President Trump said ICE should continue using traffic stops to arrest immigrants after a recent directive suspended the tactic after two fatal shootings in Texas and Maine within a week. The big picture: Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Wednesday, "we CANNOT give up one of I.C.E.'s most important and effective Crime Fighting tools, THE TRAFFIC STOP!" Catch up quick: The Department of Homeland Security had directed ICE to halt vehicle stops until further notice, according to a memo obtained by Fox News. A White House official confirmed the memo to Axios. - "Effective immediately, all ERO-initiated enforcement vehicle stops are suspended until further notice," per the DHS memo. - The pause was expected to remain in place while…
The Oracle of Omaha is concerned that America has a gambling problem. Why it matters: Warren Buffett recently retired from Berkshire Hathaway, but when he speaks, investors still listen. Driving the news: Buffett articulated his concerns about America's gambling culture in an interview with CNBC , saying speculative trading is undermining long-term investing. - "It's tough to find values when everybody is preferring gambling," he said. - He added: "Since humans love to gamble so much, there's more money in, in actually cultivating gamblers than there are cultivating investors." The big picture: Buffett's comments come amid the rise of prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket, which are giving investors the ability to risk money…
Vice President Vance's pitch to House Republicans on Wednesday did little to ease concerns over Speaker Mike Johnson's $95 billion reconciliation package , leaving GOP leaders with work to do ahead of a planned floor vote next week. Why it matters: Johnson's conference members remain uneasy about the lack of spending offsets, and disagreements persist over the details of their signature election bill . - Republicans hold a razor-thin majority, so a handful of defections could sink the measure. "It's DOA," Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) told Axios. - "Five-dollar footlongs are $12. People know that a lot of this is the debt. The deficits cause big debt, and overall, this debases the money. This is part of what's driving the affordability…
The dual Iranian-U.S. citizen, Dena Karari, had her passport seized in December 2024 and had not been able to leave Iran as she faced espionage charges.
Republicans seem to view Francesca Hong as their weakest opponent in a general election. They are spending $2.2 million in an apparent attempt to aid her primary campaign.
After The New York Times reported on security concerns related to the Qatari-donated jet, the F.B.I. sought to speak with several people who flew aboard the plane with President Trump last week and asked for their phones.
The Justice Department is seeking to compel grand jury testimony as part of an investigation into Times reporting on the president’s new Air Force One jet.
Surveillance video captured a terrifying scene when the tree trimmers plummeted 45 feet. Two brothers, Isaac and Andrew Reyes, suffered serious injuries and are recovering in the hospital.