EDITOR’S NOTE: Raw Story writer Matt Laslo’s congressional bureau, The LCB, has been credentialed by the Radio-Television Correspondents’ Association (RTCA) since 2012.WASHINGTON — America’s most powerful TV networks have been handing out coveted congressional press credentials to people Congress ha…
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After voting for Donald Trump multiple times, longtime Republicans Ron and Chrissey Kelley turned on the president and his MAGA movement when his second administration’s policies threatened their livelihood.Last October, Ron, a 55-year-old construction analyst for the U.S. Department of Housing and …
A Chicago teen detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for more than two months was released Tuesday in time to attend his high school graduation after pressure from legislators and community backlash.Ricardo Hernandez-Navarrete, 18, and Martha Liliana Navarrete-Capazan, 46, were …
WASHINGTON — Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-MI) told reporters on Thursday that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) pulled a scheduled war powers resolution vote, saying that it was clear that Democrats had enough votes to compel President Donald Trump to withdraw from the Iran war.”They just pulled it, unc…
A task force launched by U.S. intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard to “end weaponization” has fallen apart after “drama” triggered by a memo it circulated that spread false claims — made by a January 6 rioter — against a CIA employee and a former Capitol Police officer. The group’s collapse was detailed…
WASHINGTON — Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) said Thursday she has been pushing Republican leaders to hold public hearings with Jeffrey Epstein survivors, throwing her support behind first lady Melania Trump’s call for greater accountability in the case.”I actually have been encouraging that,” Luna to…
WASHINGTON — Viktor Orbán’s stunning defeat after 16 years leading Hungary with an iron fist has elicited cheers in some corners of the nation’s capital this week, even as many Republicans would rather discuss anything but the strongman President Donald Trump and the MAGA movement counted as their o…
After Donald Trump faced swift backlash for posting an AI depiction of himself as a Jesus-like figure aglow against a patriotic sky as he heals a sick man, the original source of the image came to light while the president explained away the now-deleted post as a misinterpretation of himself as a do…
When federal agents unexpectedly detained a Chicago teen and his mother last month, outraged community members rallied to support them while they were separated, traversed across the country and subjected to alleged harsh treatment while in detention, Raw Story first reported.Community advocates cal…
MORRISVILLE, N.C. — When the Department of Homeland Security surged federal agents into North Carolina last November, they pledged to “target criminal aliens” and go after “the worst of the worst — including murderers, rapists, and pedophiles.”But in one case reviewed by Raw Story, federal immigrati…