An ally of President Donald Trump and former Department of Government Efficiency adviser James Fishback on Tuesday is launching a super PAC called FSD PAC designed to blunt Elon...
Trump visits 'Alligator Alcatraz' in Florida Everglades, suggests California Governor Newsom should learn from Florida's approach to illegal immigration while with DeSantis and Noem.
President Donald Trump said the "menacing" migrants that will soon be housed at the "Alligator Alcatraz" migrant detention center in Florida have only one way out.
President Trump on Tuesday visited the official opening of an immigration detention camp in Florida’s Everglades that is surrounded by alligators, aptly dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz." It is set to become the largest migrant detention facility in the U.S.
The 700 Marines mobilized to the Los Angeles area on Monday have not yet completed pre-mission training as of Wednesday morning, with no clear picture yet as to whether they will be deployed on the ground, a U.S. Northern Command official confirmed to The Hill. The Marines “are still conducting pre-mission training and they have...
House Republicans on Wednesday greenlighted a series of “technical changes” to the party’s tax cut and spending package, removing language that would have thrown their effort off course in the Senate. The chamber approved the tweaks — which were tucked inside a procedural rule for a separate measure — in a 213-207 vote, weeks after Republicans passed the...
The United States is scaling back the number of personnel in the Middle East as the tensions between longtime foes Israel and Iran mount. The U.S. is downsizing its footprint in Iraq, while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has greenlighted the departures of military dependents across Northeast Africa, the Middle East, and portions of South and...
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),...
