news2shortsCliona Ward, who had returned from trip to Ireland, held over criminal record from almost 20 years ago An Irish woman who has lived legally in the US for four decades has been detained by immigration officials for the last week because of a criminal record dating back almost 20 years. Cliona Ward, 54, was … Read more
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., staged a sit-in on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Sunday, taking a “moral moment” to reject President Donald Trump’s agenda as Congress returns to Washington to negotiate the “big, beautiful bill.” On the final day of the two-week congressional recess, Booker and … Read more
Moves sparking fears of a crackdown on such children and prompting alarm about ‘backdoor family separation’ Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officials are seeking out unaccompanied immigrant children in operations nationwide with a view to deporting them or pursuing criminal cases against them or adult sponsors sheltering them legally in the US, according to sources … Read more
Second executive order aims to ‘strengthen and unleash’ law enforcement to pursue ‘criminals’, White House says Donald Trump was expected to sign two new executive orders on Monday afternoon related to immigration, according to the White House, including one targeting so-called “sanctuary cities” and another the administration says will strengthen law enforcement. Speaking to reporters … Read more
President Donald Trump made history during his first 100 days in office, surpassing former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s record for the number of executive orders issued during that same window. To date, Trump has signed more than 135 executive orders during his first 100 days in office during his second term — up from the … Read more
The Trump administration sanctioned three vessels and their owners for providing support to the Houthis – the Iranian regime’s network of terrorist proxies and partners, Fox News Digital has learned. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced the sanctions Monday, following the Houthis’ efforts to deploy missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles and naval mines … Read more
The demonstration outside the Tesla showroom in west London was one of the smallest I have seen. But everyone who passed by was keen to show their support Park Royal is the worst underground station in London and therefore the world. You come out of a stubby 1930s entrance hall that must have been cute … Read more
Virginia representative says he will not seek re-election in Congress, citing return of esophageal cancer US politics live – latest updates Gerry Connolly, the top Democrat on the House of Representatives’ key oversight committee, has announced he will not run for re-election and resign his committee post, citing a return of the cancer for which … Read more
More than two-thirds of Reserve and Guard troops are overweight, a potential threat to readiness and their ability to deploy at a moment’s notice, a new report by the American Security Project (ASP) found. Some 68% of the nation’s reserve forces are overweight, ASP researchers estimate. “With the diminished size of the [active-duty] force and … Read more
Musk’s Doge targets National Labor Relations Board with cuts and terminated leases as union speaks out Democrats have warned that cuts to the US’s top labor watchdog threaten to render the organization “basically ineffectual” and will be “catastrophic” for workers’ rights. The so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) has targeted the National Labor Relations Board … Read more
