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A stark contrast in immigration enforcement is drawing attention on both sides of the border, as the death toll in US custody climbs while Canadian officers describe a very different approach to the people they detain. At least 53 people have died in US immigration custody under Trump. Mounties in Quebec, by contrast, have no…

Federal immigration agents have moved into Queens, escalating a standoff with New York City’s mayor over local cooperation with immigration enforcement. ICE moved into Queens this week, hunting down people that local jails let walk free instead of turning them over. Mayor Mamdani ordered city agencies to keep their hands off federal immigration enforcement. Agents…

FBI Director Kash Patel’s $10 million defamation lawsuit has been thrown out — and the man he sued is now taking a very public victory lap. A federal judge just tossed Kash Patel’s defamation case. The man he sued is now telling everyone they can call the FBI director those exact names without fear of…

A petition to bar New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani from this year’s 9/11 memorial is gaining traction, and it has a famous backer: actor Patricia Heaton. The push comes just weeks before the 25th anniversary of the attacks. The petition, started by a man who lost his spouse on 9/11, has crossed 42,000 signatures.…

A contentious COVID hearing came to a standstill when Anthony Fauci declined to answer any questions put to him, invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. The hearing followed a subpoena from Rand Paul, who released more than 1,000 pages of Fauci’s private pandemic diary and promised to put him “behind bars.” Fauci sat down,…

The number of high-containment bioweapon labs in the United States has climbed sharply since 9/11, and researchers who study outbreak scenarios warn that the risks scale with them. Before 9/11, the US had 2 maximum-security bioweapon labs. Now there are up to 17, many of them in cities with millions of people nearby. The people…

A newly proposed bill aims to eliminate federal taxes on Social Security benefits beginning in 2026, shifting the cost onto the country’s highest earners. Right now, up to 85% of your Social Security check can be taxed in retirement, even after a lifetime of paying in. A new bill would wipe that tax out entirely,…

President Trump has made a striking claim about four American soldiers whose deaths were tied to the recent conflict with Iran — one he has offered no evidence to support. The four soldiers came home to Dover in flag-draped caskets over the past week. Trump says every one of them told him Iran can’t have…

Dylan Mulvaney and Kaitlan Collins found common ground after both became targets at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner — and each ended up echoing the other’s response. Trump used his Correspondents’ Dinner speech to mock Kaitlan Collins and drag Dylan Mulvaney into the joke. A day later, Mulvaney posted the same Eleanor Roosevelt line Collins…

Two fatal shootings by ICE agents, six days and 1,800 miles apart, have drawn scrutiny after DHS acknowledged that in each case the man killed was not the person agents were looking for. Both men were driving to work when they were shot. Neither had a criminal record, and both were mistaken for someone else.…

A Secret Service agent is facing an attempted manslaughter charge in connection with a Kappa Alpha Psi hazing incident that sent two students to the hospital. According to the account, the victim was struck with paddles until he bled through his clothes, then told to bag up those clothes and go home. By the time…

Peer-reviewed research says homeschoolers outscore their public school peers by 15 to 25 points on standardized tests. Among Black homeschoolers, the gap runs as high as 42 points. Homeschoolers score at least 15 to 25 points higher than public school students on standardized tests, and among Black homeschoolers the gap runs as high as 42…