The FBI has arrested the person it suspects of giving away face shields to protesters during the anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles. Video captured a man, identified by authorities as Alejandro Theodoro Orellana, handing out UVEX Bionic Shield masks to protesters similar to those worn by law enforcement. A black truck parked in the middle […]
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is holding a press conference in Los Angeles amid the first major riots of President Donald Trump’s second term. The press conference is set to begin at 1:45 p.m. Riots began on Friday in response to ICE raids in the city. Trump was quick with a federal response, deploying 2,000 […]
One person has been confirmed to have survived the Air India flight that crashed on Thursday. At Ahmedabad’s Civil Hospital, Dr. Dhaval Gameti told the Associated Press that he had examined the survivor of the crash, whom he identified as Vishwash Kumar Ramesh. “He was disoriented with multiple injuries all over his body,” Gameti said. […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) reiterated his support for President Donald Trump‘s “one big, beautiful bill” to pass in the Senate, saying it would provide “the most money that any legislative body has ever saved.” Following the House‘s passage of the bill in May, Johnson encouraged senators to “be careful” of any disagreements they have […]
Former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger criticized the media and political leaders for the anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles during an appearance on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Wednesday night. The actor compared today’s unrest to what the nation was like when he arrived in the late 1960s, when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, […]
The Senate confirmed former GOP Rep. Billy Long to lead the IRS, where he would be responsible for implementing the major new tax legislation Republicans are hoping to enact and overseeing cuts to budgets and the workforce initiated by the Department of Government Efficiency. The Senate voted 53-44 on Thursday to confirm Long, President Donald Trump’s nominee […]
(The Center Square) – Legislation that mandates the Illinois Department of Corrections annually report on hospice and palliative care within its facilities is being criticized for being named after a convicted murderer who threw a victim head first down an elevator shaft. State Sen. Steve McClure, R-Springfield, urged the Senate to vote “no” on House Bill […]
All 12 members of the Fulbright program’s board, tasked with administering the prestigious scholarship to Americans and foreigners to continue their educational studies, resigned on Wednesday night. They voiced concerns that the Trump administration is undermining and compromising the program’s objectives. “Our resignation is not a decision we take lightly,” the board said in a […]
A Wisconsin group filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk, claiming he bribed voters by promoting two “million-dollar” giveaways during the state’s 2025 Supreme Court election. The lawsuit, from the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, a nonprofit organization that investigates campaign funding and election transparency, alleges that Musk and his PACs acted together to commit election bribery by […]
A House Oversight hearing on illegal immigration quickly became a showdown with 2026 overtones as Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) sparred with Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), one of her possible gubernatorial challengers. In a heated exchange, Stefanik accused Hochul of running a “sanctuary state” that shields illegal immigrants from deportation, listing off violent crimes perpetrated under […]
