Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested on May 9, 2025, during a confrontation at the Delaney Hall Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Newark, New Jersey.
President Donald Trump announced Saturday that his administration successfully brokered a “full and immediate ceasefire” between India and Pakistan following a night of escalating military hostilities between the nuclear-armed neighbors. The announcement came after both countries exchanged missile and artillery strikes, hitting military installations well beyond the contested Kashmir region.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt addressed concerns regarding President Donald Trump's upcoming Middle East trip, firmly denying allegations that the president is leveraging the visit for personal financial gain.
Mohsen Mahdawi, a Columbia University student recently released from ICE detention, defended the ongoing campus protests during a Friday appearance on CNN’s “Laura Coates Live.” Mahdawi claimed the university administration has “pushed students too far” by refusing to meet their demands regarding the Israel-Hamas conflict and called on the school to “divest from war and invest in peace.”
A senior contracting officer at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has been charged with fraudulently obtaining pandemic relief funds.
President Donald Trump signed four Congressional Review Act resolutions on Friday, dismantling Biden-era appliance regulations that critics say drove up costs and threatened American manufacturing jobs. The move reverses strict energy standards on water heaters, household appliances, and commercial refrigeration units.
NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley has taken a firm stance against the inclusion of biological males in women's sports, labeling supporters of such policies as "stupid."
British prosecutors were forced into a rapid reversal this week after charging a man under a law critics say amounted to enforcing blasphemy — despite such laws being abolished in the UK nearly two decades ago. The case against 50-year-old Hamit Coskun has drawn sharp criticism from free speech advocates and prominent political voices.
Jeffrey Rupnow, 42, has been charged with multiple felonies after his 15-year-old daughter, Natalie Rupnow, carried out a deadly shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, on December 16, 2024.
A Soviet-era spacecraft that failed its mission to Venus over five decades ago has finally returned to Earth. Kosmos 482, launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union, reentered Earth’s atmosphere Saturday after 53 years in orbit.
