House Democrats plan to call on a key immigration agency to release all transgender people who are currently being detained, arguing that the U.S. has failed to follow guidelines to protect individuals who face more perilous conditions in detention than other migrants. “We write to demand the release of all transgender people currently detained by […]

A majority of respondents in a new poll say they disapprove of the way President Trump is handling Iran amid heightened tensions between Washington and Tehran. Fifty-six percent said they disapprove of Trump’s actions toward Iran, compared to 43 percent who approve, according to the poll from ABC News and Ipsos released early Sunday. Almost […]

Powerful storms in parts of the South were being blamed for at least 11 deaths, according to reports Saturday. Alabama officials reported that three people were killed in a tornado in Pickens County. Earlier Saturday, firefighters in Bossier Parish, La., sifted through a trailer demolished by strong winds and found the bodies of an elderly […]

The U.S. economy added 145,000 jobs in December as the unemployment rate stayed steady, according to data released Friday by the Labor Department. The December jobs report met economists’ expectations of a gain between 145,000 to 155,000 jobs as hiring slowed slightly from November. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.5 percent, the lowest level […]

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has taken the lead in Iowa, according to a Des Moines Register/CNN poll released on Friday that shows the Vermont senator jumping past his top rivals after a third-place finish in the same survey in November. The poll, widely considered the most authoritative in Iowa, shows Sanders with the support of […]

Former NFL player Colin Kaepernick on Saturday accused the United States of targeting minorities “at home and abroad,” just days after the administration ordered a drone strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani. “There is nothing new about American terrorist attacks against Black and Brown people for the expansion of American imperialism,” he tweeted. Read […]

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President Trump and former President Obama have finished 2019 tied as the “most admired men” in the U.S., according to new polling from Gallup. Obama and Trump both received 18 percent of the vote for most admired man, according to Gallup, with no other man named by more than 2 percent of respondents. The top […]

A police chief from Kansas shared a photo of the coffee cup with a vulgar message written on the receipt. It reportedly was given to one of his officers who had ordered the drink. The incident occurred early on Saturday morning at a McDonald’s in Junction City, Kan., KWCH reported. The unnamed officer had stopped […]

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Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Sunday that newly released emails show the importance of having White House witnesses in the Senate impeachment trial. Schumer spoke at a press conference in New York City and called on President Trump to release the documents and allow witnesses to testify in front of the Senate to […]