Politics

A group giving a voice to victims impacted by illegal immigrant crime says that more than 300 families who have been the victim of weak border policies are urging members of Congress to support the nomination of Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., to serve as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. The American Border Story (TABS), which works to give a platform for those who have lost loved ones as the […]

The Supreme Court's conservative majority on Monday appeared poised to overturn state laws from Mississippi and other U.S. states that allow for the counting of mail-in ballots received after Election Day — a major case that could upend voting laws for millions of Americans just months before the 2026 midterm elections.At issue is a Mississippi voting law that allows the state to count mail-in ballots that are received up to […]

House Republicans are targeting vulnerable districts in the 2026 midterms over the Department of Homeland Security shutdown and burgeoning Transportation Security Administration security chaos."House Democrats shut down Homeland Security while TSA agents work for free and Americans sit in hours-long security lines," National Republican Congressional Committee spokesperson Mike Marinella wrote Monday in a statement, announcing the targeting of Democrats in 28 districts most impacted by TSA security checkpoint delays.The NRCC […]

President Donald Trump’s decision to delay a planned meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping as the U.S.' conflict with Iran unfolds is raising a new question in Washington: whether pressure on global oil flows is factoring into U.S. leverage with Beijing. The summit originally had been planned for March 31 to April 2, but Trump said on March 16 that he had asked China to delay it by "a month or […]

A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked the Trump administration's plans to deport Salvadoran migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia from the U.S. to a third country — stopping, for now, the government's stated plans to swiftly remove him to the West African nation of Liberia.The temporary order from U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis keeps in place two previous orders she issued blocking the Trump administration's efforts to deport Abrego Garcia from […]

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents deployed to U.S. airports to help with TSA security lines beginning Monday.President Donald Trump advised Monday that the agents should not wear masks while on that assignment, adding he could bring in the National Guard to assist with airport chaos if needed."ICE was my idea," Trump told reporters on the tarmac before boarding Air Force One from West Palm Beach on Monday morning. "First person […]

A startup putting high-tech collars on cows could soon be worth more than $2 billion, as investors bet the technology could help farmers cut costs and cope with labor shortages.Halter, a New Zealand-based company, is in talks to raise new funding in a deal expected to be led by billionaire Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, according to a Bloomberg report. The round is attracting heavy investor interest and is close to […]

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., condemned President Donald Trump's plan to deploy U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to U.S. airports on Sunday.Schumer made the comments while speaking on the Senate floor Sunday, saying Trump's decision is "impulsive" and could make the situation at airports worse."Today, Donald Trump and [Tom] Homan are saying they will deploy ICE agents to airports starting on Monday. This is really disturbing. ICE […]

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is under fire for backing a plan that would slash New York’s estate tax exemption by nearly 90%, a move opponents say could drag middle-class families into a tax burden long aimed at the rich.New York is one of the states that imposes its own estate tax in addition to the federal levy, and the proposed changes would dramatically expand its reach—potentially sweeping in […]