Washington — House Republicans faced a revolt this week when four moderate GOP members signed a Democratic discharge petition to force a floor vote extending enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits set to expire Dec. 31. The signatures pushed the measure past the 218 threshold, obliging the House to...
CHICAGO — Federal Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino returned to the Chicago area Tuesday and Wednesday as agents conducted immigration enforcement operations across neighborhoods and suburbs. Videos and eyewitnesses showed unmarked vehicles, arrests in Little Village and near Midway Airport, deployment of pepper munitions, and crowds confronting agents. Local officials...
Washington — President Donald Trump ordered a naval blockade this week of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, declaring the Maduro government a foreign terrorist organization and citing accusations of drug trafficking, human trafficking and asset theft. The move follows a U.S. seizure of a sanctioned tanker last...
Washington, D.C. President Donald Trump defended Chief of Staff Susie Wiles this week after Vanity Fair published recent interviews in which she described him as having "an alcoholic's personality" and criticized other aides. Wiles dismissed the article as a 'disingenuously framed hit piece' on X, while White House officials issued...
Washington — President Donald Trump publicly signed a formal proclamation Tuesday expanding U.S. travel and entry restrictions, adding multiple countries to full bans and imposing new limits on others. The administration raised the list from an earlier June order, now covering about 39 to 40 countries, including Burkina Faso, Mali,...
Tallahassee — The Council on American-Islamic Relations filed a federal lawsuit Monday challenging Gov. Ron DeSantis’s executive order declaring CAIR a 'foreign terrorist organization,' asking a federal judge to block enforcement and find the order unlawful and unconstitutional. CAIR-Foundation and CAIR-Florida said DeSantis lacked federal authority and targeted the group...
Washington — White House chief of staff Susie Wiles told Vanity Fair in a series of interviews published this week that President Donald Trump displays what she called "an alcoholic's personality," criticized Attorney General Pam Bondi's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, and described potential retribution toward political opponents including...
Washington — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio briefed Congress Tuesday as lawmakers probed a U.S. maritime strike campaign officials call counter-narcotics operations. The Pentagon said it will not release the full unedited Sept. 2 video showing a follow-up attack that killed two survivors; members of...
Albany, A Siena College poll this week shows Gov. Kathy Hochul leading GOP contenders by double digits, while Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik suspended her gubernatorial campaign Friday and announced she will not seek reelection to Congress, clearing a path for Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman. The poll showed Hochul ahead...
Washington, President Donald Trump said Monday he asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to consider releasing Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai after Lai's conviction under the city's national security law. Trump told reporters he felt "so badly" for the 78-year-old, citing Lai's poor health, but did not commit to...
