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HUFFPOST - Trump's Immigration Crackdown Has Detained More Than 50 Military Spouses And Parents

For decades, families of service members were largely shielded from deportation under bipartisan consensus. Now, they’re being detained for months.

BABYLONBEE (Babylon Bee) - 'Ted Lasso' Renewed Again Based On Strength Of Those Three Decent Episodes Back In 2020

U.S. — Apple TV series Ted Lasso has been renewed for a fifth season based on the strength of those three episodes that aired back in 2020 that were kind of okay.

JUSTTHENEWS (Misty Severi) - Watch Live: Trump delivers economic speech in Las Vegas

The speech is part of the president's two-day trip to the West Coast, where he also spoke at a Republican National Committee fundraiser on Tuesday night.

NPR (Shamim Chowdhury) - Ousted Bangladeshi leader vows to return from exile despite facing a death sentence

Hasina's speech marked the second anniversary of her ouster. She fled Bangladesh by helicopter following nearly two months of protests in 2024 that left nearly 1,400 people dead, according to the United Nations.

AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Trump administration launches bond program requiring some immigrants to post up to $250,000

The Trump administration will begin requiring certain prospective immigrants previously flagged as likely public charges to post bonds as high as $250,000 before receiving a U.S. visa, starting with applicants at the American consulate in the Dominican Republic. The pilot program, launched in conjunction with the Department of Homeland Security, goes into effect Tuesday morning […] The post Trump administration launches bond program requiring some immigrants to post up to $250,000 appeared first on American Almanac .

The Trump administration will begin requiring certain prospective immigrants previously flagged as likely public charges to post bonds as high as $250,000 before receiving a U.S. visa, starting with applicants at the American consulate in the Dominican Republic. The pilot program, launched in conjunction with the Department of Homeland Security, goes into effect Tuesday morning at U.S. consular offices in Santo Domingo. It targets immigrant visa applicants who have already been found ineligible on public charge grounds, meaning a consular officer determined they were likely to rely on taxpayer-funded benefits after arriving in the United States. Under the new policy, those applicants can still obtain a visa, but only after posting a bond…Open

AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Rand Paul doubles down on Fauci jail push after Fifth Amendment standoff in Senate

Sen. Rand Paul is pressing his case that Anthony Fauci should face prosecution for lying to Congress, days after the former health official invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times at a Senate hearing Paul chaired. Paul, the Kentucky Republican, appeared on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" and told interviewer Geist that Fauci should face a […] The post Rand Paul doubles down on Fauci jail push after Fifth Amendment standoff in Senate appeared first on American Almanac .

Sen. Rand Paul is pressing his case that Anthony Fauci should face prosecution for lying to Congress, days after the former health official invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times at a Senate hearing Paul chaired. Paul, the Kentucky Republican, appeared on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" and told interviewer Geist that Fauci should face a felony charge if the evidence supports a conviction. The appearance came after a contentious Senate hearing the previous week in which Fauci declined to answer questions, repeatedly invoking his constitutional right against self-incrimination, more than 100 times by Paul's count. The senator did not mince words about what he believes the legal standard requires. Fox News Digital reported Paul's full…Open

AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Mount Vernon deputy police commissioner allegedly drove getaway car after son's Bronx gang shooting

A 20-year-old reputed gang member allegedly opened fire on a rival just minutes after leaving a Bronx courthouse, and prosecutors say his mother, a deputy police commissioner, and his ex-con father drove him away from the scene. Chase Lackard had been inside the Bronx Criminal Court on a 2024 gun possession charge. Roughly twenty minutes […] The post Mount Vernon deputy police commissioner allegedly drove getaway car after son's Bronx gang shooting appeared first on American Almanac .

A 20-year-old reputed gang member allegedly opened fire on a rival just minutes after leaving a Bronx courthouse, and prosecutors say his mother, a deputy police commissioner, and his ex-con father drove him away from the scene. Chase Lackard had been inside the Bronx Criminal Court on a 2024 gun possession charge. Roughly twenty minutes after that appearance, he allegedly carried out a drive-by shooting targeting a rival on June 29, the New York Post reported . His mother, 49-year-old Jennifer Lackard, then the Mount Vernon Deputy Police Commissioner, and his father, James Lackard, a convicted heroin dealer who served 10 years in federal prison, allegedly waited outside and served as getaway drivers. A Bronx grand jury indicted all…Open

AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Three family members killed in North Carolina shooting sheriff calls a 'domestic family event'

A gunman opened fire at a home in rural Caswell County, North Carolina, early Wednesday morning, killing three family members before dying at the scene, and authorities say the shooter was also a relative. Deputies responded to a residence on Brooks Road in Prospect Hill, a small unincorporated community on the Virginia border about 60 […] The post Three family members killed in North Carolina shooting sheriff calls a 'domestic family event' appeared first on American Almanac .

A gunman opened fire at a home in rural Caswell County, North Carolina, early Wednesday morning, killing three family members before dying at the scene, and authorities say the shooter was also a relative. Deputies responded to a residence on Brooks Road in Prospect Hill, a small unincorporated community on the Virginia border about 60 miles north of Raleigh, and found multiple people shot. Three adults were dead. A fourth family member was rushed to Duke University Hospital with gunshot wounds. The shooter, also an adult member of the same family, was dead at the scene. Caswell County Sheriff Tony Durden told reporters the shooting happened before 8 a.m. He withheld the names of the victims and the shooter "out of respect to the…Open

AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Vance presses Congress to lock in anti-fraud protections before a future administration can erase them

Vice President JD Vance is pushing Republican lawmakers to write the White House Anti-Fraud Task Force's gains into permanent law, warning that without legislation, a future Democratic president could dismantle everything the task force has built. Vance convened a roundtable Wednesday in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building with Republican senators, […] The post Vance presses Congress to lock in anti-fraud protections before a future administration can erase them appeared first on American Almanac .

Vice President JD Vance is pushing Republican lawmakers to write the White House Anti-Fraud Task Force's gains into permanent law, warning that without legislation, a future Democratic president could dismantle everything the task force has built. Vance convened a roundtable Wednesday in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building with Republican senators, representatives, and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller. The message was blunt: executive action alone cannot protect $56 billion in halted fraudulent payments or prevent the next administration from reopening the spigot. Congress needs to act before the window closes. The vice president framed the task force's work as substantial but structurally…Open