Nearly 25% of FBI agents across the country are currently assigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing to upward of 40%in the nation’s largest field offices. Morale is low as agents have less time to dedicate to the often complex cases they were hired to work on.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... A Reuters/Ipsos survey found 58% of Americans believe that the president should only send in armed forces to areas w/external threats. Meanwhile, 25% said that they believed the US military could be used for other purposes and 18% said that they were not sure.
Donald Trump called for the imprisonment of Brandon Johnson, Chicago’s mayor, and JB Pritzker, the Illinois governor, accusing them of failing to protect US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.
Now the White House doesn’t want to give furloughed workers back pay once the government reopens, even though Trump signed the 2019 law requiring it. Disgraceful.
Sens. Kelly (D-Ariz.) & Gallego (D-Ariz.) got in a confrontation with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) after they staged a surprise press gaggle outside his office to highlight their health care demands & his delay in swearing in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.).
Federal health officials warned people not to eat certain Hello Fresh subscription meal kits containing spinach that may be contaminated with listeria. The USDA issued a public health alert for the meals, produced by FreshRealm.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s “my way or the highway” message to hundreds of generals and admirals at a summit in Virginia last week has sparked fears that some top leaders may choose to bow out of the U.S. military entirely.
“The contradiction of trying to resolve and get peace in the Middle East while you are assaulting American citizens at the same time is a glaring contradiction of the Trump years.”
On September 10, Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva won her Arizona special election, and nearly a month later, Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to swear her in. In the meantime, her constituents have no representation, she has no staff, and her office sits empty.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Oct. 6 signed an order to establish what officials say is an “ICE free zone” in the city in a bid to prevent cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
The acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) endorsed President Trump’s call to split up the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine despite there being no research to support such a massive change.
The decision would reverse a Biden-era move to block the road to protect wildlife including the Western Arctic caribou herd. The Trump administration said the 211-mile industrial road was “in the public interest” because of the need for “domestic critical minerals.”
President Trump on Monday said he was considering invoking the Insurrection Act to justify sending federal troops into Portland, Ore., and avoid any legal hurdles.
Gift Article from The Atlantic Archive July 9, 2024: More grown kids are in near-constant contact with their family. Some call this a failure to launch—but there’s another way to look at it, @fhill_official writes.
Imagine a child-care arrangement that could save parents money, recognize the labor of elder caregivers, and strengthen family ties. @ByMarinaLopes makes the case for paying grandparents:
Stephen Miller is portraying opposition to Donald Trump in any form, including by judges issuing legal rulings, as an illegal rebellion, Jonathan Chait argues:
10 people deported by the US have arrived in Eswatini, it’s the second group of third-country deportees to be sent to the southern African kingdom by the Trump administration in what lawyers and NGOs have described as violations of their human rights.
The cause of a huge fire at the home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly been subjected to death threats is being investigated. The fire at the home of Circuit Court Judge Diane Goodstein sent 3 members of her family to the hospital.
International activists, journalists & lawyers deported from Israel after attempting to breach the 16-year maritime blockade of Gaza as part of a humanitarian flotilla have alleged being subjected to brutal physical & verbal abuse during their detention.
