OPINION: The leaders of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland signed a Memorandum of Understanding signaling that they all want to push for independence from the UK in the near future. #UnitedKingdom #Scotland #Wales About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hosts that breaks the mold of morning TV by taking viewers inside the halls of Washington power like never before. The show leans into the day's political cycle with cutting edge analysis from DC insiders who can predict what is going to happen. It also sets the day's political agenda by breaking exclusive news with a team of scoop-driven reporters and demanding answers during interviews with the country's most important political newsmakers. Follow Rising on social…
New York City and five other Democratic-led local governments sued the Department of Homeland Security to block a new Trump administration rule they say will drive immigrants and mixed-status families away from public benefits they can legally receive. Why it matters: The cities warn the rule could drive hundreds of thousands out of health, food and housing programs , worsening public health , increasing homelessness and shifting millions of dollars in costs to local hospitals and governments. What they're saying: "The federal government has waged a campaign of violence and terror," New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said at a Monday news conference. - "People could die as a result of these changes," he said. "… The data is clear:…
A second federal judge blocked the U.S. Postal Service's new mail-ballot rules for the Nov. 3 midterms as the Supreme Court weighs whether to allow the restrictions in another case. Why it matters: Sunday's order adds another hurdle to the Trump administration's bid to upend mail voting . The blocked rules would allow the USPS to refuse ballots that don't clear new standards, with mail voting already underway in some states. The latest: U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee in Washington, D.C., concluded Congress empowered the Postal Service to move mail, not to force states to enroll mail voters in a federal portal or to refuse ballots that fail its checks. - Nichols' ruling follows a similar order from U.S. District…
Since the conflict began in late February, Trump has repeatedly claimed to have already won and regularly insisted that Iran was on the brink of accepting U.S. demands.
