A federal judge in Miami has ordered the partial shutdown of the controversial immigration detention facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz.” U.S. District Judge Kathleen M. Williams issued an 82-page ruling late Thursday evening, granting a preliminary injunction that prohibits Florida and federal officials from bringing any new detainees to the […]
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will now consider evidence of “anti-American” ideologies and activities as an “overwhelmingly negative factor” when reviewing immigration benefit applications. The updated guidance, effective immediately and applicable to all pending and future benefit requests, directs USCIS officers to consider whether applicants have […]
by Jerry Nowicki, Capitol News Illinois August 22, 2025 Article Summary Article Summary The Citizen Participation Act now explicitly protects news reporting from “strategic lawsuits against public participation.” The Illinois Supreme Court had previously ruled that news reporting itself wasn’t covered if it was not investigative in nature or eliciting […]
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the El Salvadoran construction worker wrongfully deported to a notorious prison earlier this year, now faces deportation to Uganda after declining a government plea deal that would have sent him to Costa Rica instead. According to court documents filed Saturday in federal court in Tennessee, the government’s […]
Former President Donald Trump ratcheted up pressure on Colorado this week by renewing calls to free ex–Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, who is serving a nine-year sentence for her role in a 2021 election–system breach. In a Truth Social post on Thursday, Trump wrote, “FREE TINA PETERS, a brave and […]
The Federal Reserve’s Chair, Jerome H. Powell, delivered an assessment of the U.S. economy Friday at the Jackson Hole symposium. Just days earlier, Moody’s Analytics Chief Economist Mark Zandi sounded the alarm on sharply elevated recession probabilities. In his annual address, Powell noted that while core inflation has eased closer […]
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker sharply rebuked President Donald Trump’s statements on Friday after the president suggested that Chicago would be the next U.S. city to face a federal National Guard deployment due to crime and public safety concerns. Speaking from the White House, President Trump alleged that Chicago was a […]
Former President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he wants Republicans to gain 100 additional congressional seats. In his post, Trump claimed that combining aggressive redistricting efforts by Republican-led states with a nationwide halt to mail-in voting could secure this dramatic increase in seats for his party. Trump wrote, […]
President Donald Trump on Friday showed reporters a photograph that he said Russian President Vladimir Putin had personally sent him following their Alaska summit, suggesting the Russian leader wants to attend the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States “very badly.” During a press conference in the Oval Office […]
Over 750 federal health workers have sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., accusing him of contributing to the climate that led to the deadly August 8 attack on CDC headquarters in Atlanta. The violent incident occurred when 30-year-old Patrick Joseph White of Kennesaw, Georgia, unleashed a barrage […]
