EXCLUSIVE — Liberal activist groups, such as the environmental organization Sunrise Movement and the Latino advocacy nonprofit UNIDOS, are organizing Minneapolis high school students to protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Activists plan for students to walk out of class on Friday and organize another protest during school hours on Tuesday, Jan. 27, according to […]
A former school superintendent in Des Moines, Iowa, entered a guilty plea at a court hearing on Thursday, months after he was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement for staying in the country illegally. Ian Roberts pleaded guilty to falsely claiming U.S. citizenship for employment and being an illegal immigrant in possession of firearms. He […]
EXCLUSIVE — The nation’s top banking regulator is rejecting Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) request to halt a bank charter application for World Liberty Financial, the cryptocurrency group founded by President Donald Trump and his allies in 2024. WLF, which currently describes itself as a “decentralized finance” cryptocurrency firm, filed an application on Jan. 5 with […]
February 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be issued to recipients in seven days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of a month. However, February’s payment will go out on Jan. 30. When the first of a month falls on a weekend or holiday, SSI payments are issued […]
Democrats are vowing to resist President Donald Trump’s sweeping deportation agenda by promoting policies to bar federal immigration officials from obtaining future government and law enforcement jobs. The pledges from progressive candidates seeking higher office go further than the party’s growing calls to “abolish ICE” or to slash its funding. Instead, they are warning of personal […]
A new poll suggests that the coalition that returned President Donald Trump to the White House after a four-year hiatus may be eroding. These numbers come as Republicans seek to defend their narrow congressional majorities in November’s midterm elections, when replicating Trump’s 2024 support levels from low-propensity voters was always going to be a challenge. […]
President Donald Trump is forcing Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) to walk a tightrope on one of the most controversial planks of his immigration agenda, ordering a new wave of ICE raids that is complicating her fight for political survival in Maine. On Tuesday, the Trump administration began a surge of immigration agents to her home […]
The third round of January Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,108, will be issued in five days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born on or after the 21st of a month will receive this payment on Jan. 28. The first round of payments went out on Jan. 14 to recipients born on […]
A government contractor accused of leaking classified national security information to a Washington Post journalist was indicted by a federal grand jury in Maryland on Thursday. He was charged with five counts of unlawfully transmitting and one count of unlawfully retaining classified national defense information. Aurelio Luis Perez-Lugones, 61, allegedly illegally accessed classified national defense […]
A special election in Michigan’s 35th District could offer one of the first clues about the 2026 political landscape, with control of the state Senate hanging by a single seat. The stakes are unusually high for a state legislative race. Democrats currently hold a one-vote majority in the Michigan Senate. A Democratic win would preserve […]
