In the past few months, Chicago, Minneapolis and St. Paul have seen a dramatic escalation of federal immigration enforcement along their chilly streets, with agents arresting thousands — including some U.S. citizens — in neighborhoods, malls, schools and at protests. The increase is the result of the Trump administration’s pledge to clamp down on immigration, … Read more
By Michael Martina, Trevor Hunnicutt and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (Reuters) – Among the many goals of the U.S. military operation last week that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was to send a message to China: stay away from America. For at least two decades, Beijing has sought to expand its influence in Latin … Read more
By Emma Rumney and Jessica DiNapoli LONDON/NEW YORK, Jan 8 (Reuters) – Last spring, a group of officials at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services was drafting a proposal to halve the recommended drinking limit for men to one drink a day, according to two former government sources and a document seen by … Read more
Troops are cleaning up their social media amid fears of a Pentagon crackdown on political speech. “I had to get my nickname off LinkedIn,” a Marine sergeant told Business Insider. Pentagon leaders have said their moves are aimed at depoliticizing the military. Pentagon leadership’s increasingly tight grip on speech critical of conservatives and the Trump … Read more
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly gave a verbal order to leave no survivors behind as Donald Trump’s administration launched the first of more than a dozen raids on suspected drug-trafficking boats that have killed more than 80 people in the past three months. On September 2, US military personnel fired a missile at a Caribbean … Read more