Year: 2025
April 18, 2025
Politics
Trump extends federal hiring freeze through July 15
When the hiring freeze expires, “agencies will be able to hire no more than one employee for every four employees that depart from federal service (with appropriate immigration, law...
April 18, 2025
Politics
Alleged MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia seen ‘sipping margaritas’ with Sen. Van Hollen amid El Salvador deportation battle, new photos reveal
“Kilmar Abrego Garcia, miraculously risen from the ‘death camps’ & ‘torture’, now sipping margaritas with Sen. Van Hollen in the tropical paradise of El Salvador,” El Salvador President Nayib...
April 18, 2025
Politics
Illegal immigrant breaks ICE officer’s nose during New Jersey deportation arrest – faces 20 years behind bars
Hector Villegas-Alvarez, a 27-year-old Colombian national, was charged in Newark federal court last week with one count of assaulting a federal officer and faces up to 20 years in...
April 18, 2025
Politics
Andrew Cuomo’s mental acuity ‘in decline,’ NYC can’t afford another ‘Joe Biden moment,’ mayoral rival says
New York City can't afford to elect former Gov. Andrew Cuomo as Big Apple mayor because his "mental acuity is in decline" -- and residents can't afford a "Joe Biden"...
April 17, 2025
Politics
New York GOP state headquarters defaced with Nazi symbols: ‘Vile act of political hatred’
Another printed paper duct taped to the wall read: "If this is not what you stand for, prove it." Another printed paper duct taped to the wall read: "If...
April 17, 2025
Politics
US-Ukraine mineral deal is back on, to be signed next week, Trump says
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters the reported arrangement is "substantially what we agreed upon previously." Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters the reported arrangement is "substantially what we...
April 17, 2025
Politics
Joe Biden ‘having trouble booking gigs’ with $300K per speech asking price
"We just wanted him to enjoy retirement like other presidents," said one ex-administration official, "not go out like this." "We just wanted him to enjoy retirement like other presidents,"...
April 17, 2025
Politics
Sen. Lisa Murkowski says GOP lawmakers fear retaliation if they cross Trump: ‘We’re all afraid’
Moderate Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski made a chilling admission this week that she and other lawmakers are worried are retaliation for speaking out against some of the Trump administration's...
April 17, 2025
Education
Miami-Dade sheriff suspends school bus citation program over costly errors
Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz on Thursday announced the immediate suspension of the county’s school bus camera citation program after officials discovered errors in the amounts listed on traffic tickets...
April 17, 2025
Congress
Sen. Van Hollen blocked from El Salvador prison where Maryland man is held
Republican members of Congress have been allowed to visit the notorious facility.