The Trump administration is laying off more than 600 employees at Voice of America, a government-funded news outlet that provides news to other countries. The White House confirmed the layoffs to the Washington Examiner. The move doesn’t come as a surprise, as Kari Lake, a top adviser to VOA’s parent agency, the United States Agency […]

A federal judge in New Jersey on Friday ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement to release Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student and pro-Palestinian activist, from detention, a legal blow to the Trump administration as it moves to deport some foreign nationals involved in anti-Israel protests. Khalil, a 30-year-old green card holder originally from Syria, […]

Socialist New York state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani and New York City Comptroller Brad Lander cross-endorsed each other in the Democratic primary for mayor last week, hoping to beat front-runner former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Their disagreement on one key issue appears to have created tension. Mamdani’s staunch anti-Israel stances have conflicted with Lander, who is a […]

A number of notable Democrats have taken to acting out in recent months to protest the “tyranny” of President Donald Trump and his policy agenda. Most of them have focused on voicing opposition to Trump’s immigration policies and have been confrontational in their efforts to resist them, often resulting in clashes with federal officials and […]