by the FBI, who exposed the search history of the FedEx driver’s cellphone.He talked about Horner’s browser cache and search history on the day of Dec. 1, including the phrases “Paradise missing girl” and “do FedEx truck cameras constantly record.”SEND US A TIP HEREHorner, 34, a…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! House Republicans are demanding ActBlue, a top Democratic campaign fundraising apparatus, turn over international communications, probing whether the organization knowingly misled lawmakers and dodged subpoenas to hide weaknesses in its screening process to weed out illegal, overseas donations.House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil, R-Wis., House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., collectively laid out their demands in a letter published on Tuesday.”For more than a year, the Committees have conducted oversight regarding ActBlue’s ‘fundamentally unserious approach to fraud prevention,’” the letter reads.”Recent reporting ……

Disney confirmed that it would be laying off 1,000 employees across the company on Tuesday. “Over the past several months, we have looked at ways in which we can streamline our operations in various parts of the company to ensure we deliver the world-class creativity and innovation our fans value and expect from Disney,” CEO Josh D’Amaro wrote in a memo obtained by Fox News Digital.He continued, “Given the fast-moving pace of our industries, this requires us to constantly assess how to foster a more agile and technologically-enabled workforce to meet tomorrow’s needs. As a result, we will be eliminating…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The newest member of the Indiana Fever, Raven Johnson, who the team took with the 10th overall pick in the WNBA Draft on Monday, will join forces with Caitlin Clark after a tensely competitive moment between the two many years ago.In the 2023 NCAA women’s Final Four, Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes met Johnson’s South Carolina Gamecocks. During that game, there was a moment when Clark was supposed to be guarding Johnson, but Clark waved Johnson off to double-team another South Carolina player.The clip of Clark waving off Johnson ended up going viral, and…

From movies to mandarin chicken. A crumbling piece of the old Hollywood story could soon get a very Trader Joe’s twist, after the cult-favorite grocer officially filed plans to transform LA’s long-abandoned Fox Venice Theater. The likely transformation of the once-glamorous 1950s movie palace into yet another branch of the buzzy chain has sparked both excitement and unease in the neighborhood. A Trader Joe’s store on Riverside Drive in Sherman Oaks, CA. Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Trader Joe’s officially lodged an application with Los Angeles City Planning to transform the long-dormant theater at 620 S. Lincoln Blvd into…

Latest on U.S. blockade of Strait of Hormuz – CBS News Watch CBS News The U.S. blockade on Iranian ports along the Strait of Hormuz has entered day two with no end in sight. CBS News Pentagon reporter Eleanor Watson has more.

Royal Ballet and Opera chief executive Alex Beard says Timothée Chalamet’s recent dismissal of opera and ballet as art forms “no one cares” about has turned into an unexpected marketing win for the Covent Garden institution. In an interview with The Times, Beard said he was not just relaxed about the Hollywood star’s comments but almost ecstatic about how they played out publicly. Rather than issuing what he described as a lofty or defensive reply, the RBO opted for a more casual rebuttal – essentially inviting Chalamet to take a closer look at what the company is actually doing. Part…