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ICE Hits Record Deportation Pace in July as Homan Declares “Deportation Maxxing”
ICE Hits Record Deportation Pace in July as Homan Declares “Deportation Maxxing” Border czar Tom Homan said Thursday that immigration arrests have reached the highest point in ICE’s 23-year history, with federal authorities averaging nearly 1,600 arrests per day in July, up from roughly 1,437 daily arrests in June. ICE has deported more than 356,000…
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DOJ Caves on NYT Reporter Subpoenas After Judge Threatens to Quash Them
DOJ Caves on NYT Reporter Subpoenas After Judge Threatens to Quash Them The Justice Department withdrew subpoenas Thursday against New York Times journalists Tyler Pager, Julian Barnes, Eric Schmitt and Eric Lipton, who had sought their grand jury testimony and phone records as part of a leak investigation. The subpoenas targeted the reporters over a…
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Federal Judges Greenlight Tennessee’s Map That Breaks Up Memphis’s Only Black-Majority District
Federal Judges Greenlight Tennessee’s Map That Breaks Up Memphis’s Only Black-Majority District A three-judge federal panel on Thursday declined to block Tennessee’s new congressional map, allowing the state to use redrawn districts that split the state’s sole majority-Black district in Memphis across three separate seats. The ruling clears the way for the map to be…
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House Votes—Again—to End Trump’s Iran War, and It Still Won’t Matter
House Votes—Again—to End Trump’s Iran War, and It Still Won’t Matter The House of Representatives voted 214-208 on Thursday to pass a concurrent resolution directing President Trump to end U.S. military involvement in hostilities with Iran, marking the second time this year the chamber has approved such a measure. The resolution, authored by Rep. Pramila…
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Trump Slaps New Tariffs on 60 Countries Right as Old Ones Expire
Trump Slaps New Tariffs on 60 Countries Right as Old Ones Expire The Trump administration announced Thursday it will impose tariffs of 10% to 12.5% on imports from 60 countries — accounting for roughly 99% of U.S. imports — citing inadequate enforcement of bans on goods made with forced labor. The new duties are being…
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ICE Arrests Hit 1,400 a Day as Officials Warned of Dangerous Overcrowding
ICE Arrests Hit 1,400 a Day as Officials Warned of Dangerous Overcrowding Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests accelerated to a daily average of more than 1,400 during the first eleven days of July, according to Bloomberg reporting published Wednesday, July 22, 2026, up from a daily average above 1,300 in June, when the monthly total…
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U.S. Nuclear Deal With Saudi Arabia Opens a Door to Uranium Enrichment
U.S. Nuclear Deal With Saudi Arabia Opens a Door to Uranium Enrichment The Trump administration signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, giving American companies priority access to build reactors and supply fuel for the kingdom’s nuclear energy program. Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Saudi Energy Minister Prince…
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Trump Weighs Strikes on an Eighth Country Without a Vote From Congress
Trump Weighs Strikes on an Eighth Country Without a Vote From Congress The Trump administration is weighing military strikes in Mali against JNIM, an al-Qaeda-affiliated militant group that has expanded its control across the Sahel, according to current and former U.S. officials briefed on the internal discussions and reported by the Washington Post on Wednesday,…
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House GOP Rams Through $95 Billion Iran War Package by a Single Vote
House GOP Rams Through $95 Billion Iran War Package by a Single Vote On Wednesday, July 22, 2026, the House voted 216-214 to adopt a Republican-only budget resolution funding the ongoing U.S. war with Iran alongside other White House priorities. The $95 billion package includes $73 billion for war-related Pentagon operations, $12 billion in farm…
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House Bans Lawmakers From Buying Stocks — But Lets Them Keep What They Already Own
House Bans Lawmakers From Buying Stocks — But Lets Them Keep What They Already Own The House passed the Stop Insider Trading Act 232-198 on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, with 13 Democrats joining nearly all Republicans in favor. The bill would bar sitting members of Congress, their spouses, and their dependent children from purchasing individual…