Category: Politics
March 21, 2025
Politics
Trump accuses federal judge of trying to ‘usurp’ his presidential power amid legal fight over deportation flights
“He is a local, unknown Judge, a Grandstander, looking for publicity, and it cannot be for any other reason, because his 'Rulings' are so ridiculous, and inept," Trump ranted....
March 21, 2025
Politics
Former ‘Squad’ Rep. Cori Bush’s husband indicted for allegedly pocketing $20K in PPP loans for ‘personal benefit and enjoyment’
Cortney Merritts, 46, was charged in a federal indictment Thursday with two counts of wire fraud related to allegedly fraudulent applications he filed with Small Business Administration in 2020...
March 21, 2025
Politics
Kennedy Center employee delivers bizarre naked monologue bashing president’s takeover: ‘F–k Donald Trump’
“He vowed to ban drag performers from stages, and as the saying goes, ‘We’re all born naked, and the rest is drag,'" he said before stripping down...
March 21, 2025
Politics
Trump’s terror designation for Mexican drug cartels allows slain DEA agent’s family to sue narco group and ‘hold his killers accountable’
The lawsuit filed in California federal court by Camarena’s widow, children, and siblings seeks to hold gangsters Rafael Caro Quintero, Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo, Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo and the...
March 21, 2025
Politics
Columbia, Barnard ordered to refrain from turning over student disciplinary records until Mahmoud Khalil hearing
A federal judge on Thursday ordered Columbia University and Barnard College to refrain from complying with a Republican-led House committee’s demand for student disciplinary records. A federal judge on...
March 20, 2025
Politics
Wisconsin Trump voter stands by his support of president after ICE detains his Peruvian wife on return trip from honeymoon
The concerned husband said he initially thought Trump’s administration would only deport immigrants with a criminal history or those who had crossed the border illegally. The concerned husband said...
March 20, 2025
Politics
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reveals another $580 million in DOGE savings from bloated Pentagon budget
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth unveiled another $580 million worth of cuts to programs Thursday that he claimed were either wasteful" or didn't align with the administration's agenda. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth...
March 20, 2025
Politics
Trump admin deadline set to expire as ‘productive’ talks continue with embattled Columbia, putting $400M in fed funding at risk
The federal government and Columbia University are still engaged in zero-hour discussions over whether the Ivy League school intends to bend to President Trump's demands or let Thursday's deadline...
March 20, 2025
Politics
Federal judge temporarily blocks DOGE from accessing personal info from Social Security Administration: ‘Fishing expedition’
District Judge Ellen Hollander’s temporary restraining order compels DOGE staffers to delete any personally identifiable data they may have collected from SSA and any software installed at the agency. ...
March 20, 2025
Politics
Trump is moving to gut the Department of Education — here’s what it does
President Trump is taking dramatic action Thursday to inch closer to fulfilling a nearly five-decade-old conservative dream of abolishing the Department of Education, which was created in 1979 under...