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 […]