Judge delays Trump admin’s move to end protection for Venezuelan migrants

A federal judge in California on Monday agreed to delay the Trump administration’s move to terminate the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program that currently shields roughly 350,000 Venezuelan migrants from deportation. Under a decision announced by Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem in February, these migrants were slated to lose their government-issued work permits and

Luna exits House Freedom Caucus over effort to block remote voting for new moms

Washington — Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida withdrew her membership from the conservative House Freedom Caucus on Monday amid a divide over whether the lower chamber should allow new parents in Congress to vote remotely around the birth of their child.  “With a heavy heart, I am resigning from the Freedom Caucus,” she

Hegseth: Men and Women in Combat Must Meet ‘Same, High Standard’

‘All combat roles will only have sex-neutral standards. Common sense,’ the defense secretary says. The Defense Department on Monday revealed that it would be imposing “sex-neutral” standards for military combat roles. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the changes to its physical fitness requirements in an effort to “fix” the standards that he said were “lowered”