Headlines this week have focused on the House Oversight Committee releasing Jeffrey Epstein’s infamous “birthday book,” a leather-bound album compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell for the convicted sex trafficker’s 50th birthday in 2003. The September 8 release showcased a crude drawing and sexually explicit message allegedly from Donald Trump to Epstein, […]
The Supreme Court on Monday granted the Trump administration’s request to lift restrictions on federal immigration enforcement operations in Los Angeles, allowing agents to resume stops based on factors that lower courts had deemed likely unconstitutional. In a 6-3 decision, the Court stayed a temporary restraining order issued by U.S. […]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Secretary of Health and Human Services, faced criticism this week during a Senate hearing, only to be followed by family members and Trump’s former surgeon general joining lawmakers in demanding his resignation. Kennedy’s sister, Kerry Kennedy, his nephew, former Congressman Joe Kennedy III, and Trump’s […]
President Donald Trump has intensified rhetoric against Chicago, posting a social media image depicting himself as a military commander while threatening to unleash the newly rebranded “Department of War” on the American city as federal immigration operations are set to begin. Trump shared an AI-generated image on his Truth Social […]
A federal judge on Friday ruled that the Department of Homeland Security’s attempt to strip temporary legal protections from more than 1.1 million Venezuelans and Haitians was unlawful and must be set aside. U.S. District Judge Edward Chen ruled that DHS Secretary Kristi Noem exceeded her statutory authority and acted […]
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on September 5, directing the Department of Defense to adopt the secondary title of “Department of War,” reviving a name that was last used in the 1940s. The original Department of War was established by President George Washington in August 1789, just months […]
The U.S. labor market delivered a concerning signal of economic weakness on Friday as employers added only 22,000 jobs in August. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3 percent in August, matching levels not seen since September 2021 when the economy was still recovering from pandemic disruptions. With 7.4 million Americans now unemployed, the August figure […]
A federal appeals court on Thursday allowed the controversial immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” to resume operations, overturning a lower court ruling that had ordered the facility to shut down within 60 days. In a 2-1 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, the […]
A rare bipartisan coalition has emerged in Congress demanding full transparency regarding Jeffrey Epstein files, with lawmakers from both parties joining forces to compel the Trump administration to release all federal documents related to the convicted sex trafficker. The bipartisan push, led by Republican Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky and […]
Approximately 1,000 current and former federal health employees have signed an open letter calling for Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s resignation, citing his “dangerous” policies and actions that they say are compromising America’s public health infrastructure. The call for Kennedy’s removal comes after Kennedy fired the […]
