Clashes escalated overnight and into Saturday at a New Jersey immigration detention facility, prompting a response from Gov. Mikie Sherrill. State police moved to secure the area outside of Delaney Hall late Friday, in a move Sherrill called “absolutely necessary to protect public safety and avoid escalation.” “My top priority is keeping New Jerseyans and […]

A federal judge ordered the removal of President Donald Trump’s name from a performing arts center in Washington, D.C., ruling that the center’s board acted beyond its authority when it voted to rename the facility since it lacked Congress’s approval. Friday’s ruling in the U.S. District Court of D.C. comes amid a spate of projects […]

An Iowan judge sentenced the former superintendent of the state’s largest school district to two years in federal jail for lying about his immigration status, since he was illegally in the country.  Ian Roberts, a native of Guyana, was a successful and well-liked superintendent, The New York Times reported. Roberts worked as superintendent for more […]

A judge on Friday reopened President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS, which he and the federal government jointly asked to dismiss, leading to a settlement that created an “anti-weaponization fund.” Trump initially sued the IRS over the leak of his tax returns. The Justice Department announced last week that it had resolved […]

Revolutionary War gunsmiths handcrafted unique, noninterchangeable firearms from scratch, keeping patriot forces armed despite frequent battlefield weapon failures.

Fourteen years after an explosion in an Afghan village took both of his legs and nearly his life, a former 82nd Airborne Division paratrooper is preparing to jump again, this time in Normandy, France.

Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican, will now decide the fate of Louisiana’s congressional maps after the Senate passed a version that eliminated a Democratic district that stretched across the state. His signature will likely give Republicans an extra U.S. House seat after the December general election. Louisiana’s state Senate passed a bill Friday, 28-10, that […]

Robots are taking over the news — but not if a scrappy, nonprofit outlet devoted to stories about America’s largest city has anything to say about it.  THE CITY, a New York-based digital media outlet dedicated to what it calls “rigorous accountability reporting with a focus on systemic issues,” announced Friday a rebrand as The […]

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer accused of shooting a Venezuelan immigrant — and then lying about it — was arrested Friday, escalating a conflict between state and federal officials over who can police the behavior of immigration agents. Christian Castro, 52, was arrested in Texas by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, almost two […]