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Policy & Unrest
A federal judge in Boston on Monday blocked the Trump administration's effort to fine migrants up to $1.8 million for failing to leave the U.S. after receiving their final order to deport. U.S. District Judge George O'Toole ruled that the administration unlawfully imposed the fines and wrote that…
Cost of living, energy and fuel prices, and markets when they reach households
The special fuel has the same exact chemical composition as diesel fuel, but it’s dyed red to denote its tax-exempt status and is typically meant only for offroad farming equipment like tractors.
Conflict involving the US, and wars abroad when they reach home
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will travel to San Diego on Tuesday and will welcome the USS Abraham Lincoln crew home on Wednesday after the aircraft carrier extended its deployment to the Middle East. According to the Pentagon, Hegseth will speak with the ship’s crew, participate in physical…
Agency failures, inspector general and GAO findings, disaster response gaps and infrastructure breakdowns
Lawyers for a former Olympian whom the Justice Department charged with intentionally damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, only to abruptly drop the case after determining that he was not responsible, are urging two different government watchd...
ICE and detention, court rulings on policy and civil liberties, protests, and policy changes that divide us
Trump claims France's student protests are about "Islam wanting to take over" as Sébastien Lecornu reports the school system's heaviest toll in decades.