Under Trump's second term, these arrests have increased as he's overseen the boost in ICE's deportation numbers through an increase in immigration raids nationwide. Many people swept up in the raids have been later revealed to have been wrongfully arrested, detained and deported by ICE. The individuals are US citizens with correct visas or valid asylum claims. Furthermore, up to three-quarters of detainees this fiscal year have no criminal history, according to the Cato Institute.
On Thursday, multiple outlets reported that the Trump administration is considering reclassifying marijuana from its current level as a Schedule I drug to a Schedule III drug. The Washington Post was the first to report on the potential reclassification, citing six sources familiar with the matter. As with most things Trump does, he is expected to issue a reclassification directive via an executive order.
Why the United States apparently seized a Venezuelan oil tanker. Trump, despite broaching the topic directly to media, elected not to answer who owned said tanker, or what the justification was for taking it, saying only "it was seized for a very good reason." When one reporter asked what would happen to the oil seized from said tanker, or the ship itself, Trump replied: "Well, we keep it, I guess," according to New York Times reporter Chris Cameron.
A senior Democratic senator is calling for an investigation into potential insider trading by fossil-fuel billionaires close to the Trump administration, after a Guardian investigation raised questions about an unusual share buying spree. Robert Pender and Michael Sabel, the founders and co-chairs of Venture Global, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) company headquartered in Virginia, bought more than a million shares worth almost $12m each, just days after meeting with senior Trump officials in March.
Musk joined former Trump official Katie Miller, wife of White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, on Tuesday for her podcast where the billionaire X owner opened up about his feelings on his work with the government. Musk was a major supporter of Trump's in the 2024 presidential election and he went on to work with the administration through DOGE for months, ending his time with the White House in May.
She cited a decision from the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, which found that her enduring work as interim US attorney despite a lower court order ending her appointment violated the Federal Vacancies Reform Act. As a result of the Third Circuit's ruling, and to protect the stability and integrity of the office which I love, I have decided to step down in my role as the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Habba wrote.
Donald Trump's former lawyer Alina Habba says she is resigning as top federal prosecutor in New Jersey, she announced on social media. Habba's resignation came after district and appellate court rulings which found she was unlawfully serving in the role, a powerful post charged with enforcing federal criminal and civil law. The Trump administration had been maneuvering to keep Habba in place after her interim appointment expired and she had not gotten US Senate confirmation.
A new portrait name plate for former Biden Health and Human Services official Rachel Levine, who is a transgender woman, drew cries of bigotry when it was revealed Monday. Instead of displaying her current name, the Trump administration created the name plate to reflect Levine's so-called dead name of Richard. Deadnaming is when a transgender person is called by their birth name instead of the name that reflects their gender transition.
The US House speaker, Mike Johnson, has developed a go-to response when asked about something controversial Donald Trump or members of his administration said or did. It's some version of I don't know anything about that. When pressed about the latest scandal from the Trump administration, Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, frequently says he is not aware of that news including last week to reports about a US military strike on an alleged drug boat that has roiled Washington politics.
It is difficult for today's youth to believe, but the snarky T-shirt is a relatively recent innovation. Though they are now everywhere, until the late 1990s one almost never saw another person wearing a shirt that read "Stop looking at my nuts" with a pair of the threaded metal hardware implements pictured, or perhaps one with a sports figure on it and "I just hope both teams have fun."
Twenty-eight paragraphs into the story that first focused attention on the murder Pete Hegseth ordered back in September (though as it notes, Nick Turse first revealed the second shot just days after the attack) is this revelation: it took four strikes to kill first the people then destroy any debris from the targeted boats. The boat in the first strike was hit a total of four times, twice to kill the crew and twice more to sink it, four people familiar with the operation said.
"Our forefathers built this nation on blood, sweat, and the unyielding love of freedom-not for foreign invaders to slaughter our heroes, suck dry our hard-earned tax dollars, or snatch the benefits owed to AMERICANS," Noem said. "WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE."
