Washington — Television host, comedian and satirist Bill Maher will receive the 27th Mark Tain Prize for American Humor this year, the Kennedy Center announced Thursday, days after the White House called reports that Maher would receive the prize “fake news.” The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, whose board is filled with the president’s
The Justice Department this week conceded to a federal judge in New York it had been incorrectly citing an Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo to partially justify arrests at immigration courthouses, calling the oversight a “material mistaken statement of fact.” Justice Department lawyers disclosed in a letter on Tuesday that a May 2025 ICE memo
14m ago Trump floats ending the filibuster to open DHS President Trump floated ending the Senate’s 60-vote threshold to reopen DHS, asking, “When is ‘enough, enough’ for our Republican Senators.” “There comes a time when you must do what should have been done a long time ago, and something which the Lunatic Democrats will
Nicolás Maduro, the deposed Venezuelan leader, and his wife are set to appear in federal court Thursday in Manhattan nearly three months after American forces invaded his country and brought him to the U.S. to face narco-terrorism and drug trafficking charges. Since his January arrest, Maduro has been held in a secure unit described as
As wealth taxes gain traction around the U.S., Sen. Elizabeth Warren is introducing a new bill that the Massachusetts Democrat said would raise trillions in federal revenue by placing new levies on people worth over $50 million. The bill, called the Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act of 2026, would impose an annual 2% tax on the net worth
The TSA’s top official says the situation at U.S. airports could get even worse if the partial government shutdown that has frozen officers’ paychecks continues. “We are being forced to consolidate lanes and may have to close smaller airports if we do not have enough officers,” acting TSA administrator Ha Nguyen McNeill said Wednesday at
Washington — The House Ethics Committee on Thursday will hold a rare public “trial” for Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida, who is accused of stealing $5 million in federal pandemic funds and using some of the money to boost her congressional campaign. Republicans are already trying to expel Cherfilus-McCormick from Congress over the allegations.