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ICE keeps detaining pregnant immigrants against federal policy

This story was originally reported by Shefali Luthra and Mel Leonor Barclay of The 19th. Meet Shefali and Mel and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. Cary López Alvarado, of Hawthorne, California, was nine months pregnant when…

October 24, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

McGrath, Booker neck and neck in hypothetical Kentucky Senate primary: poll

Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell plans to step down at the end of his current term, opening up the seat he has held for four decades. Former Democratic Senate candidate Charles Booker hasn’t announced a plan to run for a seat…

October 24, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

How the Proud Boys invented antifa

The first thing to understand about antifa is that it is not real. Yes, as a journalist, I’m obligated to offer some throat-clearing nuance: There is a thing called antifa that has existed for a long time, in the sense…

October 24, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Egregious”: Even Trump fans aghast at his demand for $230 million in “taxpayer dollars

Conservative voices are pushing back against President Donald Trump‘s demands for the Department of Justice to pay $230 million in compensation for prior investigations into him. On Tuesday, the New York Times reported that Trump is seeking the payout, which…

October 24, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

ICE recruits struggling to pass fitness test with 15 push-ups and 32 sit-ups

More than one-third of recruits at ICE’s training academy in Georgia have failed the agency’s basic fitness test, slowing efforts to hire and deploy 10,000 new deportation officers by January, according to a new report in The Atlantic. The test…

October 24, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Arizona AG sues Mike Johnson for refusing to swear in Democrat for weeks

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed a lawsuit against House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Tuesday following a continuous refusal by Johnson to seat Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva., D-Ariz. The 17-page lawsuit filed in Washington on Monday seeks to compel Johnson…

October 24, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

“Allowed Trump to win”: Sanders points out Harris campaign flaws on conservative podcast

If the federal government weren’t closed, it’s possible that Sen. Bernie Sanders would have better things to do than critique the long-dead presidential campaign of former Vice President Kamala Harris. Since the budgetary stalemate is creeping toward the record set…

October 24, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Trump sanctions Russian oil companies, calls for immediate ceasefire

The administration of President Donald Trump called for Russia to agree to an immediate ceasefire in the ongoing war with Ukraine on Wednesday, after unveiling new sanctions against major Russian oil companies. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent cited Russian President Vladimir…

October 23, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

“Never thought of as much”: Trump downplays demolition of White House’s East Wing

Donald Trump waved away concerns about the complete demolition of the White House’s East Wing on Wednesday, saying that his planned ballroom would be “one of the greatest in the world.” Trump’s ballroom was initially estimated to cost $200 million,…

October 23, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

How corporate Democrats lost the working class — and fueled Trump

The human condition includes a vast array of unavoidable misfortunes. But what about the preventable ones? Shouldn’t the United States provide for the basic needs of its people? Such questions get distinctly short shrift in the dominant political narratives. When…

October 23, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0