Ranchers Say ICE Raids Are Delaying Thousands of Cattle
The warning landed on my desk with a quiet thud.
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206 published storiesDon Lemon Says Trump Kept His Policy Promises
Don Lemon said President Trump has delivered on pretty much every policy promise he made to American voters.
Read the full story →Nobel Peace Prize Goes On Without Trump
The Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded this year without Donald Trump on the shortlist, even as the five-member committee in Oslo weighs how his presence in.
Read the full story →ICE is holding pregnant immigrants and most Americans object
Pregnant immigrants are being held by ICE, and most Americans say that should not happen.
Read the full story →Trump’s $5,000 Check May Depend on Who Counts as a Citizen
A family with two children could be promised $10,000 or $20,000 under President Donald Trump’s $5,000 dividend plan, depending on which sentence people believe.
Read the full story →Mesabi Metallics Is Promising Iowa a Lot of Steel
The people waiting for work in Iowa may have to wait until 2030 for the first steel from Mesabi Metallics. That date is the plan, not a finished plant.
Read the full story →Trump's $90 Medicare Checks Start Arriving This Month
President Trump said the US will send a one-time $90 payment to 20 million seniors enrolled in Medicare.
Read the full story →Big Tech Got Tax Breaks as $96B Went Missing
A $96 billion hole is opening in federal revenue as Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft receive large tax breaks tied to artificial intelligence and data.
Read the full story →Refund Checks for ACA Overcharges Are in the Mail
The Treasury Department started mailing $500 checks this week to Americans who bought health insurance through the federal Obamacare exchange and paid full.
Read the full story →Katie Britt's Face Said What the Senate Would Not
Sen. Eric Schmitt stood before former special counsel Jack Smith with a poster board and a theory that fell apart in minutes.
Read the full story →Eric Schmitt Tried to Make a Basketball Game a Perjury Case
Eric Schmitt told Jack Smith not to perjure himself over a basketball game, then appeared to have the wrong basketball team.
Read the full story →Federal Cases Charge Noncitizens With Voter Fraud
The tension sits heavy. On one side, the Justice Department announces indictments in waves.
Read the full story →Schmitt Asked About the Hawks and Got the Hawkeyes
Sen. Eric Schmitt asked Jack Smith about an Atlanta Hawks game. Smith said he had been at a game in Maryland, watching the Iowa Hawkeyes.
Read the full story →Schmitt Called Jack Smith a Dirtbag After the Wrong Game
Senator Eric Schmitt tried to place Jack Smith at a basketball game in Atlanta.
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