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Two escapees from immigration detention center recaptured, two still at large

Two immigrants who escaped the Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark, New Jersey, were recaptured by authorities Friday. Last week, unrest at the immigration detention center resulted in four detainees escaping. Authorities with the FBI did not publicize the renewed detention of the two recaptured immigrants until Sunday. It also remains to be seen how they were […]

Biden autopen use: What to know as Trump orders an investigation into his predecessor

As more details emerge on former President Joe Biden‘s mental and physical state while in office, President Donald Trump and his allies have seized on the autopen in their attacks on Trump’s predecessor. Biden, 82, has faced a whirlwind of public scrutiny, with new reporting and books, such as CNN anchor Jake Tapper and Axios […]

WATCH LIVE: Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at G7 summit

President Donald Trump will meet with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the G7 summit at 11 a.m. ET. The G7 summit will be Carney’s first international gathering since being elected as prime minister in March. Trump and Carney’s meeting comes amid a trade war between the United States and Canada. World leaders are also […]

Flash flooding kills five in West Virginia, rescue teams searching for missing people

Flash flooding caused by torrential rains killed five people in northern West Virginia, and rescue crews were searching for three other people who were missing Sunday, as authorities assessed damage to roads, bridges, natural gas lines, and other infrastructure. Officials said 2.5 to 4 inches of rain fell in parts of Wheeling and Ohio County […]

A decade of MAGA: How Trump’s golden escalator ride changed America

Ten years ago, then-businessman Donald Trump and his wife, Melania Trump, slowly descended a golden escalator at his Trump Tower in New York City, waving at the crowd that had gathered to hear his remarks.  Nearby, Ivanka Trump, his first daughter, stood awaiting her father’s announcement that he was running for president during the 2016 […]

Second round of June Social Security payments goes out in two days

The second round of June’s Social Security payments, worth up to $5,108 for the highest-income earners who retire at age 70, will be distributed in two days. Here is all you need to know about June’s Social Security payments. When does the check arrive? Social Security payments typically begin on the second Wednesday of every month, and the following waves go out in […]

Trump secures key appellate court wins amid lower court setbacks

President Donald Trump is racking up a string of courtroom victories that have helped sustain some of his most sweeping second-term policies, even as lower courts continue to block or limit them. The Trump administration’s success in the appellate courts — and particularly before the U.S. Supreme Court — has allowed it to preserve disputed […]

Thune sends senators sprinting with new voting stop clock

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is drawing rare Democratic praise — and some GOP grumbling, too — over a new rule that has senators sprinting to the Senate floor to cast their votes. Senators now have 30 minutes to make their way to the chamber, or else GOP leaders will close the vote and […]

Padilla fears for people who ask questions ‘when cameras are not there’ 

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) worries about what will happen to people who question the Trump administration, who aren’t senators, and when the cameras are off.  His comments came just days after he was forcibly removed from a room for shouting and disrupting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem‘s press conference. Padilla raised […]

AfD persists through German officials’ attempts to quash rising popularity

When the Christian Democratic Union won the German parliamentary elections in February, it was far from a reassuring victory. The Alternative for Germany, the nation’s most prominent right-wing political party, had ridden a wave of resentment against establishment immigration policy and anti-nationalism to secure a stunning second place finish. CDU leader Friedrich Merz — now […]
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