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…
A federal judge in Texas has issued an order so extreme that it may rise to the level of impeachable conduct, Slate legal analyst Mark Joseph Stern argued Tuesday.U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor, a George W. Bush appointee who previously tried to strike down the Affordable Care Act and ruled again…
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…
Another lawmaker could barely stand the way Trump’s transportation secretary refused to answer straightforward questions during Capitol Hill testimony on Tuesday.”You are encouraging Americans to spend the summer road tripping,” Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) said to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy du…
After weathering years of challenges, from online competition to the COVID pandemic, President Donald Trump’s tariffs became “the last reason” why Jennifer Bergman decided to close down the New York City toy store her mother opened in 1981.As small businesses currently navigate a complex tariff refu…
Sparks flew at a Senate hearing on Tuesday when Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) cornered Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy about his seven-month “Great American Road Trip” paid for by a slew of corporations his agency regulates — and Duffy did everything he could to deflect and resist criticism….
WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, had strong words for Republicans complaining about the gerrymandering in Virginia that voters approved on Tuesday, with strong support from her party. “Wah, wah, wah,” Ocasio-Cortez told Raw Story on Wednesday, mimicking a whining baby and…
Kentucky Democrat Gov. Andy Beshear tore into Vice President JD Vance during a live CNN broadcast on Tuesday.Beshear joined CNN anchor Kasie Hunt to talk about the primary election in Kentucky when he gave his real opinions of Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio — taking a clear jab at the Trum…
WASHINGTON — “Weak sauce.” “A joke.” “A performance artist.” That’s how a West Point grad and Army vet on the Armed Services Committee described Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth, who is running the Department of Defense in the middle of a war.Rep. Pat Ryan (D-NY) didn’t mince words Wednesday after Hegset…
Trump brought on the manager of his New Jersey golf club to advise on a major Lincoln Memorial project despite having no engineering background, according to reporting by The New York Times. David Schutzenhofer has run the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster for 20 years, and he’s been playing a …