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The second-ranking Senate Democrat will retire after a decades-long career representing Illinois in Congress.

Salvadorian president denounced as ‘tyrannical’ as he floats trading 252 prisoners with fellow authoritarian regime The families of prisoners being held by the authoritarian governments of El Salvador and Venezuela have condemned President Nayib Bukele’s offer to swap 252 Venezuelan detainees sent to his jails by the Trump administration for the same number of political … Read more

Sen. Dick Durbin, D- Ill., the Senate Democratic whip and the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, has announced he will not seek re-election in 2026.  Durbin, who was first elected to the Senate in 1996, made the announcement in a video message on X Wednesday. “The decision of whether to run for re-election has … Read more

A woman dining with her family recently had her purse stolen in downtown Washington, D.C., just a few blocks away from the restaurant where Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s handbag was swiped, according to a report.  The victim told NBC News that she was eating at a restaurant inside the Westin Hotel last Thursday and … Read more

Deborah Lipstadt, who served as special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism during much of the Biden administration, has indicated that she is “pleased” the Trump administration is seeking to tackle antisemitism. “I’m pleased that they’re addressing it, because that’s what I did for the past three years, which was to really push the Biden … Read more

EXCLUSIVE: The families of the victims of an Orange County, Calif., high-speed car crash are sending letters to the state to keep an illegal immigrant convicted felon behind bars, as he’s expected to be released from prison over six years before his 10-year sentence is up. Oscar Eduardo Ortega-Anguiano, 43, was driving drunk, high, and … Read more

President Donald Trump’s administration is firing or reassigning over 450 employees at the Environmental Protection Agency as part of a larger push to eliminate “environmental justice” programs. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the employee moves on Monday, saying 280 staffers were being fired, and 175 others would be reassigned. The cut roles were in the … Read more

A movement that believes abortion should be treated as homicide has grown alongside a Republican penchant for punishment So far this year, lawmakers in at least 12 states have introduced legislation that would treat fetuses as people and leave women who have abortions vulnerable to being charged with homicide – a charge that, in several … Read more

President Donald Trump is hinting that he may reverse course on his massive 145% tariff on China, saying “It’ll come down substantially but it won’t be zero.” It comes as Elon Musk is now refocusing his attention to his car company, Tesla, and away from the Department of Government Efficiency after a disappointing earnings report … Read more

The federally indicted mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, is trailing his opponent in the city’s Democratic primary runoff.  Unofficial vote totals show state Sen. John Horhn leading two-term Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba 18,493 to 6,246, according to the city clerk’s office. Although absentee votes have not yet been counted, Horhn declared victory in the race.  Lumumba, Hinds … Read more