Politics
DHS’ Chief Bovino accused of breaking judge’s order by using tear gas on Chicago crowd
Journalism advocates on Thursday accused a senior Homeland Security official of personally deploying tear gas into a Chicago protest "without justification" in defiance of a judge's orders.
Trump vows more military strikes on alleged drug smugglers, calls cartels the ‘ISIS of the West’
President Trump likened drug cartels to the militant Muslim terrorist groups the U.S. has targeted during the war on terror and vowed to continue military strikes on alleged drug smugglers off the coast of Venezuela.
States worry about how to fill the gap in food aid ahead of a federal benefits halt
A federal food aid program that helps about one-eighth of Americans buy groceries stands to be paused Nov. 1 because of the government shutdown, and even some states that want to step in to fill the gap have found they can't.
As federal agents ramp up Chicago immigration crackdown, more elected officials caught in crosshairs
Hoan Huynh was going door-to-door informing businesses of ramped up immigration enforcement on Chicago's North Side when the Democratic state lawmaker got an activist notification of federal agents nearby.
Black enrollment is waning at many elite colleges after affirmative action ban, AP analysis finds
After decades of gradual growth, the number of Black students enrolling at many elite colleges has dropped in the two years since the Supreme Court banned affirmative action in admissions, leaving some campuses with Black populations as small as 2% of their freshman class, according to an Associated Press analysis.
Backing Israel was considered mandatory for New York politicians. Then came Zohran Mamdani
A few weeks before his stunning loss to Zohran Mamdani in the Democratic mayoral primary, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo put forth a political calculus long accepted as fact in New York: "Being a Democrat," he said, "it's synonymous that you support Israel."
Satellite images show before and after of demolition of White House East Wing
New satellite images taken Thursday show the scale of the demolition of the White House East Wing as President Donald Trump moves forward with the construction of a new ballroom at the White House.
What to know about Coast Guard Island in California, where federal agents have headed
Federal immigration agents were greeted by protests Thursday in the San Francisco Bay Area on their way out to a century-old, government-owned artificial island that houses a U.S. Coast Guard base.
Trump calls off federal deployment plans for San Francisco
President Trump said he's backing off a planned surge of federal agents into San Francisco after speaking with Democratic Mayor Daniel Lurie.
