Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has expressed outrage over President Trump’s recent decision to expand the travel ban to include 20 additional countries. Somalia, her home country, was already on the original list of restricted nations. Omar appeared on CNN today, describing the policy as “cruel and inhumane.”
The Senate confirmed Jared Isaacman Wednesday to lead the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), designating him the youngest administrator in the agency’s history. The decision followed a 67-30 vote that cleared Isaacman, who is 42, for the role after his nomination was temporarily withdrawn earlier this year during a public dispute between Elon Musk…
Democrat Gary Clemons defeated Republican Calvin Leach to fill a vacant seat in the Kentucky state Senate. Clemons, a South Louisville union leader and U.S. Army veteran, won the race by nearly 50 points. Kamala Harris carried the district by about six points in the 2024 presidential election. “Another election, another massive Democratic overperformance, this…
Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) announced Wednesday he will not seek re-election in the 2026 midterms. “I am announcing today that I will not seek reelection to the U.S. House of Representatives,” Newhouse stated in a message on social media. “Serving the Fourth District of Washington has been the honor of my life, and this decision…
As deportation operations have intensified nationwide, millions of undocumented immigrants have returned to their home countries. Many were deported by immigration authorities, but a significant number left voluntarily to avoid ICE detention. The Trump administration states that nearly 2 million self-deportations have occurred since President Trump’s inauguration. These figures are based on estimates of declining…
Providence Police have released the clearest video footage yet of the Brown University mass shooting suspect, captured by surveillance cameras. However, inadequate camera coverage in the Barus and Holley engineering and physics building — where the attack occurred — has made it difficult to identify defining features of the suspect. Authorities describe the suspect as…
More details have emerged regarding the gunmen who killed 15 people at Bondi Beach in Australia. New South Wales police commissioner Mal Lanyon revealed that Naveed Akram, 24, and his father Sajid, 50, were allegedly motivated by Islamic State (ISIS) ideology. The pair reportedly traveled to the Philippines last month. Police discovered improvised explosive devices…
Four Russian teenagers have been detained on suspicion of planning acts of sabotage and arson against transport and energy infrastructure in Russia’s Lipetsk Region, including a plot targeting a key oil pipeline. The Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Tuesday that the group had acted under Ukrainian guidance. The FSB stated that the suspects, aged…
