• Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver charged with assault after skirmish at ICE center, New Jersey prosecutor says

    Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver charged with assault after skirmish at ICE center, New Jersey prosecutor says

    May 20, 2025 01:56 PM EDT

    ... federal law enforcement will not be tolerated," Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a post on X. "This Administration will always protect those who work tirelessly to keep America safe." McIver's attorney called the decision to charge her "spectacularly inappropriate," saying she went to Delaney Hall "to do ...

  • Storms and tornadoes continue to ravage central U.S. after killing dozens

    Storms and tornadoes continue to ravage central U.S. after killing dozens

    May 19, 2025 09:30 PM EDT

    ... yet and while local, state and federal officials were working to get the agency's resources, it could take weeks. She said anyone claiming to work for FEMA now need to be reported to the police as frauds. Acting FEMA Chief David Richardson said last week he plans to shift ...

  • Analysis: Trump's truce with China on tariffs comes at a cost to U.S. credibility

    Analysis: Trump's truce with China on tariffs comes at a cost to U.S. credibility

    May 18, 2025 10:01 PM EDT

    ... trade restrictions.In April, while direct trade with the United States plunged, Chinese exports surged to Southeast Asian countries. After locally performing some minimal transformational work, the goods can be re-exported to the rest of the world, including the United States, without the penalty of China specific tariffs. WATCH ...

  • In 'The Emperor of Gladness,' Ocean Vuong explores chosen family and acts of kindness

    In 'The Emperor of Gladness,' Ocean Vuong explores chosen family and acts of kindness

    May 16, 2025 10:30 PM EDT

    ... found family, chosen family. But there's a huge sector, I think, I wanted to tap into, which is the circumstantial family, the family at work, the family cobbled arbitrarily together during a shift. And there's an intimacy and bond and kinship there that actually corrodes ideology. We all ...

  • What's inside the House GOP's budget bill? Here's a look

    What's inside the House GOP's budget bill? Here's a look

    May 16, 2025 09:34 PM EDT

    ... the end of 2028. That's also the case for a $4,000 increase in the standard deduction for seniors. Parents and older Americans face work requirements for food assistance House Republicans are looking to shift some of the costs of the Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance Program, known as SNAP ...

  • Trump arrives in Saudi Arabia as he sets new course for American policy in Middle East

    Trump arrives in Saudi Arabia as he sets new course for American policy in Middle East

    May 13, 2025 10:55 PM EDT

    ... Hour" the U.S. is endorsing future Saudi civil nuclear energy. President Trump said today the new Middle East is being forged despite his predecessors' work.Donald Trump: The gleaming marvels of Riyadh and Abu Dhabi were not created by the so-called nation-builders, neocons or liberal nonprofits like ...

  • News Wrap: U.S. and Ukraine sign minerals deal

    News Wrap: U.S. and Ukraine sign minerals deal

    May 01, 2025 10:40 PM EDT

    ... kept in place so-called temporary protected status for the migrants, or TPS. The program allows people already in the U.S. to live and work legally because their native countries are considered unsafe. The Trump administration is pushing for more behavioral therapy for transgender youth, instead of gender-affirming ...

  • From Taipei to Turkey, 'Trumpization' looms over international May Day marches

    From Taipei to Turkey, 'Trumpization' looms over international May Day marches

    May 01, 2025 04:31 PM EDT

    ... said Ángel López, 56, a worker from Madrid. “The arrival of the far right to a country like the United States is a major global shift.” Trump-fueled economic fears raised in Asia protests Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te cited the new U.S. tariffs under Trump as he ...

  • Americans expect higher prices from Trump's tariffs, new poll shows

    Americans expect higher prices from Trump's tariffs, new poll shows

    Apr 24, 2025 05:27 PM EDT

    ... into the U.S. from other countries. That’s up slightly from January, when a poll found that 46% were against tariffs. Driving that small shift largely appears to be adults under age 30 who didn’t previously have an opinion on tariffs. Trump supporter Janice Manis, 63, said her ...

  • How Springfield and its Haitian immigrants are still dealing with election’s spotlight

    How Springfield and its Haitian immigrants are still dealing with election’s spotlight

    Apr 23, 2025 10:25 PM EDT

    ... her thinking about Haitians as individuals. Diana Daniels: I know a lot of Haitians. I have several that live next to the store where I work. I have had plenty of conversations, conversations that I wish I'd never had, because they're things I didn't want to know ...