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Senate Republicans delivered a rare rebuke to President Donald Trump’s trade policy on Tuesday, even as they continue to largely back him during the ongoing government shutdown. Five GOP senators joined Democrats in voting to end Trump’s use of emergency powers to impose 50% tariffs on Brazil, Fox News reported. The resolution, led by Sen. Tim … Read more
Federal prosecutors have launched a sweeping criminal investigation into whether senior leaders of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation defrauded donors who poured more than $90 million into the movement after the 2020 death of George Floyd. The Associated Press first reported that the Justice Department’s inquiry — led by the U.S. Attorney’s Office … Read more
President Donald Trump achieved a significant triumph at the U.S. Supreme Court, garnering support from normally liberal justices. The court annulled a lower court injunction that was obstructing the president from revoking the protected legal status of hundreds of thousands of migrants presently living in the United States. The ruling was 8–1 in support of … Read more
FBI Director Kash Patel announced Friday that the bureau has arrested several individuals in connection with an alleged terror plot in Michigan that authorities believe was planned for this weekend. “This morning the FBI thwarted a potential terrorist attack and arrested multiple subjects in Michigan who were allegedly plotting a violent attack over Halloween weekend. … Read more
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has shifted his strategy in the ongoing government shutdown, now embracing a version of a plan Republicans briefly considered — and later abandoned — to ease the shutdown’s impact on some federal workers and aid recipients. After previously withholding Democratic votes in a bid to secure an extension of … Read more
A senior aide to Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, rumored to be a possible 2028 candidate, has been arrested in a major cocaine trafficking scheme that allegedly funneled drugs into a state office building. LaMar Cook, the deputy director of Healey’s western Massachusetts office since 2023, is charged with trafficking more than 200 grams of cocaine, illegal gun … Read more
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has denied Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker’s request to suspend Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in the state over Halloween weekend. Pritzker announced Thursday morning that he had sent a letter to Noem asking for a temporary pause in “immigration enforcement,” saying his goal was to ensure children in Chicago … Read more
The Trump administration announced Thursday that it will significantly reduce the number of refugees the United States will accept in the upcoming fiscal year and prioritize white South Africans who it says are facing discrimination in their home country. According to notices published in the Federal Register, the U.S. will admit no more than 7,500 … Read more
The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate approved three ambassadors appointed by President Donald Trump, stationing them in the United Kingdom, Turkey, and Italy, respectively. All three new ambassadors, Warren Stephens, Tom Barrack, and Tilman Feritta, are billionaires who generously support Trump and other Republicans. They all garnered a few Democratic votes, as did all Republicans. Earlier this … Read more
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is preparing to announce a 2028 run for the U.S. Senate against Sen. Lisa Murkowski, according to several sources close to the governor who spoke exclusively to Fox News this week. The move would place him against Murkowski, who has repeatedly clashed with President Donald Trump and is often viewed as … Read more