When U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested Rosane Ferreira-De Oliveira last week in Worcester, Massachusetts, the situation rapidly devolved into chaos and community outrage. Multiple recordings of the incident went viral, but what bystanders did not capture on video was how federal agents were able to draw Ferreira-De Oliveira …
Read More »Latin Music Festivals Scramble Amid Visa Uncertainty: 'It's Scary'
When Michelada Festival canceled its 2025 festival last week over the uncertainty around artist visas, the situation rang the alarm for several other Latin music festivals around the country. Michelada, a Chicago-based event, became the first of its kind to cancel over the “rapidly changing political climate.” The festival wrote …
Read More »Republican Medicaid Cuts Could Force Many Hospitals to 'Close Their Doors'
As Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers ponder how best to cut Medicaid in order to pay for new tax boons for the rich, doctors, hospital executives, and advocates are warning that changes to the nation’s health insurance program for the poor could harm patients, quickly cause rural hospitals to close, …
Read More »John Oliver Takes Aim at Trump's 'Creepy' Comments About Dolls
John Oliver shared his thoughts on Donald Trump‘s “stupid trade war” on the most recent episode of Last Week Tonight, taking aiming at the president’s repeated comments about dolls. Last week, Trump explained the effects of his tariffs by using the price of dolls going up as an example. “Maybe …
Read More »Trump Gives In, Rolls Back China Tariffs
The Trump administration and China have agreed to temporarily scale back tariffs as the two nations take tentative steps towards negotiating an economic ceasefire after over a month of escalation in a trade war that has threatened the global economy. The White House announced on Monday that “in reaching an …
Read More »Trump Claims Qatar Is Giving Him $400 Million Jet Out of Goodness of Their Heart
Donald Trump doesn’t see why everyone is so concerned that he accepted a $400 million jet from the Qatari government — one that will serve as the new Air Force Once, and which the president will reportedly retain through his presidential library fund after he leaves office. “So the fact …
Read More »Trump Is Trying to Take Control of Congress Through Its Library
Donald Trump’s administration is attempting a hostile takeover of the Library of Congress — an agency that is part of the legislative branch and functions as its research arm in addition to maintaining the world’s largest collection of books, manuscripts, maps, photographs, and recordings. While the takeover has been framed …
Read More »Trump to Bring White South Africans as Refugees to U.S. While Cutting Everyone Else Out
Amid a widespread crackdown on immigration and refugee programs, the Trump administration is slated to bring white South Africans to the U.S. as refugees on Monday, multiple news outlets reported. They will now have a pathway to American citizenship. The move is the first in a “much larger-scale relocation effort,” …
Read More »'SNL' Cold Open: 'AA Team' Jeanine Pirro, Pete Hegseth Have One Big, Boozy Reunion
Former Saturday Night Live cast member Cecily Strong revived her portrayal of Jeanine Pirro alongside Colin Jost as Pete Hegseth, and the pair of “old drinking buddies” celebrated their reunion. The duo, called the “AA team” by Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson), were glad to link up again after their …
Read More »'SNL' Weekend Update Shuts Down 'Woke' Pope Complaints, Trashes Trump's Alcatraz Revival
Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update addressed the election of Robert Prevost as the first American pope, and the subsequent complaints from some conservatives that the Chicago native is somehow “woke.” Colin Jost began by admitting that, as a Catholic, he “could not be more proud.” “Whichis a sin, and now …
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