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Michael Goodwin: NYC is in grave danger with Mayor Mamdani’s anti-policing policies

Though he’s been in office less than two weeks, Mayor Zohran Mamdani's Socialist-echoing choices of words and topics are early warning signs of trouble ahead. 

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani hands out free theater tickets to residents in partnership with festival

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani partnered with an ongoing theater festival to hand out free tickets to city residents.

Minnesota Democrats denied entry to ICE detention facility

Three Minnesota House representatives said that they were denied entry to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in Minneapolis Saturday morning.

Trump says he hopes released Venezuelan prisoners ‘remember how lucky they got’

President Trump on Saturday said he hopes political prisoners released in Venezuela "remember how lucky they got" in the week after U.S. strikes ousted President Nicolás Maduro and brought him to the U.S. to face charges. "Venezuela has started the process, in a BIG WAY, of releasing their political prisoners," Trump wrote on Truth Social....

Smithsonian swaps Trump portrait at national gallery, removes impeachment text: Report

The Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery revealed President Trump's new photographic portrait, but also removed most of the adjoining text that mentions his two impeachments and the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, The Washington Post reported Saturday. The White House shared a photo of the updated "America's Presidents" exhibit across its social media accounts on...

Bill Pulte says White House moving away from 50-year mortgage plan 

Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte indicated Friday that the Trump administration may be moving away from a 50-year mortgage proposal floated as a way to lower costs for homebuyers. “I think we have other priorities,” Pulte told reporters when asked if the White House was still considering the idea. His comments came just...

Trump is right: Ban big investors from the housing market

President Trump has proposed a ban on big investors buying single-family homes, in an effort to level the playing field and make homeownership more accessible to the average American family.

The US must take Greenland, whatever the cost

The U.S. is considering buying Greenland to secure its strategic interests in the Arctic, as Russia and China invest heavily in the region, and a negotiated transfer with compensation for Denmark would be the most effective way to secure the territory without resorting to force.

Judge signals blocking Trump move to end protections for Latin American migrants

A federal judge signaled on Friday that she plans to block the Trump administration’s decision to end family reunification parole programs for citizens from seven Latin American countries. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, an Obama appointee, said during a hearing that she will issue a temporary restraining order on the Trump administration’s move by Monday,...

Judge halts enforcement of Trump executive order against vote-by-mail states

A federal judge on Friday barred the Trump administration from enforcing large parts of an executive order that seeks to overhaul the federal elections process, finding that the federal government lacks the authority to withhold funding from states that fail to comply. Judge John H. Chun, a Biden appointee, wrote in a 75-page ruling out...

Minneapolis police detain at least 30 during latest protests

Minneapolis police on Saturday said at least 30 people were detained during protests the night before after an immigration officer fatally shot an unarmed woman in her vehicle earlier this week. Large crowds gathered outside of a Canopy Hotel where some individuals forced their way into hotel through an alley entrance, according to a statement...

The Memo: National storm over ICE killing scrambles political picture over immigration

The killing of Renee Nicole Macklin Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in Minneapolis on Wednesday has sparked the fiercest protests yet over President Trump’s immigration policy and actions. The shooting of two people by a Border Patrol agent in Portland has also added fuel to the fire. Meanwhile, Trump and his...

Iran signals security ‘red line’ indicating protestor crackdown could intensify

Iran's Revolutionary Guard on Saturday said signaled security would be a “red line” amid the outbreak of protests and demonstrations across Tehran.  The protests come in the wake of soaring inflation that turned political with people in the streets calling for the toppling of the regime. Some have ventured to damage public property, including a...

Will the death of the penny kill the beloved elongated souvenir?

Has the end of penny production found another victim?

Justice is finally within reach for victims of Syria’s chemical weapons attacks

There are now multiple pathways to justice unfolding in Syria and abroad.

USDA suspends ‘federal financial awards’ to Minnesota in wake of fraud probe 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on Friday that it is suspending "federal financial awards" to Minnesota and Minneapolis amid a massive fraud investigation in the state.  USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins wrote in a social media post on XF that “Enough is enough!,” citing prosecutors’ estimate that “billions” of federal dollars were lost in...

Jan. 6 ‘Lectern guy’ to run for local office in Florida

The man photographed toting a lectern from the office of former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol is now running for local office in Florida, according to election records. Records show Adam Johnson, a Republican, filed to run for an at-large seat on the Manatee County Commission on...

The ICE elephant: Why the law requires all the facts

The trick is to examine the smallest part of the animal and extrapolate to draw sweeping conclusions.

Total legal immunity for dangerous pesticides? Stop Big Ag’s scheme now.

Unless the public demands transparency and defeats these hidden immunity clauses once and for all, the next generation will inherit a government that fails to offer just recourse and a food system that poisons them. 

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