ICE to spend $38bn turning warehouses into detention centers, documents show

US homeland security eyeing 24 buildings, some as ‘primary locations’ for deportations, in escalation of Trump agenda US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) expects to spend an estimated $38.3bn on a plan to acquire warehouses across the country and retrofit them into new immigration detention centers with capacity for tens of thousands of detainees, according … Read more

US troops blasted through steel doors ‘like it was like papier-mache’ to snatch Maduro, Trump says

President Donald Trump recounted the military’s strength during the successful operation to capture Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro during an event in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Friday honoring U.S. special forces and their families for their roles in the capture.  “It was in a matter of minutes before (Maduro) was on a helicopter being taken out … Read more

‘Doubling down on stupid’: Newsom, AOC, trash Trump at European summit as they raise 2028 profiles

Two of President Donald Trump’s top Democratic critics are using appearances at a high-profile European gathering to blast the Republican president’s agenda and beef up their foreign policy chops on the world state ahead of possible 2028 White House runs. “Donald Trump is temporary,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday during a climate change discussion … Read more

US homeland security department on track for shutdown after funding bill fails in Senate

Lawmakers left Washington for a long weekend without resolving an impasse over much-criticized agency’s funding US politics live – latest updates The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is on course for an official shutdown at midnight after lawmakers left Washington for a long weekend without resolving an impasse over the much-criticized agency’s funding. A range … Read more