Vice President JD Vance is putting Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on the defensive, resurfacing decades-old remarks from Schumer to argue that Democrats have abandoned their own past positions in the fight over the latest government shutdown. The standoff centers on a continuing resolution meant to keep federal agencies funded. While the House passed … Read more
Homeland Security agents arrested more than 800 illegal immigrants in Illinois during “Operation Midway Blitz,” with officials confirming that the large-scale raids will continue even as the federal government remains shut down. According to DHS, those taken into custody included rapists, repeat drunk drivers, and individuals who had already been deported and reentered the United … Read more
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez denied during an MSNBC interview Tuesday evening that she was responsible for Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer’s decision not to support a GOP stopgap funding measure, allowing the federal government to shut down. She did, however, step up to support Democrats who have demanded an extension of Obamacare subsidies to the tune … Read more
Federal officials announced this week that nearly half of all immigrants in the greater Minneapolis area were found to have committed some form of immigration fraud. The findings came during a September enforcement sweep and included cases involving sham marriages, falsified death certificates, and other schemes, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Joseph … Read more
Lorenz Kraus, 53, a former fringe Democratic presidential candidate, admitted in a televised interview that he killed his parents nearly a decade ago and buried their bodies in the backyard of their Albany home. The confession came during an on-camera interview with CBS6 anchor Greg Floyd on Thursday, one day after police recovered the remains … Read more
The first federal government shutdown in seven years began at midnight Tuesday, with both parties trading blame as negotiations collapsed. Neither President Donald Trump and the Republican majority in Congress nor Democratic leaders agreed to compromise, resulting in a lapse in funding. The shutdown has quickly escalated into a war of words, with each side … Read more
Although Republicans have historically shouldered most of the blame during government shutdowns, the party appears to be gaining ground with the public in the current standoff. GOP leaders have framed the budget impasse as avoidable and have argued that Democrats are insisting on funding healthcare benefits for immigrants in the country illegally, Just the News reports. … Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that the Veterans Court does not have to re-examine all evidence when reviewing disability benefits denials. It can only overturn a decision if there is a clear mistake. This standard was questioned by two veterans, Norman Thornton and Joshua Bufkin. Thornton, who served in the Gulf War, said that … Read more
According to reports, the monarch has only met Lilibet once and has spent very little time with Archie, who was born in the UK in 2019. Harry, 41, is reported to have given the King a framed photo of Archie and Lilibet on his recent trip to the UK, where he made a number of … Read more
In a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has sided with a Pennsylvania postal worker in a case that could reshape how employers handle requests for religious accommodations in the workplace. The case centered around Gerald Groff, a Christian mail carrier who argued that the U.S. Postal Service violated his rights when it required him … Read more