Spending bills, prices, health care top 2026 agenda for Congress
WASHINGTON — For congressional Republicans, the year’s big question is how aggressive should they be in trying to ... Read More
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Minnesota and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul sue Department of Homeland Security over ICE surge
MINNEAPOLIS — A new wave of immigration enforcement officers has been sent to Minnesota as more arrests continue to be reported following Wednesday’s fatal shooting of Renee Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross.
On Monday,...Read more
SpaceX knocks 3rd Space Coast launch of 2026; readies for Crew-11 return
SpaceX launched its third mission of the year from Florida's Space Coast on Monday afternoon while preparing for the early return later this week of Crew-11 from the International Space Station.
A Falcon 9 lifted off from...Read more
Pete Hegseth gives fiery 'warrior' speech to Lockheed Martin workers in Fort Worth
FORT WORTH, Texas — In fiery remarks at Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter aircraft plant in Fort Worth, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth spoke Monday of prioritizing defense spending, saying it was imperative to ...Read more
Sen. Mark Kelly sues Hegseth over DOD retaliation
WASHINGTON — Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly on Monday sued Secretary Pete Hegseth and the Defense Department in D.C. district court over the Pentagon’s attempt to reduce Kelly’s pension pay and rank after he ...Read more
Avian flu death count rises to 32 birds at Orlando's Lake Eola, including 26 swans
ORLANDO, Fla. — Avian flu has been blamed for the deaths of 32 birds at Lake Eola Park since Dec. 17, including 26 of the city’s signature swans.
All of the dead swans are Royal Mute swans, and 23 of the 26 belonged ...Read more
Defiant independence from the Federal Reserve catches Trump off guard
WASHINGTON — White House officials were caught by surprise when a post appeared Sunday night on the Federal Reserve’s official social media channel, with Jerome Powell, its chairman, delivering a plain and clear ...Read more
ICE deportations in California surged in the thousands as 2025 went on
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported at least 8,250 people from California during the first nine months of 2025, with removals surging as the year went on.
The data, compiled by ICE and processed by a UC ...Read more
Jerome Powell swings back after Trump DOJ launches criminal probe
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is swinging back at President Trump’s administration after the Department of Justice launched a criminal indictment over the central bank’s extensive renovations of its Washington, D...Read more
Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin, guitarist for Black Midi, dead at 26
Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin, a founding guitarist of the acclaimed London post-punk band Black Midi, has died. He was 26.
In statement from the guitarist’s family, posted by band’s label Rough Trade on Monday, they said, ...Read more
Spending bill would boost court security, public defenders
WASHINGTON — A compromise fiscal 2026 funding bill released Sunday would provide major increases for federal public defenders as well as a court security account, matching requests from the judiciary in those two areas. ...Read more
Sen. Mark Kelly sues Pentagon over demotion for push to defy illegal orders
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., sued Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Monday to block the Pentagon’s effort to punish him for urging troops to defy illegal orders from superiors.
The retired Navy captain and astronaut asked a ...Read more
Documenting the immigration crackdown, from Chicago to Minneapolis
CHICAGO — Hours after a woman was shot and killed by a federal immigration agent in Minnesota, 400 miles away in Chicago’s Little Village, Andrew Freer moved through a crowd of community members huddled quietly around ...Read more
FEMA to pay for lead testing at 100 homes destroyed in Eaton fire, after months of saying it was unnecessary
LOS ANGELES — In a remarkable reversal, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to announce that the Federal Emergency Management Agency will pay for soil testing for lead at 100 homes that were destroyed by...Read more
Warren pitches a bigger economic tent for Democrats
WASHINGTON — Democrats need to hone their messaging on “full-throated economic populist ideas” as the party looks to regain ground in the 2026 midterms, Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Monday. And she suggests the party ...Read more
NY federal judge reverses course in Luigi Mangione case, orders hearing on Altoona backpack search
NEW YORK — Citing “the seriousness of the charges” Luigi Mangione is facing in his Manhattan death penalty case, a federal judge on Monday reconsidered a hearing about the legality of a property search during the ...Read more
Adam Sandler: 'I will make at least 50 more movies before I am dead'
Adam Sandler has vowed to "make at least 50 more movies before [he is] dead".
The 59-year-old actor - best known for starring in the likes of Happy Gilmore, Jack and Jill, and Jay Kelly - added that "at least" half of ...Read more
Julianne Moore joins Oscar-Shortlisted live-action short film as executive producer
Julianne Moore has joined an Oscar-shortlisted live-action short film as an executive producer.
The 65-year-old actress will serve her role alongside 72-year-old actress Isabelle Huppert on Two People Exchanging Saliva - ...Read more
Denver considers ban on face coverings for ICE agents in council proposal
DENVER — The Denver City Council is considering a new policy that would ban law enforcement officers — including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents — from covering their faces during arrest and detention...Read more
DHS again restricts lawmaker visits to ICE detention facilities
WASHINGTON — House Democrats renewed their legal challenge Monday to the Trump administration’s restrictions on congressional oversight visits to immigration detention facilities, after the Department of Homeland ...Read more
Can Leonardo DiCapricious replace Ben Sadfleck in our hearts and memes? That's a hard yes
Is Leonardo DiCaprio gunning for our hearts and memes? The “One Battle After Another” star certainly gave it his all Sunday at the Golden Globes.
First, there were DiCaprio’s reactions to host Nikki Glaser joking ...Read more
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