President Donald Trump’s deportation machine reached a new milestone in August as Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested more illegal immigrants nationwide than any previous month. The Department of Homeland Security announced late Wednesday that ICE took 50,925 people into custody last month. The figure surpassed the July record of 50,208 and the previous record of […]

House Democrats on Wednesday blocked a Republican-led proposal to amend the Constitution to prevent expanding the number of Supreme Court justices. The measure, viewed primarily as a symbolic gesture not expected to advance, failed to reach the two-thirds majority support needed to pass. Rep. Don Davis (D-NC) was the only Democrat to join all Republicans in […]

President Donald Trump on Wednesday offered up a scathing review of Attorney General Ken Paxton’s physical appearance but vowed to campaign for the Texas Senate nominee and a host of other Republican contenders in tight races ahead of November.  Paxton, who is running against Democratic nominee James Talarico, is one of multiple GOP candidates embroiled […]

Former Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner was pulled as a speaker from a Labor Day event in Maine that was supposed to mark one of his first major public appearances since ending his campaign for Congress. Platner was set to speak Monday at the rally organized by Hancock County Activists and Acadia Action Peacemakers, which […]