Kristi Noem, the secretary of Homeland Security, rejected Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s request to pause federal immigration enforcement over Halloween, saying she would not ask ICE and CBP to stand down. Pritzker had urged a halt after reports that border patrol agents used teargas at a children’s parade in Chicago’s...
A federal judge in Rhode Island on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from halting SNAP payments during the shutdown, a day before the cutoff was set to begin. Judge Jack McConnell issued a temporary restraining order and directed the administration to use $6 billion in contingency funds and to...
U.S. District Judge Sara L. Ellis rebuked government lawyers after Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino told Fox News he welcomed her nightly check-ins, contradicting Justice Department claims the meetings would be “extraordinarily disruptive” and cause “irreparable harm.” A Seventh Circuit panel paused Ellis’s order during Operation Midway Blitz in Illinois,...
With the NFL trade deadline approaching Nov. 4, teams are clarifying plans. The Falcons are unlikely to move Kirk Cousins; the Ravens won’t tear down. The Bills covet Chris Olave, though a deal seems unlikely. Carolina is keeping core pieces like Derrick Brown and Chuba Hubbard. The Bears could add...
Illinois advocates filed a class action Friday alleging 'inhumane' conditions at ICE’s Broadview processing center, saying detainees are denied private attorney calls, coerced into signing paperwork they don’t understand, and confined in cramped rooms with insects and clogged toilets. The suit accuses ICE, DHS and CBP of violating detainees’ Fifth...
LSU is without a president, athletic director or head football coach as Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry takes center stage in the upheaval. After the Tigers fell to 5-3 and confidence in Brian Kelly cratered, Landry pushed through Kelly’s firing and a $54 million buyout, then publicly sidelined AD Scott Woodward,...
Facing outrage, Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces said they detained fighters after seizing El Fasher, including a man known as Abu Lulu seen in videos executing unarmed people. AFP verified footage of him firing at close range and standing among corpses, and the RSF later showed him behind bars. The Centre...
From a hidden strip, Ukrainian crews launch drones into the night, engines sputtering like old motorcycles, to hit oil refineries, fuel depots and logistics hubs deep in Russia. Kyiv says more than 160 successful strikes this year have exposed vulnerabilities and contributed to gasoline shortages and rationing. Drones now fly...
In a nail-biting Dutch vote, the centrist D66 led by 38-year-old Rob Jetten is poised to edge Geert Wilders’ PVV, with news agency ANP tallying a razor-thin lead of about 15,000 votes. Jetten hailed a historic result as D66, projected at roughly 18%, secures a clear plurality and nearly triples...
HBO’s It: Welcome to Derry unveiled a striking opening credits sequence, debuting with the second episode released early on HBO Max for Halloween. Animated postcards peel back an idyllic 1960s Derry to reveal Pennywise’s death and destruction, the threat of nuclear war, and the 1908 Ironworks blast, all set to...
