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Derek Johnson

Derek Johnson covers breaking news for the USA Herald.

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America May 4, 2026

Voting Rights Act Left In Tatters As Republican Legislatures In 17 States Begin Mid-Decade Redistricting Free-For-All Days After Supreme Court Strikes Down Louisiana’s Black Majority District

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Five days after the Supreme Court gutted a core provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, Republican-controlled…

By Derek Johnson

Sheriff vehicle outside a quiet desert home at night

America May 4, 2026

Search For Nancy Guthrie Hits Devastating Three-Month Mark As Today Co-Host Savannah Guthrie’s 84-Year-Old Mother Remains Missing And FBI Hunt For Masked Tucson Kidnapper Goes Cold

TUCSON, ARIZONA — Three months to the day after a masked intruder kidnapped 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie from her home in…

By Derek Johnson

Met Gala 2026 red carpet entrance

America May 4, 2026

Met Gala 2026 Erupts Into Chaos As Jeff Bezos $10 Million Sponsorship Sparks Citywide Boycott, Mayor Zohran Mamdani Skips Tradition And Beyoncé Stages Triumphant Return After A Decade Away

NEW YORK CITY — The 2026 Met Gala kicked off tonight at the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art…

By Derek Johnson

Bard College president Botstein retires Epstein scandal

Investigates May 3, 2026

Bard College President Leon Botstein Retires After Damning Report Reveals Years of Hidden Epstein Visits and Money

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. — Leon Botstein, the longtime president of Bard College and one of higher education’s most recognizable public intellectuals,…

By Derek Johnson

US troop withdrawal from Germany 2026

America May 3, 2026

Pentagon Pulls 5,000 American Troops From Germany as Trump-Merz Feud Erupts Into Major NATO Crisis

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Pentagon has formally ordered the withdrawal of approximately 5,000 American troops from Germany over the next…

By Derek Johnson

Kentucky Derby 2026 winner Golden Tempo

America May 3, 2026

Golden Tempo Storms From 18th to Triumph as Cherie DeVaux Becomes First Woman to Train a Kentucky Derby Winner

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The 152nd Run for the Roses delivered one of the most dramatic finishes in Kentucky Derby history…

By Derek Johnson

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America May 1, 2026

Hundreds Of Thousands March In May Day “Workers Over Billionaires” Boycott — Schools Shut Across Five States As NEA Leads Largest Labor Mobilization In A Decade

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Hundreds of thousands of teachers, nurses, fast-food workers, students and union activists poured into the streets of…

By Derek Johnson

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America April 23, 2026

Viral ‘Where Is Your Daughter?’ Ring Cam Intruder Jason Nichols Faces New Child Molestation Charge As Bail Explodes To $250,000 — ‘Harry Dresden’ Wizard Claim Unravels Into Nightmare Case

FAIRFIELD, CA — The trench-coated, flip-flop-wearing stranger whose chilling Ring camera footage went viral earlier this month for demanding to…

By Derek Johnson

tesla-hw3-fsd-2026-04-23

America April 23, 2026

Elon Musk Finally Admits 4 Million Tesla Owners Will Never Get The Full Self-Driving They Paid For — Company Pivots To ‘Discounted Trade-Ins’ And Microfactory Retrofits As Backlash Explodes

AUSTIN, TX — Tesla CEO Elon Musk conceded on Wednesday’s Q1 2026 earnings call what critics, regulators, and thousands of…

By Derek Johnson

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America April 23, 2026

Iran Seizes Two MSC Container Ships In Strait Of Hormuz Just Hours After Trump Extends Ceasefire — 15 Filipino Seafarers Held As Global Oil Traffic Grinds To A Halt

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) seized two commercial container ships in the Strait of Hormuz on…

By Derek Johnson

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