Feds Tell Faith Leaders ‘No More Prayer’ Outside Broadview Facility  —  BROADVIEW - Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be “no more prayer” in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.

Why the Most Vulnerable Senate Democrat Hasn't Flipped in the Shutdown Standoff  —  Georgia's Jon Ossoff is holding firm on fixing expiring healthcare subsidies as he rebuffs Republican demands  —  Senate Republicans need a handful of Democrats to vote with them to reopen the government.

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How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy  —  The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service are issuing rules that provide hundreds of billions of dollars in tax relief to big companies and the ultrarich.  —  With little public scrutiny …

A closer look at Trump's apparent struggles to fight off sleep in the Oval Office  —  A Washington Post analysis of multiple video feeds found that the president spent nearly 20 minutes apparently battling to keep his eyes open at a recent event.  —  Just now

Trump Aid Cuts Kill More Christians Than Jihadists Do  —  I have great news for President Trump!  —  He has expressed such outrage at attacks on Christians in Nigeria that he has threatened military intervention there, and the Pentagon has obligingly prepared plans for attack.

Judge permanently bars Trump from deploying National Guard troops to Portland in response to immigration protests  —  Oregon officials have been embroiled in a legal battle with the administration since late September, when the Trump administration mobilized hundreds of troops.

‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison  —  They said they were shackled, beaten, shot with rubber bullets and tear gassed until they passed out.  —  They said they were punished in a dark room called the island, where they were trampled, kicked and forced to kneel for hours.

The Mafia Presidency  —  Trump is saying, essentially, If you don't want to get hurt, you'll do what I say.  —  The Sunday before the New York City mayoral race, President Donald Trump told New Yorkers he might withhold federal funding if Zohran Mamdani won.

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro wasted our money pursuing sandwich thrower  —  To establish a forcible assault, jurors were required to find that Dunn caused “reasonable apprehension of immediate bodily harm.”  That allegation was laughable.  —  Among a U.S. attorney's most significant responsibilities …

Trump goes to war with ‘fake news’ BBC  —  White House attacks ‘Leftist propaganda machine’ over biased doctoring of president's speech  —  Donald Trump's White House has accused the BBC of “purposeful dishonesty” amid a row over bias at the broadcaster.  —  It launched its attack …

Indian IDOT employee stopped by ICE agents, questioned if he was ‘aware’ of NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani  —  Gov. JB Pritzker is speaking out about the incident, which happened Friday morning, calling it another example of President Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem …

In Indiana, a vaunted Jewish studies program is upended by red-state politics over Israel and speech  —  A sudden change in leadership at Indiana University's Jewish studies program has erupted into a bitter internal feud, pitting a new interim director against faculty and students …

Immigration Agents Arrest Man in L.A. Raid and Drive Off With His Toddler  —  The child was later reunited with her grandmother, but the episode alarmed immigrant rights groups.  The father, a U.S. citizen, faces a gun possession charge.  —  At first, the encounter seemed typical of the kinds …

Cornell to pay $60M to settle Trump administration probes … In April, Cornell said it received more than 75 stop work orders from the Department of Defense related to research on national defense, cybersecurity and health. … “The decades-long research partnership between Cornell …

Education Department's out-of-office messages blaming Democrats for the shutdown are unconstitutional, judge rules  —  The ruling stems from a lawsuit filed after the Trump administration altered employees' email messages to add partisan language about the government shutdown without their consent.

Congress Accuses GMU President of Lying About DEI Efforts  —  The GOP-led House Judiciary Committee accused George Mason University's president of lying about DEI practices and likely violating civil rights laws.  He has denied the claims.  —  House Republicans have accused George Mason …

Todd Blanche on defending Trump policies: 'It's a war, man'  —  The Justice Department's No. 2 official, Todd Blanche, let loose Friday, railing against judges blocking administration policies and denying that prosecutions of President Donald Trump's enemies constitute weaponization of the justice system.

‘Mega detention centers’: ICE considers buying large warehouses to hold immigrants  —  The Trump administration is exploring a plan to buy warehouses designed for companies like Amazon, sources said, which would drastically increase the Trump administration's capacity for detaining immigrants.