An illegal immigration who lived in the U.S. under a fraudulent identity for nearly four decades managed to vote in two presidential elections as well as collect Social Security benefits, federal prosecutors said.

Supporters of President Donald Trump have said for years that he would clean up Washington, D.C. While they were usually talking about the federal government, it turns out Trump is cleaning up the district as well. Trump posted on social media that Washington must clean up “all of the unsightly homeless encampments in the City, […]

On Sunday, a reporter for the Atlantic wrote a 1200-word think piece on memes of Vice President JD Vance. The memes show him photoshopped in various ways, ranging from historical figures such as Abraham Lincoln to instantly recognizable cultural figures such as Leonardo DiCaprio in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. The reporter concluded in his deep dive by saying, […]

The stock market kicked off the week with steep losses Monday amid growing concern about the state of the U.S. economy and the impact of President Trump's trade policy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down more than 900 points shortly after 2:30 p.m. EDT Monday, falling 2.1 percent. The Nasdaq composite was down 4.2...

Two former employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), who were terminated last month, told CNN the 83 percent spending cuts announced by Secretary of State Marco on Monday would "put lives in jeopardy." “I think that when we’re talking about life-saving aid programs, saying we’re going to cut 83 percent of USAID’s...

President Trump's pledge to open up federal land for housing construction could alleviate the housing market's top financial worry, which is inflation, by making homeownership more affordable.

Hamas offered to hand over governance of the Gaza Strip in exchange for a five-to-10-year truce in its war with Israel, President Trump’s special envoy for hostage negotiations said on Sunday. Adam Boehler told Israel Public Broadcasting the U.S.-designated terrorist group offered the truce during direct talks with the U.S. over efforts to free remaining...

Tiffany Flick, a former Social Security official, detailed what she sees as a “significant” risk of sensitive government data heading into the wrong hands under Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Flick, who worked at the Social Security Administration (SSA) for almost 30 years, outlined her concern in part of a federal lawsuit about...

Elon Musk said his social media platform X was targeted in a "massive cyberattack" on Monday, prompting outages for thousands of users. "There was (still is) a massive cyberattack against X," Musk wrote on the platform Monday afternoon. "We get attacked every day, but this was done with a lot of resources. Either a large,...

The United States has been added to CIVICUS's monitor list of potential human rights threats due to President Trump's restrictive executive orders and institutional cutbacks, which are creating an atmosphere to chill democratic dissent.