A Minneapolis woman who confronted federal immigration officers alongside Alex Pretti in January was among a group of potential litigants who spoke out Thursday about alleged excessive force against people protesting or monitoring the enforcement surge in Minnesota.
Florida Democrats are projected to score an upset in the race to fill a Tampa-based state Senate seat, adding to the party’s growing number of overperformances and seat flips in recent months, according to Decision Desk HQ. Democrat Brian Nathan, a Navy veteran and union leader, defeated Republican state Rep. Josie Tomkow to helm Florida Senate District 14, which includes part...
The upper chamber rejected an Iran war powers resolution in a 53-47 vote on Tuesday night, almost completely along party lines. The measure, pushed by Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), is designed to block President Trump from using military force in the joint U.S.-Israeli war in Iran without approval from Congress. Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) was the lone...
Democrats delivered a blow to Florida Republicans and flipped a state House seat in President Trump's backyard, according to Decision Desk HQ. Democrat Emily Gregory, a health fitness small business owner, defeated Trump-backed Republican Jon Maples, a financial adviser, in a race for the open Florida District 87 state House seat, which includes part of Palm Beach...
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) union workers on Tuesday criticized President Trump’s deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers at select airports, saying the move will do little to reduce the long security lines driven by the partial government shutdown affecting the Department of Homeland Security. At a virtual press conference hosted by the American...
A federal judge in California hammered the Pentagon on Tuesday for its decision to label Anthropic a supply chain risk, signalling skepticism over what she described as a “troubling” move from the federal government. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin, based in San Francisco, suggested during Tuesday’s hearing that the Defense Department's determination “looks like an...
The Pentagon is preparing to deploy about 2,000 U.S. troops from the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East, bolstering the U.S. military presence in the region and providing more options for President Trump, a source familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity to share internal military deliberations, told The Hill...
Meta was found liable by a jury in New Mexico on Tuesday for compromising children’s safety online. The parent company for Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp has been ordered to pay $375 million in damages for violating New Mexico’s Unfair Practices Act, which prohibits unfair, deceptive and misleading business ventures across the state. The ruling follows...
The head of an intergovernmental nuclear safety agency is raising the alarm after Iran reported a strike near its Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant on Tuesday. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi called for “maximum restraint to avoid nuclear safety risks during conflict” in a post on the social platform X. The IAEA...
Presented by Alliance for Aging Research {beacon} Health Care Health Care PRESENTED BY The Big Story More people accessing abortions through telehealth as travel slows Fewer people living in states with total abortion bans are traveling to access abortion services, but the number of clinician-provided abortions in the U.S. remained stable last year as...
House Republicans are pushing back stiffly against the idea of splitting up legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), despite the White House and Senate Republicans saying President Trump is open to doing just that. For weeks, GOP leaders have rejected the idea of funding most of DHS, including airport screeners and FEMA,...
Former NATO Ambassador Ivo Daalder on Monday said the results of the Iran war will have “far greater reverberations" than the war in Iraq and will rock economic security, alliances and world order. “Less than a month in, the world is now witnessing the largest oil and gas disruption in history. And as the fighting...
Anthropic’s signature AI model Claude is being used by the Pentagon during the U.S. military’s ongoing war against Iran, a Pentagon official confirmed Tuesday during a Senate subcommittee hearing. Pentagon Chief Information Officer Kirsten A. Davies confirmed to Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, that the Pentagon is...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told reporters on Tuesday that it’s not his “preference” to split apart a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill, amid a new proposal from Senate Republicans to fund immigration removal operations through the budget reconciliation process. The potential deal would fund most of DHS, including the Transportation Security Administration (TSA),...
The leader of North Carolina’s state Senate on Tuesday conceded after a recount in a Republican primary race that came down to 23 votes in the Tar Heel State. North Carolina Senate Leader Phil Berger (R) came up short behind Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page (R) in state Senate District 26 earlier this month, among...