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Van Hollen takes center stage in fight with Trump over Abrego Garcia
Sen. Chris Van Hollen’s (D-Md.) trip to El Salvador to visit a mistakenly deported constituent has thrust the mild-mannered lawmaker into a major battle with the Trump administration as it doubles down on its pledge to keep Kilmar Abrego Garcia imprisoned abroad. Van Hollen embarked for the Central American nation on Wednesday after saying he […]
Maine lawmakers send letter to AG Bondi to review certain state energy programs
AUGUSTA, Maine (WGME) — Maine Rep. Mike Soboleski, (R-Phillips), sent a letter to US Attorney General Pam Bondi, asking the Justice Department to review certain state energy programs. It was co-signed by dozens of high-ranking Republicans. The letter points to the Net Energy Billing program, offshore wind development, and regional greenhouse gas initiative. He suggests […]
Does It Matter If He’s a Criminal?
The Justice Department, with Attorney General Pam Bondi most unseemingly leading the charge, is on a campaign to paint Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man they have acknowledged was illegally sent to a prison used to house terrorists in El Salvador, as a bad guy. We know Abrego Garcia came to this country illegally in 2011 […]
If Trump Sounds Like He Wants a Police State, That’s Because He Does
Politics / April 18, 2025 And so do all of his cronies. Ad Policy Pam Bondi, US attorney general, and Kash Patel, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, during a press conference at Port Everglades on April 9, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images) As President Donald Trump wound down […]
Trump official urges criminal probe of New York attorney general, who calls request ‘retaliation’
NORFOLK, Va. – In the summer of 2023, New York Attorney General Letitia James helped her niece buy a modest house in Norfolk, Virginia, by becoming a co-borrower on the mortgage loan. A top housing official in the Trump administration has now seized on a document in that transaction to argue that James should be […]
‘Emergency’ At White House Presser Forces Karoline Leavitt To End Abruptly. Here’s What Happened
Karoline Leavitt and Trump at the White House on Friday. Photo : AP White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was forced to cut short her press conference at the Oval Office on Friday after Dr. Mehmet Oz’s swearing-in as CMS administrator. The press briefing, which had both President Trump and Dr. OZ in it, was […]
Karoline Leavitt didn’t debate Stephen Colbert on ‘The Late Show’
Claim: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt debated Stephen Colbert on his late-night talk show. Rating: In mid-April 2025, claims (archived) circulated online that White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt had a heated debate with Stephen Colbert on his late-night talk show. The claim mainly featured (archived) in YouTube (archived) videos, the first (archived) of […]
Pronouns in the White House | American Enterprise Institute
On April 9, the White House, which has been issuing new directives on biological sex and pronouns since the first day of Donald Trump’s second term as president, announced on X, “It is official White House policy to IGNORE reporters’ emails with pronouns in the signature.” (The tweet ends with the Clapping Hands emoji.) The […]
Elon Musk’s DOGE exposes racket ripping off taxpayer in US – it’s hurting UK too | US | News
OPINION Elon Musk has exposed how charlatans are picking the pockets of ordinary people (Image: Pool/ABACA/REX/Shutterstock ) Ever since the Wall Street Crash of 1929, it has been common for economists to quip that when the United States sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold. If it was true then, the opposite must […]