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  • California approves $50M to protect immigrants and defend state against Trump administration

    California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed laws Friday setting aside $50 million to help the state protect its policies from challenges by the Trump administration and defend immigrants amid the president's mass-deportation plans. One of the laws allocates $25 million for the state Department of Justice to fight legal battles against the federal government, and another sets aside $25 million in part for legal groups to defend immigrants facing possible deportation.

  • Alaska plane that disappeared with 10 people aboard has been found with no survivors, officials say

    The regional airline flight that disappeared in Alaska Thursday has been found and all 10 people who were aboard are dead, the US Coast Guard said Friday.

  • US judge declines to block Elon Musk's DOGE from Labor Department systems

    The temporary ruling by U.S. District Judge John Bates in Washington, D.C., is the first step in a lawsuit against the Labor Department by one of the largest U.S. labor unions, which alleges billionaire Musk could obtain sensitive information about investigations into his own companies and competitors by accessing government computer systems. Bates ruled that "although the Court harbors concerns about defendants’ alleged conduct," the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) had not shown it was harmed by the Labor Department's actions.

  • Trump suspends tariffs on small packages from China

    The order ending duty-free shipment of packages from China worth less than $800 had caused chaos.

  • Congress Members Blocked From Entering Department of Education

    Members of Congress were blocked from entering a US Department of Education building on Friday, February 7, amid concerns over possible DOGE cuts to the agency and rumors of President Donald Trump shuttering the department entirely.In video posted to X by Florida Representative Maxwell Frost, multiple members of Congress, including Rep Maxine Waters (D-CA), appeared to be stopped from accessing the building.According to Fox News, 30 House Democrats came to the Department of Education to meet with acting Education Secretary Denise L Carter.In the post, Frost wrote, “They are blocking members of Congress from entering the Department of Education! Elon is allowed in and not the people? ILLEGAL.”According to another post to X by Frost, armed federal agents arrived to the building in response to the group trying to access the building. Credit: Rep. Maxwell Frost via Storyful

  • Los Angeles sheriff deputy found guilty of excessive force in arrest of woman caught on video

    A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy who was recorded violently tackling and pepper-spraying a woman while she filmed a man being handcuffed was found guilty of excessive force Thursday, according to federal prosecutors. Trevor James Kirk, 32, of Santa Clarita, went on trial after being charged with one felony count of deprivation of rights under color of law in the assault of the woman outside a supermarket in Lancaster in June 2023, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. Deputies went to the supermarket after receiving reports of robbers at the grocery store in Lancaster, 72 kilometers (45 miles) northeast of Los Angeles.

  • FBI gives Trump Justice Department names of employees who worked on January 6 cases, ending standoff

    The FBI has provided the Justice Department with names of employees who worked on January 6-related cases after a new demand from the acting deputy attorney general, capping a weeklong back-and-forth between bureau leadership – who had sought to protect agent and staff identities – and the department.

  • Hundreds protest against Chinese ‘mega-embassy’ in London

    Demonstrators at the proposed site included Hongkongers who fear it could be used to illegally detain dissenters

  • Trump signs executive orders targeting ICC and ‘anti-Christian bias’

    President Donald Trump signed a pair of executive orders Thursday, one targeting the International Criminal Court and a second on “anti-Christian bias.”

  • Female Met Police staff at war with federation over legal battle to get ‘rape’ officer back in uniform

    In an open letter, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is told Sergeant Lino Di Maria must be sacked

  • Health minister Andrew Gwynne sacked over WhatsApp messages

    Andrew Gwynne allegedly sent racist, sexist and antisemitic messages in a WhatsApp group

  • Fetterman Says He’ll Vote Against Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr.

    Sen. John Fetterman may be warming up to President Donald Trump, but his support isn’t unconditional. The Pennsylvania Democrat announced Thursday night that he would vote against Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination as director of national intelligence and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s appointment to head the Department of Health and Human Services. “I have met with most of the cabinet nominees and have carefully watched their confirmation hearings,” Fetterman said in a post on X. “After considering what’s at

  • How a Trans Lawmaker Fired Back After Being Misgendered by a Trump Ally on House Floor

    A loyalist of President Donald Trump misgendered Rep. Sarah McBride (D-Del.), who is a transgender woman, on the House floor. While presiding over the House on Thursday, Rep. Mary Miller (R-Ill.) introduced McBride as “the gentleman from Delaware, Mr. McBride.” Rather than take the bait, however, she opted to eviscerate the Trump administration from a policy standpoint.

  • Opinion - A court ruling on minors and handguns got the history wrong

    The appellate court made three fundamental mistakes in its analysis.

  • Plans for Chinese mega-embassy are threat to national security, warns Robert Jenrick

    Robert Jenrick, the shadow justice secretary, was among thousands of people who demonstrated against the plans on Saturday.

  • Family of woman shot dead by cops after calling 911 to report an intruder to be paid $10m for her killing

    Sonya Massey was fatally shot by a police officer in her own home last summer

  • Leaks hindered immigration raids in Colorado: Homan

    Tom Homan, President Trump’s “border czar,” is seething after an immigration raid in a suburb of Denver was allegedly leaked, allowing targets in the Venezuela-linked Tren de Aragua (TDA) gang to escape. “This isn’t a game. We know that TDA is dangerous,” Homan said Thursday in a statement to reporters outside the White House. “Everybody…

  • House Democrats urge security investigations into Elon Musk’s team

    ‘No evidence’ DOGE team has ‘undergone the proper vetting to ensure the security of taxpayer and government data,’ Democrats say

  • 'CFPB RIP': Musk and Trump's plans to shrink an agency that cracks down on medical debt and overdraft fees are underway

    Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called for a halt on most of the CFPB's work. It could impact rules on overdraft fees, medical bills, and more.

  • The biggest breach of US government data is under way

    Operatives working for Elon Musk have gained unprecedented access to a swath of U.S. government departments — including agencies responsible for managing data on millions of federal employees and a system that handles $6 trillion in payments to Americans. During the first three weeks of Trump's second administration, Musk’s group of representatives — a presidential advisory board known as the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE — has taken control of top federal departments and datasets, despite questions about their security clearances, their cybersecurity practices, and the legality of Musk's activities. Whether a feat or a coup (which depends entirely on your point of view), a small group of mostly young, private-sector employees from Musk's businesses and associates — many with no prior government experience — can now view and, in some cases, control the federal government’s most sensitive data held on millions of Americans and the nation's closest allies.