According to UFC CEO Dana White the Ultimate Fighting Championship will stage a professional mixed martial arts event at the White House in 2026. “We had the meeting at the White House. It could not have gone better,” White announced via social media. “The White House fight is on. I will have more details […]
Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday issued a temporary administrative stay blocking a federal judge’s order that would have required the Trump administration to spend $4 billion in foreign aid funds approved by Congress. The one-page order from Roberts partially halts a September 3 ruling by U.S. District Judge Amir […]
Autumn leaves, crisp October air, and a smooth sip of whiskey will come together at the Whiskey Hike, hosted by the Champaign County Forest Preserve District on Sunday, October 19, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve. The unique fall event invites participants on a scenic, […]
Producer prices unexpectedly declined 0.1% in August, marking the first monthly decrease since April and significantly undershooting economist expectations of a 0.3% increase, according to data released Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The annual producer inflation rate cooled to 2.6% from July’s downwardly revised 3.1%, providing welcome relief […]
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 […]
