Legal Immigrants: Citizenship Costs Could Price Out

A new Department of Homeland Security plan would almost double the price of becoming an American citizen, raising sharp questions about cost, fairness, and security under the Trump administration.Story SnapshotCitizenship application fees for Form...
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Judge Guts ICE Power Nationwide

A Biden-appointed California judge has moved to strip Immigration and Customs Enforcement of a key enforcement tool, blocking its ability to arrest illegal immigrants...
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DOJ Slams MLB Over Pride Night Push

Federal civil rights lawyers are now questioning whether Major League Baseball tried to force Christian pitchers to be billboards for Pride politics. Story Snapshot The Department of Justice (DOJ) has opened a civil rights inquiry into Major League Baseball (MLB) over warnings issued to San Francisco Giants pitchers who wrote Bible verses on Pride Night caps, and has referred the case to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for investigation. Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon says federal law bars employers from “unreasonably burdening” workers with religious objections to being used as vehicles for pro-Pride messages,...
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Endless Wars: London’s 500km Strike Weapons for Ukraine

Britain is racing to field new 500km strike weapons for Ukraine, raising fresh questions about endless foreign wars and who really benefits.Story SnapshotThe United Kingdom is testing new long-range “Brakestop” strike weapons that can hit targets at least 500km away and may send them to Ukraine within about a year.These weapons are designed to be cheaper and faster to build than older cruise missiles like Storm Shadow, with trials already underway in the Hebrides test range.Project Brakestop is part of a wider British and European push for long-range ground-launched missiles and drones, officially to counter Russian threats across Europe.The...
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National Security Nominee Caught in Voter ID Showdown

When a president freezes his own spy chief nominee to push a voting bill, it shows how Washington now treats national security as just...
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Shocking SPLC Indictment Spins Wild Twist

A civil-rights watchdog paying a neo-Nazi lover with donor cash sounds like dark satire, but federal prosecutors say parts of that script are real — and Americans across the spectrum see it as one more sign that the people in charge cannot be trusted to play by their own rules.Story SnapshotFederal prosecutors say the Southern Poverty Law Center secretly sent over $3 million in donor money to people tied to violent extremist groups.A superseding indictment says one informant from the neo-Nazi National Alliance lived with an SPLC employee, shared bank accounts, and received more than $1 million.Social media users...
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Alligator Alcatraz Cleared Out Ahead of Storms

When the government quietly emptied “Alligator Alcatraz” for hurricane season, it exposed how fragile and secretive this massive detention experiment really is.Story SnapshotAll detainees have been moved out of the Everglades camp, officially over hurricane safety concerns.Officials long claimed the site was “safe” to Category 2 storms, even as lawsuits warned of flooding and weak plans.Families and lawyers now say hundreds of former detainees are hard to track or appear “missing” in the system.The episode feeds a growing belief on left and right that federal and state officials hide the truth and dodge accountability.Why detainees were moved out of...
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The View Sparks Bias Debate

A vice president walking onto one of television’s most hostile stages and walking off saying “they were only a little bit vicious” tells you...
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Fuel Crisis Deepens in Russia as Officials Downplay Impact

Russian governors are publicly denying a fuel crisis even as gas rationing spreads across more than two dozen regions — and the evidence on the ground tells a very different story.Quick TakeUkrainian drone strikes on Russian oil refineries have cut fuel supplies across more than 25 Russian regions.Independent gas stations — which handle about 40% of Russia's fuel sales — say they can no longer restock their supplies.Crimea and Sevastopol have imposed purchase limits, capping drivers at 30 liters per fill-up.Russian governors are publicly denying any crisis, even as rationing coupons and long lines at pumps tell a different...
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Teen Arrested After Lemonade Stand Robbery

When a 14-year-old ends up arrested for robbing kids at a lemonade stand with a gun, a lot of Americans see proof that something is badly broken far beyond one Boston street corner.Story SnapshotA South Boston lemonade stand run by an 11- and 12-year-old was robbed by two youths, one showing a gun, according to police and the family.Boston Police say a 14-year-old has now been arrested on armed robbery charges tied to the case, while at least one younger suspect is still being sought.The 12-year-old victim’s simple plea — “We’re 12 and 11, and you shouldn’t really do...
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