As a federal immigration crackdown enters its third month, Chicago neighborhoods are mounting daily whistle led patrols, school escorts, and rapid response teams to track agents and share information. Organizers say the citys grassroots network spanning Little Village to the North Side has spawned Whistlemania distributions and vendor buyouts, even...
After stinging losses in Georgia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia, Republican leaders are closing ranks around President Donald Trump, urging candidates to tout his record and sharpen a new emphasis on affordability. The White House is amplifying claims of falling costs, even as AP polling shows economic anxiety high and...
Hundreds of federalized National Guard troops sent from California and Texas to Portland and Chicago amid protests over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown will return home, a Defense Department official told CBS News. Judges had barred their street deployment, leaving units in limbo, and the administration has appealed a ruling...
Indiana Senate Republicans will not return for a December redistricting session sought by President Donald Trump, with Senate leader Rodric Bray saying the caucus lacks votes to reopen the congressional map. The move halts an unusual mid-decade bid to turn Indiana’s 7-2 GOP advantage into nine Republican-leaning districts, despite pressure...
The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world’s largest aircraft carrier, heads to the northern Caribbean on Sunday as tensions with Venezuela mount. A U.S. official told NPR the “table is being set” for possible action, with 15,000 service members in the region, including 2,000 Marines. The U.S. has carried out...
President Donald Trump is struggling to convince voters he can tame inflation, even as he echoes Joe Biden’s early reassurances and predicts inflation will soon be 1.5%. After Democrats gained over affordability concerns, Trump has floated a $2,000 tariff rebate, longer 50-year mortgages, and scrapped some tariffs, steps critics call...
US President Donald Trump says he plans to sue the BBC for $1 billion to $5 billion next week over an edited Panorama clip, despite the broadcaster’s apology. The BBC admits an editing blunder in its October 2024 documentary but rejects defamation and compensation, saying the clip was shortened, not...
After President Trump demanded a Justice Department inquiry into Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to prominent Democrats, Attorney General Pam Bondi tapped Jay Clayton, a Trump ally who leads the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office, to oversee the politically charged review. Clayton, a former S.E.C. chair with a quiet tenure, faces internal skepticism,...
Amid fears of civil unrest and political rhetoric, more liberals, people of color, and LGBTQ Americans are buying guns, according to interviews with clubs, trainers, and advocates. The Liberal Gun Club says membership rose from 2,700 to 4,500, with training requests up fivefold; Pink Pistols and traditional gun-rights groups also...
Donald Trump broke with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, deriding 'Wacky Marjorie' and saying he would endorse a challenger 'if the right person runs.' He accused her of going 'Far Left' and complaining, adding he won't take her calls. Greene fired back on X, saying Trump attacked and lied, tying his...
