WASHINGTON — The Senate agreed unanimously early Friday to reopen the Department of Homeland Security after a 40-day shutdown, but without funding for immigration enforcement and deportation operations. Senators approved the package at 2:20 a.m by voice vote after a marathon session, which followed arduous bipartisan negotiations that occurred in fits and starts over the…
It was a given that HBO’s new Harry Potter series would race-swap characters. But no one expected that a black actor would be cast as pale-skinned Professor Severus Snape. We’re not going to get into how this casting can’t help but add a racial component to several events in Snape’s character arc. Subtexts that…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Congress is one step closer to ending the Homeland Security shutdown after the Senate advanced a new, last-minute deal, but it came at the price of Republicans ceding ground, temporarily, to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. The Senate unanimously advanced a deal to reopen most of…
I just published a post on The Economist and its cover story, ADVANTAGE IRAN, detailing how a month of bombing has accomplished nothing. That brought to mind a story that The Economist has plugged a couple of times this week. Just as with the Iran story, I can’t believe this one is true because…
A group of Epstein survivors filed a class action lawsuit against the Trump administration and Google on Thursday over the disclosure of personal information found in the release of files related to the late sex offender over the past several months. “The United States, acting through the DOJ, made a deliberate policy choice to prioritize…
That’s quite a tease The Economist has on its latest cover: ADVANTAGE IRAN. It’s amazing how many people are rooting for the Islamic Republic of Iran in its conflict with the United States and Israel. A month of bombing Iran has achieved nothing. Will Donald Trump escalate, or talk?…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An appeals court paused a pair of lower court rulings in Oregon that restricted federal agents’ use of tear gas and other crowd-control munitions during protests outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted the…
A federal judge in California has blocked the Trump administration from designating Anthropic as a supply chain risk to national security and cutting off the AI company’s work with federal agencies. Anthropic sued the Defense Department and other federal agencies this month after the Pentagon labeled it a “supply-chain risk to national security.” President Donald…
Senator Rick Scott has been adamant Congress should not be paid during this shutdown if TSA agents aren’t being paid. He believes that is only fair. Today, on CNN, their incredulous anchor seemed shocked he took that stance since he himself is SO rich. She even had to show three fingers on screen so…
DHS funding talks stall as airport chaos worsens Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., joins ‘America’s Newsroom’ to discuss the ongoing partial government shutdown as DHS remains without funding. Democrats continue to push for ICE reform as airports lose more workers. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Senate was again unable to…
