ICE used to arrest the "worst first." Under the new Trump administration, the agency is following a different playbook, says a former ICE chief. read more
In a time when consumers can split food delivery orders into four separate payments, turning to crowdfunding to cover essentials might not be as rare as you think. read more
Joblessness for Black workers is rising again, two years after reaching a record low. read more
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ... read more
For many Americans, the gap between Christian teachings and MAGA politics is baffling. How can people profess faith in Jesus who preached love, mercy and care for the oppressed -- while supporting policies that punish immigrants, demonize LGBTQ people and glorify cruelty? read more
Late on Oct. 5, a Portland ambulance crew informed dispatchers over the radio that it was attempting to transport a patient from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to Legacy Emanuel Medical Center but that ICE officers were impeding its departure. read more
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA.) says the government shutdown is on its way to being one of the longest in history unless Democrats accept the House-passed, GOP-crafted stopgap bill to reopen the government. read more
Six months into President Donald Trump's unprecedented gambit to impose sizable tariffs on imports, U.S. consumers are already shouldering as much as 55% of their costs, according to a new report from Goldman Sachs analysts. read more
Only one network has agreed to sign Hegseth's new rules for reporters. read more
They show how new technology can drive sustained growth: Over the last two centuries, for the first time in history, the world has seen sustained economic growth. This has lifted vast numbers of people out of poverty and laid the foundation of our prosperity. This year's laureates in economic sciences, Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt, explain how innovation provides the impetus for further progress. read more
The way Louisiana's Republican leaders put it, the pervasive racial discrimination in elections that led to the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act is all in the past. That is why they are now urging the Supreme Court, in a case being argued on Wednesday, to bar states from using any consideration of race when drawing legislative districts, gutting a key plank of the law that was designed to ensure Black voters would have a chance of electing their preferred candidates. read more
"When coal miners came to Washington in April, they posed behind President Trump at the White House, wearing their hard hats and thanking him for trying to reinvigorate their struggling industry," the New York Times reports. "But on Tuesday dozens of miners and their families will be in a more unusual position: protesting the Trump administration outside the Labor Department building, arguing it has failed to protect them from black lung disease, an incurable illness caused by inhaling coal and silica dust." read more
'It is especially alarming to have someone doing it who has spent years putting out work that, in my opinion, is at best irresponsible and at worst deeply misleading," John Oliver declared on Sunday night. read more
A mass shooting at a crowded bar on an idyllic South Carolina island has left four people dead and at least 20 injured, officials say. read more
Jonathan Russo: There is no doubt that fraud and theft are at the heart of digital currencies. Not a day goes by without an article about some scam ruining the lives of the deceived. read more
The Department of Defense is shifting $8 billion in previously allocated money to pay troops for the middle of the month as the government shutdown continues. read more
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