Immigration advocates say airlines are making it more difficult to monitor U.S. deportation flights by using “dummy” call signs and blocking aircraft tail numbers from public tracking websites. The report comes as deportation flights have reached record highs under President Donald Trump, according to flight monitors. Until recently, advocacy groups say they could follow the […]
Federal prosecutors from the Department of Justice failed to get an indictment from a grand jury against Sean Dunn, the man who threw a Subway sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection officer. It marks the second time this week a Washington, D.C., grand jury rejected an indictment from the U.S. Attorney’s office. Grand jury […]
Renewable energy investors slowed the flow of funding into the U.S. in the first half of 2025. While global investment in renewables is at an all-time high, data from Bloomberg NEF shows companies retreating to Europe amid policy uncertainty in the U.S. Investment in the United States during the first half of 2025 reached nearly […]
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he has raised more than $1.5 billion since winning the 2024 election. The money Trump has secured is record-breaking and unprecedented for post-election fundraising, according to the Brennan Center’s analysis. “I am pleased to report that I have raised, since the Great Presidential Election of 2024, in various forms […]
Vanity Fair’s new top editor is considering featuring First Lady Melania Trump on the magazine’s cover, a move that has already sparked pushback from some employees, according to multiple reports. Mark Guiducci, who became Vanity Fair’s global editorial director in June, is seeking to broaden the publication’s reach and rethink how it approaches coverage of […]
The power grid is changing fast, and those changes could determine how stable, affordable and clean our energy is. Electricity is an essential part of everyday life, but the components that make up the grid, and the terminology that describes it, can often feel overly complex and alienating. This power grid terminology guide will knock […]
A German court convicted a 16-year-old Syrian national on Tuesday for supporting a thwarted terror plan to attack Taylor Swift concerts in Austria last year. The suspect, identified solely as Mohammad A. due to German privacy laws, was found guilty of planning a serious act of violence and supporting a terrorist act of violence abroad, […]
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned Tuesday that California, Washington and New Mexico could lose millions in federal safety funds if they fail to enforce English-language requirements for truck drivers. The states were given 30 days to comply before the Department of Transportation withholds money from the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program. “States don’t get to […]
A whistleblower has accused the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) of putting hundreds of millions of Americans’ personal data at risk. The data, including names, Social Security numbers, addresses and birth dates, could be used for widespread identity theft if compromised. Charles Borges, the Social Security Administration’s chief data officer, said DOGE members assigned to […]
The U.S. Coast Guard announced a historic seizure of 76,140 pounds of illegal drugs valued at $473 million. It’s the largest amount of drugs seized in the U.S. Coast Guard’s history and was offloaded in Port Everglades in Hollywood, Florida, on Monday, Aug. 25, according to a news release. Officials said the Coast Guard cutter […]
