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President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Monday to target sanctuary jurisdictions for violating, obstructing, and defying federal immigration laws, and to bolster immigration enforcement by “empowering State and local law enforcement to firmly police dangerous criminal behavior and protect innocent citizens.” The first order, titled “Protecting American Communities from Criminal Aliens,” begins by [...]

Pennsylvania police arrested a suspect Sunday following an arson attack at Governor Josh Shapiro’s residence while he and his family were inside. Police identified the suspect as 38-year-old Cody Balmer of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania’s capital. Dauphin County District Attorney Francis Chardo announced that Balmer will be charged with attempted murder, terrorism, aggravated arson, and aggravated assault [...]

Thousands gathered Saturday for an emergency protest in Washington DC to fight the “US-funded Israel genocide,” and the government crackdown on free speech. Protestors stated that US President Donald Trump has spent “billions of US tax dollars to aid Israel in committing atrocities against the Palestinian people.” The People’s Forum, one of the organizers of [...]

A union representing employees of 37 federal agencies and offices filed a lawsuit Monday against the Trump administration, seeking to stop an executive order released on March 27 that would revoke two-thirds of the federal workforce’s collective bargaining rights. The executive order added more than a dozen federal departments and agencies to the list of [...]

US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staff entered the offices of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) Monday with the help of DC police after the former acting president, George Moose, refused to vacate the premises, according to US media. National Defense University president Peter Garvin, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Secretary of [...]

UN human rights expert Margaret Satterthwaite condemned on Friday the purges of US Department of Justice officials, including individuals who worked on or assisted with criminal investigations of President Donald Trump, and individuals involved in the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Examples of actions that Satterthwaite denounced included reassignments, transfers, or dismissals of lawyers involved [...]

On Friday, March 7, just ahead of the Jewish Sabbath, a South Carolina firing squad will shoot to death my longtime pen pal and friend Brad Sigmon. This will mark the first American firing squad execution to take place in 15 years. Accordingly, it will be the first since I co-founded the 3,800+-member-strong L’chaim! Jews [...]

US President Trump directed the Attorney General and all other relevant heads of executive departments and agencies on Tuesday to strip security clearances from lawyers at a prominent Washington DC law firm aiding former special counsel Jack Smith, and to end any federal government work the firm may have. The move intensifies his bid to [...]

Today I am finally free. They may have imprisoned me, but they never took my spirit. –Leonard Peltier, Feb. 18, 2025 Native American activist Leonard Peltier, one of the longest-serving federal prisoners in US history, was released to home confinement on Tuesday after spending nearly five decades behind bars. His imprisonment stems from a controversial [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Wednesday that it will no longer defend the independent status of three key consumer and worker protection agencies. The announcement came in a letter by Acting Solicitor General Sarah M. Harris and addressed to Sen. Dick Durbin (III.). The agencies affected are the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), [...]