DHS to screen social media of visa applicants for ‘antisemitic activity’

by admin | Apr 9, 2025 | Politics

Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Department of Homeland Security will begin screening visa applicants’ social media content for “antisemitic activity,” it announced on Wednesday.”There is no room in...

DOJ, Coast Guard bust 45,000 pounds of cocaine tied to cartels

by admin | Apr 9, 2025 | Politics

ABC News(WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice and the U.S. Coast Guard busted 45,000 pounds of cocaine with a value of over $500 million, according to top DOJ officials on Wednesday.Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel were at Port...

House Republicans tee up vote on Trump-backed budget blueprint despite hard-liner opposition

by admin | Apr 9, 2025 | Politics

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — House Republicans are plowing ahead with a vote on the Senate-approved GOP budget blueprint on Wednesday despite opposition from rank-and-file lawmakers.Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., with the help of...

Acting IRS commissioner plans to resign after data-sharing deal with immigration authorities

by admin | Apr 9, 2025 | Politics

Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images(WASHIGTON) — The acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service is planning to resign following the agency’s data sharing agreement with the Department of Homeland Security to support the Trump administration’s...

State Department says talks with Iran are not a negotiation, will be direct

by admin | Apr 9, 2025 | Politics

Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Ahead of expected talks between the United States and Iran over the weekend, the State Department pushed back on the idea that the discussion would be a negotiation over Tehran’s nuclear...

Texas governor under fire after pushing special election to November

by admin | Apr 9, 2025 | Politics

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(AUSTIN, TX) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced in a proclamation Monday afternoon that the special election to fill the seat vacated following the death of Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Texas, for the rest of his term will be held on...