Advocates for taxpayers and small businesses say they are watching with keen interest as Billy Long, President Donald Trump’s pick for IRS commissioner, heads to a long-awaited Senate confirmation hearing in Washington on Tuesday. Long’s supporters say they are confident that the former Missouri congressman can do the job well and restore trust to the
About 30 percent of the project has already been completed, according to developer Equinor. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on May 19 that the Trump administration has agreed to lift the stop-work order on a major wind project off New York’s coast, which has been on hold since last month. The project, Empire Wind,
DOJ’s Alina Habba said Rep. LaMonica McIver’s conduct ‘cannot be overlooked’ by the chief federal law enforcement authority. Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) has been charged by the Department of Justice (DOJ) with assaulting law enforcement during a scuffle that occurred outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Alina
FBI Director Kash Patel and FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino confirmed Epstein ‘killed himself’ in a Manhattan jail in 2019. Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide, according to FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino. The FBI chiefs confirmed Epstein’s cause of death during a joint interview with Fox News on
Operation Guardian Angel uses federal arrest warrants rather than ICE detainers to let federal authorities take county jail inmates into custody. In what could be a game changer for the Trump administration’s deportation efforts, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for California’s Central District and federal partners launched a program to “neutralize California’s sanctuary state policy.” Operation
The judge ruled that the institute was part of the government, but not of the executive branch. U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell on May 19 blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from restructuring the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), replacing its leadership, and assuming control of its office building. “These unilateral actions were taken without asking
The flight traveled from Houston, Texas, to Honduras and Colombia, according to the agency. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on May 19 that the first flight of illegal immigrants opting to self-deport was chartered, sending 64 individuals back to Colombia and Honduras. “This was a voluntary charter flight, not an [Immigration and Customs