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President Donald Trump executed a dramatic reversal on the Epstein files question this week, suddenly calling on House Republicans to vote to release the Jeffrey Epstein case documents. In a Truth Social post Sunday evening, Trump urged House Republicans to support the legislation, stating, “As I said on Friday night […]

Article Update Nov. 17, 2025: President Trump has now publicly called for House Republicans to vote for the release of the long-sought Jeffrey Epstein files, stating, “We have nothing to hide” after previously resisting calls for disclosure. With pressure from both Democratic and Republican lawmakers ahead of an anticipated House […]

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops overwhelmingly approved a special pastoral message on immigration on Wednesday during their annual fall plenary assembly in Baltimore. With 216 votes in favor, just five votes against, and three abstentions, the bishops approved the statement amid sustained applause and standing ovation from the […]

Nearly 24% of American households are living paycheck to paycheck in 2025, according to new analysis from Bank of America Institute released November 1. Inflation has outpaced wage growth for middle- and lower-income households since January 2025, with inflation climbing 3.0% year-over-year in September while after-tax wages for middle-income households […]

In an interview with host Laura Ingraham that aired on November 10 on “The Ingraham Angle,” President Donald Trump argued that the United States needs to “bring in talent” through the H-1B program. When Ingraham pressed the president, asserting “we have plenty of talented people here,” Trump flatly disagreed. “No, […]

A federal judge in Chicago has ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to release hundreds of people from detention centers, ruling that their arrests likely violated constitutional protections and a 2022 consent decree that limits warrantless immigration arrests in the Midwest. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Cummings issued multiple orders Wednesday […]

According to a November 7 letter sent to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar demands federal officials address what she describes as deteriorating conditions at the massive immigration detention facility on Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas. The follow-up letter […]

President Donald Trump signed legislation late Wednesday night to end the nation’s longest government shutdown, which lasted 43 days and affected roughly 900,000 federal employees. The House of Representatives passed the funding package on Wednesday evening in a 222-209 vote. The shutdown began on October 1, after Congress failed to […]

A provision in the government funding bill signed by President Donald Trump on November 12 allows senators to sue the federal government for up to $500,000 per violation if their phone records were subpoenaed without prior notification. The language applies retroactively to January 2022 and appears specifically designed to benefit […]

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy and Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Bryan Bedford issued an emergency order freezing flight reductions at 6% at 40 major airports nationwide on Wednesday. This halts a planned 10% increase scheduled for the end of the week. The decision followed what officials described as a […]