“Trump’s paramilitary army of ICE agents does not belong in our airports and is not properly trained to do this work,” said one Democratic congresswoman. As Senate Republicans on Saturday voted against advancing a Democratic bill to pay Transportation Security Administration workers during talks over Department of Homeland Security funding, GOP President Donald Trump tried to pin the blame for the partial DHS shutdown […]
“Sounds like Trump preparing himself an off-ramp and trying to dump the Hormuz mess on others,” said one observer. President Donald Trump on Friday continued to send contradictory messages on his plans for the US-Israeli assault on Iran, declaring that he is not interested in a ceasefire but is nevertheless considering “winding down” the three-week war, […]
“The so-called ‘balanced budget amendment’ is the Republicans’ latest backdoor attempt at gutting Americans’ hard-earned benefits,” said one Democratic lawmaker. Nearly every member of the House Republican caucus voted Wednesday in favor of a proposed constitutional amendment that experts say would result in massive cuts to Social Security, Medicare, nutrition assistance, and other key federal programs. […]
One foreign policy expert noted that fears of a “mass exodus” of refugees come “as the US starves Cuba of energy and food.” As the Trump administration sows chaos with a crushing fuel blockade of Cuba, a general told Congress that the military will “set up a camp” at Guantánamo Bay to detain those who try to […]
