Washington — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested more than 800 people after receiving leads from the Transportation Security Administration, which supplied records on over 31,000 travelers from the start of the Trump administration through February 2026, according to internal ICE data reviewed this week. Philadelphia and other airports experienced checkpoint...
NEW ORLEANS — A U.S. Army staff sergeant is seeking to stop his wife's deportation after federal immigration agents detained her at Fort Polk this week while she attempted to register for military benefits and begin the green card process; the couple married in March. The detention prompted public backlash and...
Iran refused to reopen the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, April 7, rejecting a Pakistan‑brokered ceasefire and rejecting U.S. demands as President Donald Trump issued a midnight GMT deadline and threatened the destruction of Iranian infrastructure while exchanges of attacks continued between Iran and Israel. On Tuesday and into Wednesday, U.S....
Madison: Voters cast ballots Tuesday in a Wisconsin Supreme Court contest between Democratic-backed Chris Taylor and Republican-supported Maria Lazar for a 10-year seat, with the race focused on abortion rights, redistricting and union-rights cases and the potential to alter the court's ideological balance. The outcome could widen a 4-3 liberal majority...
Washington: U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor held a series of meetings in Washington this week, meeting Vice President J.D. Vance, FBI Director Kash Patel, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and is scheduled to attend a White House dinner with President Trump on Tuesday as part of diplomatic engagement. The meetings...
Tallahassee — Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday signed HB 1471, granting state officials authority to designate organizations as domestic or foreign terrorist groups, dissolve nonprofits, freeze state funding, and require expulsions of students who promote designated organizations. The legislation immediately empowers the FDLE director, governor and cabinet to act, bars...
Ocala, Florida — On Nov. 4, 2025, Marion County investigators responded to an anonymous complaint at Happy Valley Horse Rescue and found dozens of horses showing signs of neglect; a subsequent Nov. 5–6 search warrant identified 69 horses, with 17 located on a neighboring property, according to authorities. Authorities reported veterinary...
Tallahassee — State Rep. Ryan Chamberlin announced April 1 he will lead a citizen-led constitutional amendment effort to ban property taxes in Florida, saying he will seek roughly 900,000 petition signatures to place a measure on the 2028 ballot after the regular session failed to reach agreement. The announcement follows competing...
RICHMOND, Va. — A Washington Post–Schar School poll released Monday shows Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger with a 47 percent approval rating and 46 percent disapproval, placing her below the averages for each of her eight immediate predecessors, as voters prepare to decide on a redistricting referendum. The poll, released just over...
Washington: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday, April 6, he would demand that the journalist who first reported a rescued U.S. airman in Iran reveal their source and threatened to jail the reporter if they refused, after an F-15E was shot down and initial recovery was reported. The White House...
