Politics

ICE Delaney Hall detention facility arrests top 30, including several from out of state

Police have arrested at least 30 people for assaulting law enforcement and other felony offenses outside Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Delaney Hall immigrant detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, since Memorial Day.

Trump administration land gift to SpaceX would hurt Texas habitat, lawsuit says

Environmental groups say exchange between US government and SpaceX would worsen ecological risks

The Divided World Cup

This year’s tournament was framed as a festival of North American unity. Instead, it is testing how much of that unity remains.

Bisignano champions Trump's SSA amid insolvency warnings

Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano stood up for his agency in his congressional testimony on Wednesday, touting lower call wait times and greater efficiency as he said the SSA is having its “best all-around performance ever” under the Trump administration.

Bill Gates tells US House ‘I have never victimized anyone’ in Epstein testimony

Microsoft co-founder appears in closed-door session as part of lawmakers’ investigation into convicted sex offender

Democrats Are Starting to Worry About California

California’s slow vote-count is spawning conspiracy theories.

Democratic nominees noncommittal on Jeffries leading the House

A handful of Democratic congressional nominees have yet to say if they would support Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) to continue leading the party in the next Congress.

DOJ finds UC Davis medical school guilty of race-based discrimination

The Department of Justice announced Wednesday that it found the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine guilty of racially discriminating against its applicants.

Bill Gates says Epstein tried to use affairs as 'leverage'

Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates testified about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein in a closed-door House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing Wednesday, claiming that Epstein tried to use extramarital affairs to pressure him into maintaining their relationship.

A conservative California county is trying to kill mail-in voting

Shasta county passes measure requiring elections to be held in person on one day and limiting absentee ballots

NFL faces scrutiny at antitrust hearing over rising costs for watching games

The House Judiciary Committee scrutinized the NFL and its compliance with a 65-year-old broadcasting antitrust law during a congressional hearing on Wednesday.

Bisignano says Social Security Administration's phone helpline wait times have reached a record low

Long waits when calling the Social Security Administration's 800 number have been a legacy issue. Commissioner Frank Bisignano said he's changing that.