news2shortsAt least 11 state colleges enroll in program that trains officers for ‘limited’ involvement in immigration operations Fears of a new wave of deportations and student visa cancellations are rising at a number of Florida’s most diverse universities after administrators signed agreements recasting campus police as federal immigration agents. Miami’s Florida International University (FIU) is … Read more
Vice President JD Vance was one of the last visitors of Pope Francis before the first Jesuit to lead the Catholic Church died at age 88. Vance met with Francis briefly on Sunday to exchange Easter greetings in one of the reception rooms of the Vatican hotel where he’d been living since being released from … Read more
Barry Davis says Joseph Fitzgerald Hall molested him in the 90s, yet Hall kept working for the church nearly unimpeded A US man serving in various administrative roles for the Jehovah’s Witnesses sexually molested a child whom he met while working for the Christian religious sect in New Orleans – then continued his career virtually … Read more
Hearing aids and cochlear implants have been getting better for years, but a new type of device—eyeglasses that display real-time speech transcription on their lenses—are a game-changing breakthrough.
The President is at the center of a brazenly transactional ecosystem that rewards flattery and lockstep loyalty.
Can Claudia Sheinbaum manage the demands from D.C.—and her own country’s fragile democracy?
What Did I Miss? features a smarmy host quizzing sequestered contestants on the headlines. But politics is not funny any more The classic television game show is one of the simplest pleasures available to the sedentary, socially maladjusted people we used to call “couch potatoes”. An average Joe is required to perform a task – … Read more
The university’s $53.2-billion endowment has positioned it to resist the bullying tactics of an increasingly authoritarian President.
Organizers team up with pro-democracy groups for flurry of actions to demand right to free, healthy lives Hundreds of marches, pickets and cleanup events are taking place across the US in the run-up to Earth Day on Tuesday, as environmental and climate groups step up resistance to the Trump administration’s authoritarianism and its “war on … Read more
The president said the central bank should lower interest rates, but Powell demurred – and now Trump wants him out The US Federal Reserve chair, Jerome Powell, is facing attacks from Donald Trump, who is now threatening to fire the head of the central bank. Such a move would be unprecedented. The president has historically … Read more
