U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will now consider evidence of “anti-American” ideologies and activities as an “overwhelmingly negative factor” when reviewing immigration benefit applications. The updated guidance, effective immediately and applicable to all pending and future benefit requests, directs USCIS officers to consider whether applicants have […]
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has ruled that the State Department cannot use the president’s travel ban to deny visa applications to diversity lottery winners. U.S. District Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan issued a preliminary injunction on August 21, in the case Aye Aye Thein v. Trump, granting partial relief to over 100 […]
A federal judge in Miami has ordered the partial shutdown of the controversial immigration detention facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz.” U.S. District Judge Kathleen M. Williams issued an 82-page ruling late Thursday evening, granting a preliminary injunction that prohibits Florida and federal officials from bringing any new detainees to the […]
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the El Salvadoran construction worker wrongfully deported to a notorious prison earlier this year, now faces deportation to Uganda after declining a government plea deal that would have sent him to Costa Rica instead. According to court documents filed Saturday in federal court in Tennessee, the government’s […]
The Mahomet-Seymour Community Unit School District No. 3 Board of Education approved a $172,550 project to replace deteriorating softball dugouts. At their August 18 meeting, board members reviewed superintendent Dr. Kenny Lee’s recommendation to approve the low bid submitted by Barber & DeAtley, Inc. for $172,550 to construct new softball […]
The Federal Reserve’s Chair, Jerome H. Powell, delivered an assessment of the U.S. economy Friday at the Jackson Hole symposium. Just days earlier, Moody’s Analytics Chief Economist Mark Zandi sounded the alarm on sharply elevated recession probabilities. In his annual address, Powell noted that while core inflation has eased closer […]
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker sharply rebuked President Donald Trump’s statements on Friday after the president suggested that Chicago would be the next U.S. city to face a federal National Guard deployment due to crime and public safety concerns. Speaking from the White House, President Trump alleged that Chicago was a […]
Former President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he wants Republicans to gain 100 additional congressional seats. In his post, Trump claimed that combining aggressive redistricting efforts by Republican-led states with a nationwide halt to mail-in voting could secure this dramatic increase in seats for his party. Trump wrote, […]
President Donald Trump on Friday showed reporters a photograph that he said Russian President Vladimir Putin had personally sent him following their Alaska summit, suggesting the Russian leader wants to attend the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States “very badly.” During a press conference in the Oval Office […]
Over 750 federal health workers have sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., accusing him of contributing to the climate that led to the deadly August 8 attack on CDC headquarters in Atlanta. The violent incident occurred when 30-year-old Patrick Joseph White of Kennesaw, Georgia, unleashed a barrage […]
