Oil prices consolidated their recent gains and held near six- month highs on Friday, supported by uncertainty over the future relationship or conflict between the U.S. and Iran. Brent crude futures were up 6 cents at $70.77 a barrel by 11:27 a.m. CST (1727 GMT). The March contract expires later...
ICE Agents Are Protecting American Citizens. Now They Need Our Support
I strongly condemn the growing attacks on ICE and Border Patrol agents and the reckless political rhetoric coming from the radicals and extremists both in the media and elected office that vilify federal law enforcement for simply doing their jobs as required by the law. ICE is not a danger...
Trump’s Fed Chair Pick Warsh Likely to Boost Wall Street Rule Easing
Kevin Warsh, U.S. President Donald Trump's pick to chair the Federal Reserve, will likely boost the central bank's effort to ease Wall Street bank rules, and allow the administration a bigger say on regulation and supervision matters, said regulatory experts. Trump's choice, a Republican and former Fed governor, ended months...
Newsom Accuses Dr. Oz of Smearing Armenians in Fraud Video
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California filed a formal civil rights complaint Thursday against Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, charging that he had illegally discriminated against Armenian Americans in Southern California with a recent video in which he appeared to tie the community...
Lawsuit Challenges ICE Ability to Enter Homes Without Warrants From US Judges
Immigrant rights advocates filed a lawsuit on Friday challenging a recently disclosed policy adopted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement allowing its officers to enter the homes of people suspected of living in the United States illegally without a judicial warrant. The lawsuit by the Greater Boston Latino Network and...
‘It’s All About Us Now’: Video Shows Bovino’s Orders to Agents in LA Raids
Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino was blunt as he addressed the group of federal agents dressed in tactical gear: “Arrest as many people that touch you as you want to. Those are the general orders, all the way to the top.” The directive from Bovino last June was captured on...
FBI Takes Lead in Investigating Alex Pretti Killing, CBS Reports
The FBI is now leading the investigation into the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis and the Department of Homeland Security is supporting that investigation, CBS News reported on Friday, citing a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson. — (Reporting by Ryan Patrick Jones and Katharine Jackson; editing by Susan...
Democrats Reach Spending Deal With Trump, Seeking to Rein in ICE
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats struck a deal Thursday with President Donald Trump and Republicans that could avert a government shutdown and buy more time to negotiate restrictions on the administration’s immigration crackdown. The agreement, if it holds, would allow the Senate to act before a Friday midnight deadline to fund...
Trump’s Justice Department Releases New Cache of Jeffrey Epstein Files
The U.S. Justice Department on Friday published a new cache of files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the Trump administration's latest effort to comply with a law passed in November that required the department to release all Epstein-related records by December 19, 2025. Reuters is in...
Two Men Arrested for Trespassing, Vehicle Tampering at Madera Business
Two men were arrested after police say they unlawfully entered a business and tampered with a vehicle in Madera on Thursday, authorities said. Madera Police Department officers responded to a report of subjects unlawfully entering a business in the 800 block of S. Gateway Drive. Police said surveillance footage showed...