(Left) U.S. Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) speaks at Irvine Valley College in Orange County in Irvine, Calif., on Oct. 14, 2022. (Right) Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco addresses supporters of U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a rally in Coachella, Calif., on Oct. 12, 2024. Mario Tama/Getty Images; Frederic J. Brown/AFP via
The U.S. will stop issuing worker visas for commercial truck drivers, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Thursday. He said the change was effective immediately. “The increasing number of foreign drivers operating large tractor-trailer trucks on U.S. roads is endangering American lives and undercutting the livelihoods of American truckers,” Rubio wrote in a post on
“Alligator Alcatraz” ICE detention center at Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in Ochopee, Fla., on July 24, 2025. Marco Bello/Reuters A federal judge on Thursday evening ordered President Donald Trump and the state of Florida to stop bringing new detainees to “Alligator Alcatraz,” a detention center for illegal immigrants in the middle of the Florida
“Alligator Alcatraz” ICE detention center at Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in Ochopee, Fla., on July 24, 2025. Marco Bello/Reuters A federal judge on Aug. 21 ordered President Donald Trump and the state of Florida to stop sending detainees to “Alligator Alcatraz,” a detention center for illegal immigrants in the Everglades, and barred new construction
A federal judge on Thursday ordered an indefinite halt to new construction at an immigration detention facility that Florida officials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” and barred any new detainees from being brought to the site, siding with environmental groups who said the facility is endangering the Everglades and its wildlife. The decision is a setback for
Semi-trucks line up near Pier J to retrieve shipping containers from a China-based ship at the Port of Long Beach in California on April 4, 2018. Bob Riha Jr./Reuters The Trump administration will immediately pause the issuance of all worker visas for commercial truck drivers, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Aug. 21. “Effective
President Trump signaled Thursday that Missouri will be the next state to redraw its congressional lines to benefit the Republican Party ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. It’s a continuation of the arms race between Republican-and Democratic-controlled states over redistricting, kickstarted by President Trump. At the president’s urging, the GOP-controlled Texas state House passed a