(The Hill) — Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) wants to double the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, with legislation filed Tuesday to increase the rate adopted nearly two decades ago. “For decades, working Americans have seen their wages flatline,” Hawley said in a statement to The Hill. “One major culprit of this is the […]

The video above is from June 7, 2025 California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta filed an emergency motion to stop what they are calling an “unlawful militarization” of Los Angeles, accusing President Donald Trump of using federal troops and commandeering state National Guard personnel to carry out immigration enforcement. The legal filing, […]

Ronald Reagan and his fellow Republicans once invoked what they referred to as “welfare queens” as they made the case for reining in social spending in the 1970s and 1980s, painting a picture of unscrupulous women bilking the system to finance a sumptuous lifestyle. Now as they try to justify cuts to Medicaid, congressional Republicans […]

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has demanded a restraining order against President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, claiming they are preparing to use U.S. Marines on ICE raids in Los Angeles. The governor asked the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California to move swiftly. “They must be stopped immediately,” he said […]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Protests that sprang up in Los Angeles over immigration enforcement raids and prompted President Donald Trump to mobilize National Guard troops and Marines have begun to spread across the country, with more planned into the weekend. From Seattle to Austin to Washington D.C., marchers have chanted slogans, carried signs against the […]

The European Union announced a new package of sanctions against Russia on Tuesday, saying that Moscow’s daily deadly attacks against Ukraine show that it is not interested in peace – despite recent diplomatic efforts. The new package – the 18th since Russia launched its full-scale unprovoked invasion against its neighbor in 2022 – is designed […]

A 14-year-old boy was arrested on Tuesday following the fatal stabbing of a female education assistant at a middle school in northeastern France. In the latest horrific attack to strike French schools, a 31-year-old supervisor was stabbed to death during a bag check outside the Françoise Dolto middle school in the commune of Nogent in the […]

The Air Force’s plan to buy 26 new E-7 Wedgetail radar planes is in jeopardy as the Pentagon shifts its focus to space-based surveillance, the defense secretary said Tuesday.  The service has already spent more than $1 billion to develop and begin production of its first two E-7s, which it has long argued are the […]

A judge ruled on Tuesday that an undocumented immigrant who prosecutors said was wrongly accused of threatening the president could be released on bond while the government seeks to have him deported. The man, Ramon Morales Reyes, who worked as a dishwasher at a Milwaukee restaurant, was arrested last month and accused by the Department […]

Steve Bannon tore into Tom Homan after President Donald Trump’s border czar made the rounds on the cable news networks to address the crisis in Los Angeles. “Tom, enough TV,” said Bannon, a far-right podcaster and Trump ally. “We’ve got it. We’ve got the message.” “Let’s start arresting people,” said the War Room host, who […]