Protesters, both supportive of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility and those against it, meet outside of the ICE facility in Portland, Ore., on Oct. 3, 2025. Spencer Platt/Getty Images The Justice Department has launched a federal civil rights investigation into the Portland Police Department, examining whether the department engaged in viewpoint-based discrimination after
A convoy of Israeli tanks is deployed at Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip, on Sept. 16, 2025. Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images President Donald Trump said on Oct. 4 that Israel has agreed to an initial withdrawal line in Gaza as part of his administration’s peace plan to end the war and secure the release of
Federal agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection walk along West Wacker Drive in the Loop in Chicago on Sept. 28, 2025. Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said that the Trump administration plans to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard. Pritzker accused Washington
Federal agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection walk along West Wacker Drive in the Loop in Chicago on Sept. 28, 2025. Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP President Donald Trump has authorized the deployment of 300 members of the Illinois National Guard to protect federal assets amid “violent riots
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he hopes to announce the release of all hostages from Gaza “in the coming days,” after Hamas said it has agreed to parts of the peace plan that President Trump outlined earlier this week. In a brief statement late Saturday, Netanyahu said he has sent a delegation to Egypt “to
A neighborhood still flooded from Hurricane Milton prepares to have the FEMA Disaster Recover Center convert to a polling location for the general election in Ridge Manor, Fla. on Nov. 4, 2024. AP Photo/Mike Carlson, File Florida and the southeastern United States could be in for some stormy weather over the coming days, according to
Jay Jones, the Democratic nominee for attorney general of Virginia, faced condemnation from Republicans and Democrats on Friday after text messages from 2022 resurfaced in which he said he would “piss on graves” of GOP opponents and mused about hypothetically shooting then-Republican Speaker of the House of Delegates Todd Gilbert. In a text message exchange