Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) weighed in on the President Trump administration’s deployment of Marines and National Guard soldiers to Los Angeles in light of the ongoing protests against raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), saying during a brief interview that the president “wants the show.” Gomez, who represents California's 34th Congressional District, which includes...
President Trump spoke on the phone with tech billionaire Elon Musk late Monday night, according to multiple reports, as allies of both men had urged them to reconcile their feud that exploded last week with a torrent of social media barbs. The New York Times first reported on the call. The White House did not...
The Justice Department called California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) attempt for a judge to limit President Trump’s National Guard deployment in Los Angeles a “crass political stunt endangering American lives” in a new court filing Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer said he would hold a Thursday hearing before ruling on Newsom’s emergency motion, rejecting...
Federal prosecutors announced charges Wednesday against two men accused of possessing Molotov cocktails during recent protests in Los Angeles in response to immigration raids. According to an affidavit filed with a complaint by prosecutors, Emiliano Galvez, 23, threw a Molotov cocktail over a wall where sheriff's deputies were attempting to control a crowd. The other...
The Trump administration is moving to ax Biden-era climate and pollution rules for power plants, EPA administrator Lee Zeldin announced Wednesday. The moves come as the Trump administration looks to promote a fossil fueled future — and are expected to worsen global warming and air pollution. The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to overturn Biden-era rules that...
Senate Republicans appear less likely to try to make changes to Medicare Advantage as part of their massive tax and spending bill, Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) said Wednesday. Cramer raised the idea of targeting Medicare Advantage for additional savings last week after a closed-door caucus meeting, saying the program is ideal for reform because it...
Senate Democrats sought to pick apart the Trump administration’s legal rationale for sending National Guard troops and active-duty Marines into Los Angeles this week in what they called a wildly out-of-proportion response to sometimes violent protests against President Trump’s escalating immigration sweeps. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) berated Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during an Appropriations subcommittee...
An international human rights group said that Chinese rare earth minerals are being produced through forced labor as President Trump lauded a Tuesday deal with President Xi Jinping that would allow for “full magnets, and any necessary rare earths” to be readily supplied to the U.S. A June report from the Global Rights Compliance (GRC),...
With one fewer security layer now available, the air system may indeed be no more risky, as the secretary of Homeland Security claims. It is, however, difficult to believe that it will be more secure.
Former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said in a Tuesday interview that he is concerned that deploying National Guard troops to quell protests in large American cities could lead to a repeat of the "loss of life" that took place at Kent State University in 1970. Asked about his biggest concern with having the National...
