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Detained illegal immigrants will face $5K ‘apprehension fee’: Border Patrol chief

The Trump administration announced a $5,000 apprehension fee for illegal immigrants age 14 and older as part of comprehensive new border enforcement measures.

Stephen A. Smith knocks Trump for calling affordability Democratic ‘con job’

ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith blasted President Trump for calling the affordability crisis a Democratic “con job,” saying that he “wants to act as if there’s no concern.” “He has to say that right now because it’s an issue and a concern for the American people,” the host of SiriusXM's “Straight Shooter with Stephen A.”...

Greene says Trump was ‘furious’ with her after she signed Epstein files discharge petition

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said President Trump was furious with her after she signed a House petition compelling the release of all government files related to disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.  “We did talk about the Epstein files and he was extremely angry at me that I signed the discharge petition...

West Virginia governor: Hospitalized National Guardsman looking ‘more like himself’

West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey (R) said Friday that a National Guardsman injured in last week's shooting in Washington is “slowly healing” and that his parents reported he has begun to “look more like himself.” In a message posted on the social platform X, Morrisey announced that a vigil would be held for U.S. Air...

Lawmakers debate next steps on college sports legislation

Lawmakers in the House are debating next steps on potential regulations for how college athletes can be compensated.

Trump admin backs Monsanto effort to limit Roundup lawsuits over glyphosate

The Trump administration is backing Monsanto in its effort to get the Supreme Court to shield it from liability over cancer claims related to its Roundup weedkiller, a move that could anger the Trump administration’s allies in the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement. The Trump administration filed a brief with the Supreme Court arguing that lawsuits...

Trump admin strips ‘renewable’ and ‘energy’ from National Renewable Energy Laboratory name

The Trump administration on Monday stripped the words “renewable” and “energy” from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory name, furthering White House directives to abandon clean energy sources. On Monday, the Department of Energy renamed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to the National Laboratory of the Rockies announcing that the change is effective immediately and will...

Supreme Court leans toward faith-based pregnancy centers in NJ subpoena fight 

The Supreme Court appeared sympathetic to a group of faith-based pregnancy centers at oral arguments Tuesday in its fight against a subpoena from New Jersey’s Democratic attorney general seeking donor information.  First Choice Women’s Resource Centers argues the demand violates the group’s First Amendment rights, but lower courts ruled the dispute isn’t ripe until a...

Milk sold in Illinois and Wisconsin recalled over ‘cleaning agents’

Close to 320 gallons of the milk were sold before the issue was discovered.

Johnson raises Obama drone strikes in response to Hegseth controversy

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) brought up drone strikes conducted on former President Obama’s watch when asked about the controversy over Caribbean boat strikes authorized by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Johnson was asked in a press conference Tuesday about September strikes on a boat allegedly carrying drugs. The Washington Post reported last week that Hegseth had issued an...

Trump says his administration will ‘rebuild’ Dulles airport

President Trump on Tuesday said his administration was planning to overhaul Dulles International Airport in Virginia. “We’re also going to rebuild Dulles airport because it’s not a good airport. It should be a great airport, and it’s not a good airport at all," Trump said during a Cabinet meeting. "It’s a terrible airport. It was...

Wall Street Journal calls for Hegseth to testify under oath on boat strikes

The editorial board of The Wall Street Journal is calling for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to testify under oath about the second strike the U.S. military conducted that killed survivors of an initial strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Caribbean.  "The charge of deliberately killing the defenseless is serious enough to warrant...

Defunding of catechists leaves Catholic soldiers in a lurch

Canceling these contracts disproportionately impacts Catholics.

Democrats investigate Patel’s use of FBI jet for ‘date night’ travel, other excursions

House Judiciary Democrats have launched a probe into FBI Director Kash Patel’s use of the bureau’s jet, accusing him of having “commandeered U.S. government aircraft for personal joyrides.” Patel’s travels have sparked scrutiny as he’s been seen jetting to meet with his girlfriend, attend sporting events and go on excursions. “You used a $60 million...

Adm. Frank Bradley to brief lawmakers Thursday on Venezuelan boat strikes

U.S. Navy Adm. Frank M. “Mitch” Bradley will provide a classified briefing to the senior members of the Senate and House Armed Services committees on Thursday about the Trump administration’s controversial strikes on Venezuelan boats suspected of smuggling drugs. Bradley was authorized by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to order a follow-up strike on Sept. 2...

Loomer: Army secretary’s office plotting ‘coup’ against Hegseth

Conservative activist Laura Loomer on Monday accused the office of Army Secretary Dan Driscoll of trying to oust Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in an alleged “coup.” Hegseth's leadership has been repeatedly questioned after several scandals including texting about war plans in a Signal group chat and allegedly ordering illegal strikes on boats in the Caribbean....

Kelly: Pentagon lawyer ‘didn’t share all the information’ during briefing on boat strike

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) on Tuesday accused a lawyer for the Pentagon of being "evasive" in answering questions about a second strike on an alleged drug trafficking boat in the Caribbean in September, saying the attorney did not share everything with lawmakers. "He came and briefed us several weeks ago about this specific strike," Kelly...

Texas Tech restricts race, gender teaching

The Texas Tech University System released new guidelines Monday on how faculty can teach about race and gender in the classrooms. Chancellor Brandon Creighton sent a memo to the system’s presidents that said faculty cannot teach that there are more than two genders and put restrictions on how race can be discussed.  “State law and...

Here’s the top 20 list of most-viewed Wikipedia articles in 2025

If you clicked on a Wikipedia article this year, you contributed to the estimated 2.4 billion hours spent reading English-language articles in 2025, and we now know which artciles were the most popular.

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