Disgraced ex-senator Bob Menendez (D., N.J.) was sentenced to 11 years in prison Wednesday afternoon for his role in a bribery scheme. Menendez was charged in 2023 and convicted last summer on 16 counts, including bribery, extortion, conspiracy, and obstruction of justice. Prosecutors requested a 15-year sentence for Menendez, citing “the seriousness of the defendants’
The Senate in a 56-42 vote on Wednesday confirmed Lee Zeldin as the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Three Democrats, Sens. John Fetterman (Pa.), Mark Kelly (Ariz.), and Ruben Gallego (Ariz.), joined all Republicans in supporting Zeldin’s nomination. President Donald Trump tapped Zeldin shortly after his election victory in November, calling the former New
ICE has already detained thousands of illegal immigrants since Trump’s inauguration Democratic strategist Jenna Arnold voiced a concern Tuesday over the Trump administration’s mass deportations: How will Americans get blueberries? “I can’t wait until American women can’t get blueberries for their smoothies,” Arnold said on CNN NewsNight. “I cannot wait until there is a full
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the Laken Riley Act as his administration’s first piece of legislation, fulfilling his campaign promise to crack down on illegal immigration. The law requires federal immigration authorities to detain illegal migrants accused of theft, burglary, or assaulting a law enforcement officer, and allows states to sue the Department of
President also plans to sign order prohibiting federal funding to schools that teach CRT or radical gender ideology Donald Trump (Adam Gray/Getty Images) President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order Wednesday directing all federal agencies to look into deporting anti-Semitic resident aliens, including student visa holders, who broke U.S. law. The order,
Just before 5 p.m. on Tuesday, when the Trump administration’s federal aid freeze was scheduled to begin, a D.C. judge issued a ruling pausing it for a week, setting the stage for a high-profile legal fight. It’s not the only conflict playing out over the freeze. A battle between political and career staffers is underway
When President Donald Trump signed an executive order targeting wind energy development on his first day in office, it appeared to solely target offshore wind farms. But buried deep in the order, Trump also halted a single onshore wind development, the Lava Ridge Wind project in southern Idaho, handing an unlikely victory to local residents