Illinois enacts comprehensive immigration protection law safeguarding families at courthouses, hospitals, and day cares amid federal enforcement crackdown.
Montana AG Austin Knudsen leads effort against Virginia's Jay Jones after violent rhetoric toward political opponents and their children surfaces in texts.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., announced that Republicans would back Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La, and Mike Crapo's, R-Idaho, plan to convert Obamacare subsidies to HSAs.
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The Supreme Court revived Texas’s congressional map that sparked a mid-decade redistricting war by adding up to five Republican pickup opportunities, paving the way Thursday for it to be used for the midterm elections as litigation proceeds. Over the dissents of the court’s three liberal justices, the majority said a lower court likely erred when invalidating...
Navy Adm. Frank Bradley appeared on Capitol Hill on Thursday to brief bipartisan lawmakers in both chambers on the details of a September attack on a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean. The meetings, held behind closed doors with the leaders of the Intelligence and Armed Services committees, shed new light on an episode that’s...
A U.S. Marine died during a training exercise Wednesday at Camp Pendleton in Southern California, military officials said Thursday. Around 1:45 p.m. local time, the Marine was involved in a “tactical vehicle mishap” during routine training and died of their injuries, the I Marine Expeditionary Force said in a statement. The military is withholding the...
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) confirmed Thursday that alerts of a 5.9 magnitude earthquake in Nevada were a false alarm. On its website, the USGS said that its ShakeAlert early warning system sent out an “incorrect alert” at 8:06 a.m. local time Thursday for a quake near Reno and Carson City, Nev. The survey noted...
A new report from MoneyGeek finds that, on average, nearly 400 people die each year in winter weather-related crashes, highlighting the most dangerous states for drivers during the season.
A college student deported while attempting to catch a flight home for Thanksgiving break questioned why the Trump administration was “targeting” people like her. Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, 19, was detained by immigration authorities on Nov. 20 at Boston Logan International Airport. She was planning to surprise her family in Texas for the holiday. "Why...
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump will participate in the annual lighting of the National Christmas Tree on Thursday evening. The ceremony includes performances by Alana Springsteen, Brett Young, Gabby Barrett, Jillian Cardarelli, Jon Pardi, Matthew West, The Beach Boys and Warren Zeiders, with Barrett and West serving as co-hosts, according to the event...
Democratic Sens. Mark Kelly (Ariz.), Richard Blumenthal (Conn.) and Ed Markey (Mass.) introduced a bill Thursday that would require airlines to compensate passengers for lengthy delays. The legislation, co-sponsored by more than a dozen other Senate Democrats, calls for the Department of Transportation (DOT) to require airlines to pay passengers $300 if their flight is...
President Trump is backing retiring Rep. Troy Nehls’s (R-Texas) identical twin for his House seat. “It is my Honor to endorse MAGA Warrior TREVER NEHLS, who is running to represent the incredible people of Texas’ 22nd Congressional District,” Trump said in a Truth Social post Thursday. “Trever's brother is the GREAT Congressman from Texas, Troy...
A federal appeals court panel on Thursday temporarily lifted a judge’s order blocking President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C. The three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit granted the Trump administration’s request to halt the order while they weigh whether an extended pause is warranted as they consider the administration’s appeal. It comes in the wake...
A former Sacramento County Sheriff’s deputy was killed in a shootout with police earlier this week after allegedly stabbing his 11-year-old son to death.
Women with an average risk of developing cervical cancer may test themselves at home for the virus that causes the disease, the American Cancer Society (ACS) advised on Thursday. The new guidance from the ACS, published in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, says that at-risk women between the ages of 25 and 65 may...
