Early Friday morning, caretakers arrived at Alex Pretti’s memorial, finding it doused in two gallons of synthetic motor oil.Motor oil is not flammable, and much of the memorial remains unharmed. Volunteer caretakers quickly gathered throughout the morning to wash the ground and chairs, and to clean …
An Afghan woman is the first person ever deported through a long-dormant terrorism court that Trump’s Justice Department revived.Axios reported on Friday that the Justice Department announced the removal of Nazira Haji Zada. She was a lawful permanent resident and the subject of the first-ever case …
The Wall Street Journal editorial board laid into President Donald Trump on Friday for failing to focus on the health of real wages in the economy, as inflation continues to eat into Americans’ paychecks — and the Federal Reserve struggles to get a handle on the situation.”The Labor Department on Fr…
Just 10 days ago, Steven Rogers says he would have predicted Missourians were set to reinstate an abortion ban this November.Then the latest polling results landed in his inbox. Now the professor of political science at Saint Louis University says he’s not so sure.Of 900 likely Missouri voters surve…
A federal judge ruled the Trump administration seized control of FEMA and imposed a staffing cut “pulled from thin air.”The order was filed Friday by U.S. District Judge Susan Illston, who sits in San Francisco in the Northern District of California. It was a response to a lawsuit filed against Pres…
Vice President JD Vance is promoting a Trump administration plan to siphon off federal money that helps working parents afford childcare and use it to subsidize parents who stay at home. The man who ran for office mocking “childless cat ladies” is now trying to stir up a cat fight between working an…
A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from requiring civil service job applicants to profess loyalty to the president.U.S. District Judge George O’Toole issued the order Friday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in Boston, siding with three unions that …
Jake Tapper delivered a harsh response Friday to Vice President JD Vance’s boast that Republicans are unfairly branded racist: the line itself, the CNN anchor said, sounded racist.Vance, positioning himself as President Donald Trump’s 2028 heir, used his keynote at the Republican midterm convention …
National Republicans are pouring more than $40 million into Texas to rescue Trump ally Ken Paxton in a surprisingly tight Senate race.Politico described the spending Friday as a “major infusion” for the “scandal-plagued candidate,” who recent polls have shown slightly trailing Democratic state Rep. …
William Boothby, who manages President Donald Trump’s political appointees at the health department, was accused in a wrongful death lawsuit of punching a college student who was later found dead.Boothby serves as the White House liaison to the Department of Health and Human Services, according to a…