Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas) came out in support of the Biden administration’s decision Thursday to expand construction of new border wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, an issue which has divided Democrats. “This is a necessary step to help Texas’ overwhelmed border communities deal with this current surge of migrants,” Allred said in a statement to...
New York City Mayor Eric Adams visited Mexico’s Puebla state Thursday, where he attempted to balance the migrant-friendly stance New York is known for with the struggles the city is facing amid an influx of asylum-seekers. Adams focused on the ties binding his city and the Mexican state that has sent some 800,000 of its...
Former Cranston, R.I., Mayor Steve Laffey announced Friday that he is dropping out of the Republican race for president in 2024 after failing to gain traction with his candidacy. Laffey said in a release that he is also leaving the Republican Party because the party has become a “laughingstock” under the “shadow” of former President...
Attorneys for former President Trump are seeking to temporarily pause his civil fraud trial, along with the enforcement of a ruling issued before the trial started that found Trump and his business liable for fraud, until after the case has been appealed. Trump’s legal team wrote in a 1,154-page court filing that Judge Arthur Engoron’s...
The new designation period will begin on Oct. 3, 2023, and end on April 2, 2025. This means that Venezuelans who came here after the March 9, 2021, continuous presence deadline for the 2021 designation and remained here unlawfully until July 31, 2023, will be able to get TPS now.
Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake confronted a possible general election opponent, Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), at an Arizona airport on Thursday, blasting him with criticism over the border in an on-camera exchange later posted on social media. The exchange took place after Lake and Gallego found themselves on the same plane landing in Phoenix. Lake...
That will set the stage for the much larger, harder predicament: How to get the GOP conference to band together as a single team so it can truly lead the narrowly split House, contend with the Democratic-moderate Republican coalition in the Senate and check the White House.
The IRS placed a $550,000 lien on former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s south Florida condo in August over unpaid taxes, according to newly revealed court filings. The lien, first reported by the Daily Mail, underlines Giuliani’s tenuous financial situation as he reportedly struggles to pay off mounting legal fees. The property is just...
A new survey has revealed gender gaps between Black Americans' perceptions of police. The survey, conducted by Gallup, found that 52 percent of Black women have confidence in their local police, compared to 60 percent of Black men. Sixty-eight percent of Black women feel police “would treat them with courtesy and respect in an interaction”...