In a video posted online last week, the lawmakers said, "Right now, the threats to our Constitution aren't just coming from abroad, but from right here at home." "Our laws are clear: You can refuse illegal order. ... You must refuse illegal orders. No one has to carry out orders that violate the law or our Constitution," they added. US President Donald Trump called the lawmakers' actions "seditious" and "treason."
The mocking tune was part of South Park's Thanksgiving-themed episode, which aired on Wednesday night on Comedy Central. President Donald Trump, in the episode, sends Hegseth to town to rescue Peter Thiel, who was locked up in the previous episode. Hegseth is portrayed as a macho kook who is fixated on posting content to social media. Pete Hegseth is a f*cking douche, the song goes. Acting like a tough guy, posting it around the world. Making lots of content like a little teen-age-rrr.
Fox News anchor Bret Baier pressed Trump Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on prices that are increasing or only moderately abating, asking when Americans will begin to feel different about costs. Trump has been fighting a battle over affordability since the Election Day bloodbath, insisting concerns over prices are a con job, and repeatedly claiming he's already solved the issue. A raft of new polls show Trump getting clobbered on the economy a potential indication voters aren't convinced he's particularly expert on the issue.
Maduro is not a brave boy. So now that he has understood that he's on that very nefarious list of the terrorist organization, that the airspace above Venezuela has been closed off, and the commercial airlines from the United States are not flying, he's understanding that we're about to go in. He understands that he is he has been our enemy for the last 25 years.
I am recommending to Senate Republicans that the Hundreds of Billions of Dollars currently being sent to money sucking Insurance Companies in order to save the bad Healthcare provided by ObamaCare, BE SENT DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN PURCHASE THEIR OWN, MUCH BETTER, HEALTHCARE,
A federal judge has dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor who brought the charges at President Donald Trump's urging was illegally appointed by the Justice Department. The rulings from U.S. District Cameron McGowan Currie amount to a stunning rebuke of the Trump administration's efforts to target Trump's political opponents as well as its legal maneuvering to hastily install a loyalist prosecutor willing to file the cases.
Three dozen climate negotiators and scientists were at Lincoln Center the other day, in the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre, to see a performance of "Kyoto," about the landmark 1997 treaty on greenhouse-gas emissions. It was a bittersweet reunion for "Team Climate U.S.A.," as Sue Biniaz, a State Department lawyer for more than thirty years, put it, while addressing the group in the lobby after the show.
A year after the most openly misogynist presidential candidate in modern U.S. history defeated, for the second time, an ultracompetent woman and brought a politics of unabashed male dominance to the White House and country writ large, it can feel like something of a quaint throwback to remark on why it's important to have women in positions of power.
The chair of the House Select Committee on China called it "digital fentanyl" that brainwashes young Americans into supporting Hamas. A former national security adviser said letting TikTok remain in the US under its Chinese owner "would be akin to allowing Soviet control of several major American newspapers and TV channels during the Cold War." Lawmakers left classified national security briefings about TikTok sharing grave concerns.
In the last two weeks, the Trump administration has used music from Taylor Swift's latest album, The Life of a Showgirl, in three posts on social media. The first, shared by the official White House account on TikTok, was a patriotic slide show of images set to lead single The Fate of Ophelia. As Swift sings pledge allegiance to your hands, your team, your vibes, the video cuts to pictures of the US flag, President Trump, the vice-president, JD Vance.
Anthropic is scrambling to assert its political neutrality as the Trump administration intensifies its campaign against so-called "woke AI," placing itself at the center of an increasingly ideological fight over how large language models should talk about politics. In a detailed post Thursday, Anthropic unveiled a sweeping effort to train its Claude chatbot to behave with what it calls "political even-handedness," a framework meant to ensure the model treats competing viewpoints "with equal depth, engagement, and quality of analysis."
Last month, Politico released a bombshell report featuring multiple leaked texts from Paul Ingrassia, then President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel. In those texts, Ingrassia told colleagues that he had a Nazi streak and made a number of other racist remarks. While criticizing former presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy in 2024, for example, Ingrassia said, Never trust a chinaman or Indian. A day later, Ingrassia announced he was withdrawing from an upcoming Senate hearing.
