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House will vote on Trump’s request to cut funding for NPR, PBS and foreign aid

House Republicans are moving to cut about $9.4 billion in spending already approved by Congress as President Donald Trump's administration looks to follow through on work by the Department of Government Efficiency when it was overseen by Elon Musk.

Feds bring first spit-and-hit charge against illegal immigrant in Los Angeles

Federal prosecutors charged an illegal immigrant with spitting on an ICE officer who was arresting him this week, making good on President Trump's vow that when "they spit, we hit."

Standoff with troops in Los Angeles reignites old feud as Newsom resists Trump’s immigration raids

It was earlier this year that California Gov. Gavin Newsom was making nice with President Donald Trump as he sought help for his wildfire-battered state and moderating his approach ahead of a potential bid for the White House.

Now back in the U.S., Abrego Garcia demands judge release him from jail

Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers told a federal judge Wednesday that he deserves to be set free in the U.S. as payback for the suffering he faced after the Trump administration "illegally" deported him to a Salvadoran terrorist prison.

The Senate is set to deliver on historic digital assets legislation

It was clear as I traveled across the country with President Donald Trump last year in the lead-up to the 2024 election that the public wants access to digital assets. On the campaign trail, Trump pledged to make the United States the cryptocurrency capital of the world. After four years of former President Joe Biden and his […]

How George Clooney depicts the beginning of activist journalism

It must be counted as a surprise that George Clooney did not win a Tony Award this past Sunday for his portrayal of Edward R. Murrow in the Broadway version of “Good Night and Good Luck.”  The show is breaking box office records and at times explicitly, as in its coda focused on contemporary media […]

No, ICE is not the Gestapo

With Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents breaking with modern tradition and actually arresting and deporting illegal immigrants under President Donald Trump‘s widely popular border control policies, we’ve seen the return of another particularly disgusting Nazi analogy: comparing ICE to the Gestapo. Former Democratic Party vice presidential candidate and supposed normal man Tim Walz called ICE […]

The Rahm Emanuel I know: Separating caricature from character

Any conventional wisdom diminishing his ability to compete is unwise. That’s because Emanuel can’t be easily discounted. He deserves more than just casual observation.

Trump job approval at 38 percent in new survey

President Trump’s approval rating dipped to 38 percent, the lowest of his second term, according to the latest poll from Quinnipiac University. In the June poll, 38 percent of registered voters approved of the way Trump is doing his job, while 54 percent disapproved. The results mark the first time Trump’s numbers dipped below 40-percent...

Watch live: Jeffries holds press conference amid LA protest turmoil

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries will give remarks Thursday morning as demonstrations sprout up nationwide in protest of President Trump's sweeping immigration agenda. Following U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in Los Angeles, Jeffries hammered Trump over deploying military troops to quell protests, accusing the president of purposefully escalating tensions to distract the country...

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