U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, New Haven, Conn. screenshot/Google Maps Connecticut state Rep. Christopher Rosario, a Democrat, nominated embattled incumbent Councilman Alfredo Castillo for another two-year term this week at the party convention in the downtown government center. Castillo, a Democrat who represents Connecticut’s 136th district in Bridgeport, is facing multiple counts
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday announced deportation flights had begun to take off from the so-called Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention facility that his administration set up in the Everglades, saying “hundreds” of detainees held at the site had been processed for deportation. DeSantis, a Republican who has sought to vocally highlight his state’s efforts
President Donald Trump speaks to the press before departing for Scotland from the White House on July 25, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump said on July 25 that Hamas does not want a deal and that the terrorist group will be “hunted down.” “Hamas didn’t want to make a deal,” he told
Harvard’s settlement alone would dwarf Columbia’s $221 million deal Harvard (edited from Scott Eisen/Getty Images), Trump (Adam Gray/Getty Images) The Trump administration views Columbia University’s settlement over campus anti-Semitism as a “blueprint” for similar payouts from other universities—with Harvard University facing a fine that would dwarf the amount in Columbia’s deal, according to a Friday
Breaking down Trump’s latest trade deals Breaking down Trump’s trade deals with Japan, Philippines and Indonesia 06:28 President Trump said on Friday there is a “50/50 chance, maybe less than that” of his administration striking a trade deal with the European Union ahead of a looming deadline next week. Mr. Trump, who made the comments
With little say in the ongoing debate over redrawing congressional districts in their home state, Texas Democratic state legislators are looking beyond their borders for help. Separate delegations of Texas Democrats are flying Friday to Sacramento to meet with California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Chicago to see Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker. The move comes as
CATL, a Chinese electric battery maker, displays its wares at the 2019 IAA Frankfurt Auto Show in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on Sept. 11, 2019. Sean Gallup/Getty Images The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party has issued subpoenas to JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America, requiring the banks to provide documents related to