The House narrowly passed a $9.4 billion rescissions package on Thursday, marking a win for leadership and President Donald Trump, despite concerns that a bloc of centrist Republicans uncomfortable with the cuts to public broadcasting would sink the bill. The Rescissions Act of 2025, which slashes budgets for PBS, NPR, USAID, and other aid programs, […]
The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office in Maryland has declined to partake in an honor guard ceremony at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, citing the Baltimore Orioles’ prohibition of firearms in the stadium. Sheriff Jim DeWees opted out of the ceremony at the Baltimore stadium, in which weapons are among the list of forbidden items. The […]
The Trump administration sent termination notices on Thursday to more than 500,000 migrants enrolled in a Biden-era parole program for migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. The Department of Homeland Security officials confirmed that notices had been sent to program enrollees that their work authorizations and paroles were revoked, effective immediately. “The Biden Administration […]
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) announced on Thursday that he is deploying 5,000 National Guard troops in response to planned protests this weekend against President Donald Trump and his administration’s immigration raids. “Peaceful protests are part of the fabric of our nation, but Texas will not tolerate the lawlessness we have seen in Los Angeles in response to […]
ALEX PADILLA FORCIBLY REMOVED FROM NOEM PRESS CONFERENCE IN CALIFORNIA Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) is speaking after he was wrestled by law enforcement officials while interrupting Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s speech in Los Angeles.
The daughter-in-law of a former U.S. congresswoman is running in the Democratic primary to succeed retiring Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), and she is doing so without the support of her family. Awisi Bustos, CEO of the Illinois Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs, is joining the crowded primary contest to replace Durbin, 80, who is […]
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) accused Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) of failing to take proper action to protect student protester Mahmoud Khalil, due to his being Palestinian. Tlaib went off during a House Oversight Committee hearing, primarily directing her ire at President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. However, she also directed some fury at Democrats, taking aim […]
President Donald Trump said an order regarding migrant farm workers is coming “soon” as concerns mount over the effect the deportation of longtime workers could have on U.S. agriculture. “We’re going to have an order on that pretty soon, I think,” Trump said Thursday at the White House. “We can’t do that to our farmers, […]
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) was forcibly removed from a press conference with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in Los Angeles on Thursday. “I’m Sen. Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary. … Hands off me,” Padilla said as law enforcement pushed him out of the room. Padilla was then handcuffed by police officers in […]
(The Center Square) – Pepper spray, more than 30 people arrested, and the mayor issuing a curfew for the first time since 2020 in response to George Floyd’s death — Spokane is preparing for more unrest on Saturday after local police dispersed a protest at a federal immigration facility on Wednesday, organized by former City […]
