On Wednesday, Isabella Orduna was catching some waves at Steamer Lane, a popular surf spot off Santa Cruz, Calif., when she felt a small nip on her foot. Startled, Orduna, a 21-year-old college student, rolled into the water. The moment she surfaced, she saw a "big, fuzzy, chunky bear of an otter" sitting on her board, she said. "I was like, wow, what do I do now?"
When Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers stormed through Santa Ana, California, in June, panicked calls flooded into the city's emergency response system. Recordings of those calls, obtained by ProPublica, captured some of the terror residents felt as they watched masked men ambush people and force them into unmarked cars. In some cases, the men wore plain clothes and refused to identify themselves. There was no way to confirm whether they were immigration agents or imposters. In six of the calls to Santa Ana police, residents described what they were seeing as kidnappings. "He's bleeding," one caller said about a person he saw yanked from a car wash lot and beaten. "They dumped him into a white van. It doesn't say ICE." read more
Newly released body camera footage shows a Florida man claiming to be a federal immigration enforcement official racially profiling a police officer who pulled him over on the highway for drunk driving. The footage, which was published on Thursday by YouTube account "The CrimePiece" ... read more
It was the latest swing in Trump's position on the war that often shifts following contact with Putin, who has shown skill in persuading the U.S. president. read more
wo men rescued by the U.S. military after it attacked a boat in the Caribbean Sea were being sent to their home countries of Colombia and Ecuador, President Trump said. read more
Vermont State Sen. Samuel Douglass -- the only public official who participated in a Young Republicans group chat that scandalized the party -- resigned Friday night under what Politico termed "intense pressure." read more
The Trump administration is planning to furlough the vast majority of the civilian staff at a key agency that helps manage the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile. read more
Earlier this week, a bombshell analysis by Consumer Reports found that popular meal replacement drinks " a long-time favorite of tech bros " contain more lead in a single serving than a healthy adult should eat in a day. read more
The Student Press Law Center is alarmed by reports by the Indiana Daily Student that administrators issued orders to interfere with content decisions and fired their long-time adviser. read more
House Democrats report: "It has come to our attention that, in the midst of a government shutdown, the USCG procured two new G700 luxury jets to support travel for you and the Deputy Secretary, at a cost to the taxpayer of $200 million. Based on the Department's public statement that you personally sign off on all DHS contracts that exceed $100,000 in value, and prior solicitations indicating that you are a primary user of these aircraft, we assume that you are involved in the approval of this contract. Indeed, from choosing to live rent-free in the Commandant's quarters, to defending Mr. Lewandowski's refusal to provide basic information about his special government employee status, to your frequent appearances at ongoing operations which require a diversion of resources to focus on your security, it appears you are routinely prioritizing yourself and those closest to you over the needs of the USCG servicemembers who protect this nation." read more
Millions took to the streets today across more than 2,700 cities and towns, marking a day of defiance against Trump's authoritarianism, billionaire-first politics, and the militarization of American cities. read more
Whooping cough cases in Florida have soared this year, marking an 81% increase from 2024's number. read more
Given the White House press secretary's casual condemnation of tens of millions of Americans, one congressional Democrat said she "should resign." read more
The honorables in Raleigh, a group of Republicans who've already drawn themselves nearly insurmountable majorities in what's essentially a moderate state, are threatening to rush headlong into a new round of Congressional redistricting to tilt the scales further. read more
The Trump administration plans to shift terrorism prevention funding from Democratic-led states toward those led by Republicans, government records show, as it overhauls a $1 billion program created after the 9/11 attacks. read more
After Zelenskyy meeting, Trump calls on Ukraine and Russia to 'stop where they are' and end the war read more
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