Human rights groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), on Friday filed a lawsuit accusing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of abuse and "inhumane conditions" at Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas, the largest immigration detention center in the U.S. The ACLU, Human Rights Watch, the Texas Civil Rights Project and others filed...
The Pentagon has barred reporters from entering the building’s press office and designated the facility as a classified space, curtailing access to an area within the department that journalists have had for years. The Defense Department’s (DOD) public affairs office, where reporters were able to approach military public affairs officials without escorts and ask questions,...
Americans will no longer be able to get cash back for making the switch to electric appliances under a Trump administration change. The Energy Department recently issued guidance reinterpreting a program in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act that set up a rebate program for people who make high-efficiency electric purchases for their homes. The program...
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) on Monday reminded voters that she’s on the ballot for the Democratic Senate primary in the Pine Tree State as they weigh the fallout from reports of Graham Platner sexting women other than his wife. “People have the impression that I ‘withdrew’ or ‘dropped out,' but I simply suspended active...
Southwest Airlines is apparently rethinking its guidelines for plus-size travelers, walking back a key part of the new seating policy just months after implementation.
GOP Rep. Kat Cammack (Fla.) on Monday morning criticized the Trump administration’s $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, which the administration scrapped later in the day after intense backlash from congressional Republicans. Cammack, the chair of the Republican Women’s Caucus, said on Fox News’s “Mornings with Maria” that government weaponization is a “very real” and “rampant” problem....
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said Sunday that former President Biden should not have entered the 2024 presidential race, which he eventually dropped out of following a damaging debate performance against President Trump. “I think Democrats do have to be honest about the mistakes that we made in 2024. Obviously, in retrospect, Joe Biden should have...
CBS News journalist Scott Pelley tore into the network's top editor, Bari Weiss, during a contentious meeting among "60 Minutes" employees. Pelley during a staff meeting told new "60 Minutes" executive producer Nick Bilton, a former New York Times journalist and author, that he had "slender" qualifications for the job and accused CBS's corporate company...
Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner on Monday slammed incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) for having a high-earning stock portfolio and net worth. Platner’s campaign said in a Monday press release that Collins is worth up to $9.6 million and that she owns the 8th best-performing stock portfolio in the Senate. His team says she...
President Trump said Monday that talks with Iran are ongoing despite reports out of Tehran said negotiations had been halted abruptly over Israeli military advancements in Lebanon. He said on Truth Social said the talks were moving “at a rapid pace.” American and Iranian militaries had traded fire Sunday, with U.S. Central Command stating Monday...
President Trump announced following his call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday that there will be no Israeli troops heading to Beirut and any troops that were on their way to the city have been ordered to retreat. Israel had ordered strikes on the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital and ordered troops...
A federal judge temporarily blocked the National Park Service (NPS) on Monday from revoking a permit for a 24/7 anti-Trump protest in the nation’s capital over the display of an "86 47" flag. The Secret Service regards the statement as a potential call for violence against the president, and court documents show federal officers ordered the flag be taken down last week after...
President Trump said Monday that talks with Iran are continuing after earlier reports out of Tehran said talks were being cut off over Israeli military advancements in Lebanon. Trump on Truth Social said the talks are continuing “at a rapid pace” as the two countries have yet to reach a deal to end the war...
Karson Hyder, the now-former Shelby, North Carolina, police officer who was fired after video captured on a Ring doorbell camera surfaced of him allegedly punching a woman during an arrest, has been charged.
