The Congressional Budget Office projected that President Trump’s escalating tariff policies could reduce the federal deficit by $4 trillion over the next decade. While this substantial deficit reduction may appear as a fiscal victory, American consumers and businesses, not other countries, are footing the bill for this government revenue through […]
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis issued a temporary restraining order Monday afternoon prohibiting the Trump administration from deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda. Judge Xinis, during a brief hearing on Monday, announced her intention to extend an existing hold on Abrego Garcia’s deportation while she evaluates a new legal challenge […]
In a departure from standard prosecutorial practice, where cooperation discussions under limited immunity agreements are typically kept confidential, the Department of Justice has released transcripts and audio from a two-day interview with Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s former partner and convicted accomplice. Conducted under a “queen for a day” proffer agreement, […]
Former President Donald Trump ratcheted up pressure on Colorado this week by renewing calls to free ex–Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, who is serving a nine-year sentence for her role in a 2021 election–system breach. In a Truth Social post on Thursday, Trump wrote, “FREE TINA PETERS, a brave and […]
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 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 […]
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, […]
