Author: Jenny Goldsberry

Two immigrants who escaped the Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark, New Jersey, were recaptured by authorities Friday. Last week, unrest at the immigration detention center resulted in four detainees escaping. Authorities with the FBI did not publicize the detention of the two recaptured immigrants until Sunday. It also remains to be seen how they were captured.…

Former Los Angeles Police Officer Moses Castillo noted the similarities he sees between recent riots against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and the 1992 Rodney King riots. The LAPD has issued dispersal orders and curfews in parts of Los Angeles as protesters have set fires to cars, including Waymo taxis, thrown frozen water bottles…

Rep. Pat Fallon (R-TX) slammed Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) for engaging in “hyperbolic fearmongering” regarding his comments on Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Walz, who testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on Thursday, said in a recent address to University of Minnesota Law School graduates that ICE agents are “Donald Trump’s modern-day…

Vice President JD Vance traveled to Montana on Tuesday, where he met with media mogul Rupert Murdoch and his son at their Dillon ranch. Vance had a meeting with Lachlan Murdoch, the chairman of Fox Corporation and News Corp, which owns Fox News, Sky News Australia, the New York Post, the Sun, and the Wall Street Journal, among…

Former NBC sports analyst and CNN contributor Bob Costas blasted ABC News and CBS News for “running the gauntlet that the Trump administration will throw up against them,” during an award speech Monday. Costas offered his opinion on the two networks’ concessions to President Donald Trump in their squabbles. ABC News paid Trump $15 million to settle a lawsuit against George Stephanopoulos, while…

Maui officials announced an effort to have 50 trucks begin transporting debris from the 2023 Lahaina fire to a landfill starting next Monday. Some 5,928 people lost more than 2,400 homes, along with other buildings, in the fires in August 2023. Maui County’s 18-month contracts for stable housing units are also coming to an end…

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) continued to object to raising the debt ceiling for government spending as his chamber is about to vote on the Big Beautiful Bill Act, calling for Congress to reign in its debt expansion. Paul is not the only critic of the spending and tax legislation. The bill has come under scrutiny from Republican senators for…

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) is facing a new Democratic challenger in J.D. Scholten, after he claimed her recent comments at a town hall motivated him to jump in the race. Ernst is up for reelection in 2026 and was only facing one Democratic challenger until her Parkersburg, Iowa, town hall. Now, Scholten, a state representative,…

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will be adding over 100 staff members to its National Weather Service workforce after conducting layoffs in February. This follows NOAA’s effort to reduce its workforce by approximately 10% through an early retirement option and by not renewing contracts with probationary workers. An NWS spokesperson confirmed to the Washington…

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) predicted the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will pass the Senate because of its four key “commonsense” conservative pillars. The reconciliation legislation recently passed in the House and now heads to the Senate for amendments and a vote. Republican senators have criticized it on issues that include the deficit, Medicaid changes, and energy credits. The…