New Law Gives ICE and Border Patrol Funding Surge Through End of Trump’s Term
President Donald Trump signed a bill giving his immigration enforcement agenda nearly $70 billion in funding through the end of his term, locking in money for deportations, border operations and expanded federal enforcement. The law provides $38 billion for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, $26 billion for the Border Patrol and another $5 billion for […]
New York County Faces Lawsuit Over Camera Network Tracking Millions of Drivers
A coalition of civil rights groups has filed a class action lawsuit against Westchester County, New York, challenging its massive license plate reader program as an unconstitutional surveillance system. The county has deployed nearly 600 license plate reader cameras that have collected about 1.6 billion scans of vehicles traveling through the suburban county just north […]
U.S. Spy Law Nears Deadline Amid Fight Over Warrantless Searches of Americans’ Data
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, one of the most important U.S. surveillance authorities, is set to expire on June 12, 2026, unless Congress renews it. The law allows U.S. intelligence agencies, including the NSA, FBI and CIA, to conduct targeted surveillance of foreign individuals located outside the United States with help from […]
Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump’s $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee
A federal judge in Boston has struck down the Trump administration’s controversial $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa applications, ruling that the policy exceeded executive authority and violated federal rulemaking law. U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin sided with 20 states that challenged the fee, concluding that the administration could not impose what amounted to a […]
Dozens of Immigrant Families Re-Separated Under Trump’s Renewed Deportation Push
The Trump administration has separated dozens of immigrant children from their parents for a second time, despite legal protections created after the first family-separation crisis. Families previously separated under Trump’s 2018 border policy are again being pulled apart through arrests, deportations and immigration enforcement actions during Trump’s second term. The findings show that one of […]
White House Moves Toward AI Oversight With 30-Day Review of Frontier Systems
President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order aimed at increasing federal oversight of the most powerful artificial intelligence systems before they are released to the public. The order asks AI companies to give the administration access to advanced models 30 days before public release, allowing government officials to examine potential national-security and cybersecurity […]
Iranian Drones Hit Kuwait Airport, Killing One and Testing Fragile Ceasefire
Kuwait says Iranian drones struck its main airport, killing one person, wounding dozens and briefly shutting down air operations, in another dangerous test of the fragile ceasefire between Iran and the United States. The attack heavily damaged a passenger terminal at Kuwait International Airport and showed that Gulf countries once seen as safer havens are […]
Trump Funding Cuts Will Shut Down Key Ocean Sensors and End a Critical Climate Record
A major U.S. ocean monitoring system is being dismantled after federal funding cuts, threatening to erase one of the most valuable real-time climate and ocean data records in the country. Scientists are preparing to remove a research buoy from deep in the Pacific off the Oregon coast, beginning the shutdown of a large part of […]
Farmers Face New Solar Limits as Congress Moves to Protect Cropland From Renewable Development
A provision in the new U.S. farm bill could make it harder to build solar projects on farmland, creating a new clash between renewable energy expansion and agricultural protection. The proposal would restrict the use of certain federal funds for solar developments on prime farmland, raising concerns among clean-energy advocates, farmers, and rural communities that […]
Trump Steps In to Headline 250th Anniversary Fair After Musicians Drop Out
President Donald Trump is now expected to headline the “Great American State Fair,” a celebration tied to the United States’ 250th anniversary, after several musical performers withdrew from the event over concerns about its political ties. The fair is being organized by Freedom 250, a group launched by Trump last year and led by a […]
