The Justice Department announced 189 illegal immigrants were arrested in Washington, D.C., last week after an operation that occurred roughly around the same time federal immigration officers visited several restaurants in the area. The DOJ billed the crackdown as part of the “Make D.C. Safe and Beautiful” initiative and did not mention specifically where the […]
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is testifying before a House panel on the 2026 budget at 10 a.m. He will address key issues on the state of transportation in the United States and funding priorities in transportation policy. His testimony comes as Newark Liberty International Airport has had a series of radar blackouts and staffing issues, […]
Democrat John Ewing Jr. defeated incumbent Republican Jean Stothert in the Omaha mayoral race Tuesday, becoming the first black mayor of the most populous city in the Cornhusker State. Stothert had been attempting to win a fourth term in office. She flipped the seat from Democrat to Republican in 2013 and won again in 2017 […]
House Republicans on the Ways and Means Committee voted their tax legislation out of committee on Wednesday, moving one step closer to enacting a sweeping fiscal bill that would enact much of President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda. The fate of the bill on the House floor, though, was unclear, as members were still debating deductions […]
The Democratic National Committee‘s possible removal of Vice Chairman David Hogg has ignited an internal firestorm, splitting party members over what some say is a sham attempt to quash a young leader. Members of the DNC credentials committee passed a resolution on Monday evening challenging the Feb. 1 election of Hogg and another vice chairman, Malcolm Kenyatta. […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday will hear arguments in a rare yet also high-stakes dispute over President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants and temporary visa holders. But the justices will not decide that constitutional question directly — at least, not yet. Instead, the legal focus will be whether […]
On his last day at the Gulf Cooperation Council in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, President Donald Trump emphasized his desire to make a deal with Iran, but under very specific conditions: Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. Trump called on the leaders of the council to bring accountability to Tehran by enforcing the sanctions his administration […]
President Donald Trump’s informal elevation of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as his top adviser on trade seems to have advanced negotiations with American trading partners and eased concerns among Trump supporters spooked by the initial rollout of the president’s tariff agenda. Starting in February, the president began deploying Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and senior […]
Erik and Lyle Menendez, two brothers who murdered their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, were resentenced to 50 years to life in prison at a Los Angeles County court on Tuesday. The murders happened at their Beverly Hills residence in 1989. There were two trials regarding the murders. The first trial went from 1993 to […]
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to shift the blame for his state’s massive budget woes onto President Donald Trump’s tariffs when he releases his revised 2025-26 budget proposal on Wednesday. Newsom, a presumed contender for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028, is expected to go from the roughly balanced budget he announced in January […]
