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Judge orders release of foreign researcher detained over Hamas praise

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the release of foreign Georgetown University researcher Badar Khan Suri from immigration detention, rebuking the Trump administration’s use of a Cold War-era law to justify Suri’s deportation over praise of and familial links to the terrorist group Hamas. Suri, a postdoctoral fellow in the United States on a student […]

Acting ICE director finds Newark detention center incident ‘disheartening’

Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons said his agency was operating its Delaney Hall Detention Center properly under “the law Congress enacted.” Lyons appeared on Fox News’s America Reports following Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s arrest outside the detention center. The Department of Homeland Security has also accused Reps. Rob Menendez (D-NJ), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), […]

Newsom to roll back healthcare for illegal immigrants as he blames ‘Trump slump’ for $12 billion deficit

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday called for his state to scale back healthcare for illegal immigrants in an effort to help balance the state budget that went from having a small surplus in January to being $12 billion in the red by May. The move to limit healthcare for undocumented migrants is a reversal […]

Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan files motion to dismiss obstruction case citing Trump decision

Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan is seeking to dismiss her federal obstruction case, which she said was based on an official act and therefore she was immune, citing a 2024 Supreme Court ruling involving President Donald Trump. Following her arrest last month, Dugan was charged with obstructing a federal agency and concealing a person […]

State Department lists Cuba as noncooperating country over harboring terrorists

The State Department designated Cuba a “not fully cooperating country” over its harboring of 11 fugitives. In a Tuesday statement, State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said the designation came over a violation of section 40A of the Arms Export Control Act, committed in 2024. The designation forbids Cuba from receiving defense articles and services. “In […]

Hakeem Jeffries dodges questions of Biden cover-up: ‘We’re not looking backward’

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) avoided questions during an interview on Wednesday regarding former President Joe Biden‘s declining mental acuity while in office and its subsequent cover-up. The questions stem from the new book Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again, written by CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios reporter Alex […]

Kraft-Heinz investing $3 billion to upgrade US factories due to Trump’s tariffs

Kraft-Heinz is the latest American company to announce plans to boost manufacturing. The company, best known for brands such as Heinz, Oscar Mayer, and JELL-O, said it would invest $3 billion into its factories, generating 3,500 new construction jobs. The result will be the largest upgrade in over a decade. The decision follows President Donald […]

Dingell defends dozing off as Trump’s rapid agenda exhausts Washington

Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) is pushing back after being caught dozing off during an all-night House hearing, saying she had been awake for nearly a day and a half fighting Republican efforts to cut Medicaid. “Been up for 31 hours straight fighting Republicans trying to gut Medicaid. Closed my eyes to think about an America […]

Amazon wages quiet war to stop states from taking Chinese equipment out of government offices

Amazon is dispatching lobbyists to statehouses around the country in a fight against legislation that could see states ordering fewer goods from China, raising vague but strong objections to the bills, flooding legislators with dubious amendments to bog down the process, and straining their relationships with lawmakers. “I’ve gone to Amazon and their lobbyists and […]

Pakistan, India trade accusations and threats, but ceasefire holds

The high-stakes stand-off between India and Pakistan seems to be de-escalating after the United States brokered an immediate ceasefire between the two nuclear powers, but their bad blood has only continued to boil. Cross-border violence broke out last week as India conducted a series of strikes on Pakistan and its territory in Kashmir. The campaign, […]
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