Federal and local authorities are still working to determine a motive after a gunman opened fire on an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Dallas on Wednesday. One detainee was killed and two others were critically injured in the incident. The suspected shooter, identified as 29-year-old Joshua Jahn, died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound....
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) says a new memo from the White House budget office warning that mass firings could be on the table if there’s a government shutdown is “an attempt at intimidation.” Schumer, who was scheduled to meet with Trump at the White House Thursday to discuss a funding deal before Trump...
The firing of a Texas professor and subsequent resignation of the university's president are illustrating a statewide battle on when and how LGBTQ topics are discussed on college campuses. State lawmakers say what the Texas A&M lecturer did was illegal, opponents say academics are losing their free speech rights and at least one other...
Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa’s debut at the United Nations this week was met with fascination, excitement and optimism, even as Syria’s road to fully joining the international community is fraught with pitfalls. On Wednesday, al-Sharaa became the first Syrian head of state to address the U.N. General Assembly in nearly 60 years, presenting his new...
Lawmakers in both parties fighting to force the Trump administration to release all the federal files on Jeffrey Epstein took a big step closer to their goal this week. Adelita Grijalva’s victory on Tuesday in a special House election in southern Arizona sends another Democrat to Capitol Hill — and secures the deciding endorsement of...
Members of the “Squad" and other leading Democrats are being criticized for using inflammatory rhetoric, which officials say has contributed to the “demonizing" ICE agents.
The Trump administration has made progress in recent months cracking down on illicit Chinese vapes but industry insiders say there is still much more to do.