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 »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 »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 »Trump Commerce Secretary to People Out of Work Due to Tariffs: 'Be Optimistic, the President Truthed It Out'
Dock workers and truckers who are out of work or worried about their jobs because China‘s trade with the U.S. is coming to a grinding halt “should be very optimistic and positive, because the president truthed it out,” Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said today. Since the punishing 145 percent tariffs …
Read More »'Children Will Die:' Democrats Raise Alarm About GOP Efforts to Cut Medicaid
New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham issued a stark warning that if Republicans in Congress and the Trump White House cut Medicaid, “People will die. Children will die.” She is joined by other Democrats who are raising the alarm about the planned cuts. Grisham was speaking from experience. When her …
Read More »Elon Musk's Regulatory Woes Are Conveniently Vanishing Under Trump
The Trump administration has been a boon for Elon Musk‘s companies’ regulatory issues. The billionaire who has run the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) responsible for gutting certain federal agencies is now enjoying less scrutiny over his businesses since Donald Trump took office, NBC News reported. An NBC News …
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