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A senior Chinese Communist Party (CCP) intelligence official is the new owner of a historic building overlooking the White House Complex, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation discovered. Located approximately 650 feet northeast of the White House grounds, the 100-year-old Securities Building on 15th Street was purchased on July 21, 2026 for $8.4 million by the Philip Qiu and Family Foundation, filings show. The building’s new owner, Philip Qiu, has held numerous positions within Chinese intelligence and state security arms, according to university records and DCNF translations of Chinese government announcements. Qiu did not respond to multiple requests for comment....

A letter Father Joseph Sica wrote to former Gov. Dick Thornburgh's wife sought mercy for organized crime boss Russell Bufalino, claiming Bufalino had been wrongly convicted of seeking to have a witness killed. The letter, written in 1982, was one of several letters and photos Dauphin County prosecutors say prove Sica, a priest within the Diocese of Scranton, lied to a grand jury regarding his relationship with Bufalino. Sica was indicted this morning on a charge of perjury in connection with testimony he gave on Aug. 29 before a grand jury investigating Mount Airy Casino owner Louis DeNaples. The panel...

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) - The leaders of Mexico, Colombia and Central America agreed Wednesday to strengthen the rights of migrants heading north to the United States while fighting the smugglers who move thousands across borders, from Panama to Mexico. On the first day of a two-day regional summit in the Honduran capital, the leaders promised to work together to halt the trafficking of people, especially women and children, while "promoting respect and the protection of human rights of migrants." Thousands of Central Americans pass through Mexico on their way to the United States, and many are robbed or mistreated during...