The developer of ICEBlock, an app used to report sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, sued the Trump administration on Monday after it pressured Apple to take the service off its app store. ICEBlock creator Joshua Aaron, who filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, says the administration’s...
President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, Alina Habba, resigned as acting U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey on Monday. Her resignation follows an appeals court ruling finding that she was serving in her position unlawfully. Habba said she is stepping down to protect “the stability and integrity of the office which I love,”...
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, filed to run for the U.S. Senate on Monday after another Democratic contender dropped out of the race. Crockett’s decision follows intense speculation and a Texas redistricting effort that shifted her former district into more Republican-held territory. Crockett is one of two Democrats and two Republicans who hope to unseat incumbent GOP...
Paramount launched a hostile bid Monday to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery just days after Netflix announced it was acquiring WBD’s streaming and studio assets. In a new bid, Paramount said it would offer $30 per share for the conglomerate, $2.25 more than Netflix’s deal. Paramount said its offer "provides a superior alternative to the Netflix transaction." In...
Although a federal grand jury declined Thursday to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James on mortgage fraud charges, the case isn’t necessarily over. At the urging of President Donald Trump, the Justice Department says it will again try to bring charges against James, one of the president’s most prominent perceived enemies. The grand jury’s...
The Supreme Court on Friday said it would hear arguments over President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship. Signed early in his second term, the order states that children born in the U.S. to parents who are undocumented or in the country temporarily are not citizens. Lower courts have said the order is unconstitutional,...
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), an independent group of physicians and public health officials that develops guidance about the use of vaccines in the country, voted on Friday 8-3 to upend the current practice of administering the hepatitis B vaccine to all newborns. Instead, the panel recommended that pregnant women undergo hepatitis B...
Warner Bros. Discovery announced it has agreed to sell its iconic studio and streaming assets, including HBO Max, to Netflix, in a blockbuster deal that still requires federal regulatory approval. If finalized, the merger would unite the 102-year-old Hollywood powerhouse with the world’s largest streaming platform, creating a dominant new force in global entertainment. The deal...
The Supreme Court said on Thursday that Texas can use the congressional map drawn by Republicans that gave them five more GOP-friendly districts. The decision follows a previous lower court ruling that stated the map likely discriminates based on race. Texas filed an emergency request with the Supreme Court after the lower court handed down...
Wearing red, white and blue at Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail two years ago, Donald Trump became the first U.S. president to have his face immortalized in a mugshot. But Georgia’s election interference case against Trump was dropped on Nov. 26. Now, the county’s taxpayers could be on the hook for millions of dollars in the...
President Donald Trump dismissed concerns over affordability in America, calling it a “con job” and adding, “It doesn’t mean anything to anybody.” Despite those assertions from the president, concerns over the cost of living and the economy are among the top three concerns for Americans, according to recent polling. Cost of living/affordability “The word ‘affordability’...
The Defense Department Inspector General’s report on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of Signal for strike planning is slated for release today. The review follows months of controversy over whether Hegseth’s personal-phone messages risked operational security and violated Pentagon policy, as officials dispute that any classified information was shared. According to the Pentagon’s findings, Defense...
The FBI arrested a suspect in connection with the investigation into pipe bombs planted near the Republican and Democratic national party headquarters on Jan. 5, 2021. The arrest marks a major breakthrough in the case that has drawn criticism from lawmakers, NBC News reports. Attorney General Pam Bondi identified the suspect as Brian Cole Jr....
WASHINGTON — “Drunkards!” “Jezebel!” “Nasty!” The street preacher condemned people as he proselytized on the sidewalks outside public events. But after the town of Brandon, Mississippi, adopted an ordinance dictating where people are allowed to protest, Gabriel Olivier was arrested, fined and placed on one year of non-supervised probation. This was just the beginning of...
The Department of Veterans Affairs is creating an urgent and extensive internal database of non-U.S. citizens employed by the department, according to documents leaked to The Guardian. The publication said the memo has prompted concern within the agency over a potential immigration crackdown affecting its own employees. A spokesperson for the department confirmed that the...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released more than a dozen photos and videos of Jeffrey Epstein’s notorious private island on Wednesday. The photos show bedrooms, empty courtyards and other spaces from the convicted sex offender’s villa in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where he allegedly trafficked underage girls to powerful and famous men. The release...
President Donald Trump pardoned Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, and his wife in a federal bribery and conspiracy case, saying the Biden administration “weaponized the Justice System.” In a post on social media, the president said the charges against Cuellar and his wife are “One of the clearest examples of this.” Federal prosecutors last year charged...
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a New Jersey case that could influence the ability of states to regulate private organizations that promote controversial viewpoints. During an hour and a half of oral arguments, several justices seemed sympathetic to claims by a chain of "crisis pregnancy centers" that a New Jersey investigation...
President Donald Trump has issued a pardon for former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, leading to his release Monday from a federal prison in West Virginia after nearly four years behind bars. Hernandez’s wife, Ana García, announced the news on social media, saying her husband was “once again a free man.” The move is one...
The Department of Agriculture plans sweeping changes to the country’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and other USDA-administered welfare programs with the aim of eliminating fraud and misuse. Details about the plan aren’t yet known, but policy analysts said changes from the One Big Beautiful Bill could either reduce or eliminate benefits for millions. USDA Secretary...
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