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Federal immigration agents arrested Newark Mayor Ras Baraka on May 9 he sought to enter a new immigrant detention facility in the New Jersey city. Video posted on X by a local news reporter shows Baraka being led off in handcuffs while visiting Delaney Hall, the Newark prison that the Trump administration has turned into an immigrant … Read more
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka arrested outside of Delaney Hall in Newark Delaney Hall is a Newark prison that the Trump administration has said it wants to turn into an immigrant detention center. It reopened on May 1. Ras Baraka for Governor Video posted on Twitter (now X) by News 12 NJ shows Baraka being led … Read more
President Trump suggests lowering tariffs on China
WASHINGTON — The first group of white South Africans who the Trump administration is classifying as refugees are expected to arrive in the United States on Monday. President Donald Trump suspended refugee admissions from most other nations when he took office. But in a February executive order, Trump said the U.S. would establish a plan … Read more
Carmakers are concerned that the United Kingdom trade deal will serve as a template for European and Asian manufactures, but the White House says each deal will be ‘tailor made.’ President Trump announces ‘tremendous’ UK trade deal President Donald Trump announced a trade deal with the U.K., the first trade agreement since he imposed sweeping … Read more
Elon Musk likens DOGE and federal grants to ‘saving baby pandas’ DOGE head, Elon Musk, likened federal grants to ‘saving baby pandas’ during an interview on Fox News. WASHINGTON – The National Science Foundation canceled dozens of additional grants on May 9 as the Department of Government Efficiency continues winnowing the agency’s projects, according to … Read more
Where Pope Leo XIV stands on key issues such as immigration and race Robert Prevost became Pope Leo XIV on May 8. He aligns with his progressive predecessor in some ways, but in others he’s more conservative. The first American pope in history voted in several U.S. elections out of his home state of Illinois, … Read more
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