Democrats visit Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa Öztürk in ICE detention

Washington — Democratic members of Congress on Tuesday traveled to Louisiana to meet with Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa Öztürk, who remain in custody at Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers as they face deportation.   Khalil, a graduate student at Columbia University, and Öztürk, a Tufts University graduate student, were separately taken into custody in

Protesters removed from Rep. Byron Donalds’ chaotic town hall

A town hall hosted by Rep. Byron Donalds turned chaotic Tuesday, with audience members repeatedly interrupting the Florida Republican, leading authorities to remove two people — the latest raucous town hall dominated by protests against President Trump’s administration. Donalds, a three-term congressman running in next year’s Florida gubernatorial race, was asked a litany of often-testy

Elon Musk says his DOGE work will “drop significantly” in May

Elon Musk told Tesla investors he’s scaling back his work at the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, saying the amount of time he spends on the task force will “drop significantly” starting in May.  As the Trump administration’s cost-cutting initiative, DOGE has slashed tens of thousands of federal jobs in the name

Deported man’s attorneys say DOJ isn’t providing answers ordered by judge

Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man mistakenly deported to a prison in El Salvador, say the government has failed to provide appropriate responses to a judge’s order for expedited discovery and to her questions about facilitating his return to the U.S.  In a letter addressed to U.S. District Court Judge Paula Xinis, Abrego

Rubio announces plans to cut “bloated” State Department bureaucracy

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday announced a “reorganization” of the State Department, with plans to make staffing cuts and consolidate domestic offices.  The cuts aren’t happening immediately, but a senior State Department official told reporters that Rubio’s announcement sets forth a road map for future cuts, and Congress has been notified to set