Community activists try to help immigrants ahead of Chicago ICE raids

Tensions have been rising in parts of Chicago as the mobilization of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents has ramped up in the Windy City — the Trump administration is calling it “Operation Midway Blitz.” Maricela Bautista is an immigrant rights organizer who tracks and responds to ICE activity, and her teams help support local families.

Princeton grad student kidnapped for over 900 days in Iraq has been released, Trump says

A Princeton University doctoral student who was kidnapped by a militia group in Iraq in 2023 and was held for more than 900 days has been released, President Trump announced Tuesday.  Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli and Russian citizen whose sister is an American citizen, is now safe at the U.S. Embassy in Iraq after she

Roberts halts lower court order that required Trump to unfreeze foreign aid

Washington — Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday temporarily halted a lower court order that blocked the Trump administration from freezing more than $4 billion in foreign-aid funding. The chief justice issued an administrative stay, which gives the Supreme Court more time to fully consider the government’s request for emergency relief. The Justice Department asked

RFK Jr. releases report on children’s health

  3:40 PM Kennedy says he plans to change how vaccine injuries are reported In response to a question on vaccine injury reporting, Kennedy didn’t specify exactly how he plans to change how they’re currently investigated, but said “we’re changing the system.” While he called injuries caused by medications “rare,” he said those who suffer

Live Updates: RFK Jr. releases report on children’s health

  6m ago Kennedy says administration will study potential “connection between overmedicating our kids” and gun violence The report didn’t cover violence and specifically gun violence, in children’s health and safety, as one reporter noted.  Kennedy said the firearms question is a “complex question,” and the Trump administration is concerned with the “violence,” not the