Federal immigration officers have arrested nearly 6,500 illegal immigrants with criminal histories across New York City since President Donald Trump took office, according to a senior White House official, who said the crackdown was well underway. White House border czar Tom Homan said on Sunday that his promised surge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers […]
Former Democratic Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown is positioning the fight against artificial intelligence data centers near the forefront of his campaign against Sen. Jon Husted (R-OH) as he aims to return to the upper chamber. Brown, a former three-term senator from the Buckeye State who fell to Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) in 2024, released two […]
Welcome to Monday’s Washington Secrets, where the big question is how will we get through the next four years waiting for the next World Cup. In the meantime, we run the rule over Britain’s new prime minister, and suggest that he is already in good shape to manage the relationship between London and Washington. Plus, […]
Sinaloa cartel cofounder Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada was sentenced on Monday to a mandatory life sentence in federal prison after admitting he spent more than five decades helping build one of the world’s largest drug trafficking organizations in Mexico. U.S. District Judge Brian M. Cogan imposed the sentence in Brooklyn, New York, after Zambada pleaded […]
Troy Jackson is all but certain to replace Graham Platner as the Democratic nominee after rival candidates dropped out and his supporters swept delegate elections, effectively turning the party’s open nominating process for Maine Senate into a near-coronation. Jackson has secured the support of a majority of the state party delegates who will choose Platner’s […]
U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham and President Donald Trump held their first call since Burnham took office, an opportunity the prime minister used to invite Trump to Manchester. Tensions between Trump and Burnham were evident before the latter took office, largely over pointed comments Burnham had made against the president in the past. Trump was […]
Vice President JD Vance won’t take paternity leave following the birth of his fourth child, according to his office. The vice president and second lady, Usha Vance, welcomed the birth of Alec Neel Vance, the couple’s third son, over the weekend. “Usha and the baby are happy and healthy, and our kids are overjoyed to […]
The Houthis, an Iranian-backed terrorist group based in Yemen, declared a seaborne blockade of Saudi Arabia, escalating rising tensions in a front that had gone mercifully quiet during recent upheavals around Iran. The Houthis and the Saudi-backed anti-Houthi coalition have been largely at peace since a ceasefire was agreed upon in 2022, though Saudi Arabia […]
President Donald Trump on Monday shared the first public photo of Vice President JD Vance’s fourth child, Alec Neel Vance, congratulating the family in a Truth Social post. “Congratulations! A perfect baby boy for the wonderful Vance family,” Trump wrote alongside a photo of newborn Alec being held by one of his older siblings, Vivek, with […]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) endorsed Abdul el Sayed in the highly contested Democratic primary for Michigan’s next senator, adding to the list of national progressives standing behind the candidate. Warren previously backed state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, a Democrat who dropped out of the race earlier this month after el Sayed surged ahead in polls. McMorrow’s […]
