Trump Weighs Sanctions on Foreign Funders of Domestic Protests

Tick tock: The Trump administration granted Columbia a one-day extension to implement a series of policy changes in order to enter into talks with administration officials about restoring hundreds of millions in lost grant money, our Jessica Costescu and Jessica Schwalb report. Originally, Columbia had until close of business Thursday to respond. The deadline is

Taxpayer-Funded Immigration Group Chaired by DOJ Employee Wants To Abolish ICE, Defund Police

Immigrant Defenders Law Center calls to ‘dismantle the systems that seek to deport our clients’ Anti-ICE protesters, NYC (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) A left-wing group battling the Trump administration to maintain lucrative taxpayer-funded immigration contracts has called to defund police departments and abolish the federal agency that deports illegal aliens. Immigrant Defenders Law Center (ImmDef), a

Trump Administration Weighs Sanctions on Foreign Funders of Pro-Hamas Campus Protests

The effort would target prominent Qatari nationals who have financed groups like Students for Justice in Palestine (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) The Trump administration is mulling plans to sanction the international funders behind pro-Hamas protests, including prominent Qatari nationals who have vast financial holdings inside the United States, current and former U.S. officials familiar with the

Cori Bush’s Husband Indicted for Wire Fraud, Allegedly Submitted False Applications To Obtain COVID Relief Funds

Bush paid her husband, Cortney Merritts, more than $150,000 in campaign funds to work as her ‘bodyguard’ Cori Bush, Cortney Merritts (X) Former left-wing congresswoman Cori Bush’s husband was charged on Thursday with defrauding the federal government to illegally collect tens of thousands of dollars in loans under COVID-era small business relief programs. Cortney Merritts,

Trump Signs Executive Order To ‘Begin Eliminating’ the Department of Education

Department cannot be officially shuttered without Congress Donald Trump, Linda McMahon; Education Dept. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at dismantling the Department of Education, a move that he says will strip power from federal bureaucrats and give parents greater control over their children’s education. The order “directs

ABC News Retracts Claim That Israeli ‘Occupation Forces’ Dropped ‘Harrowing’ Leaflet in Gaza

The only Israel-based reporter on the byline has long pushed anti-Netanyahu bias An Israeli army convoy moves along the border with the Gaza Strip (Amir Levy/Getty Images) ABC News retracted its claim that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) dropped leaflets containing “harrowing messages” in Gaza. An editor’s note said the outlet couldn’t confirm the leaflets’