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A sudden shift: ICE arrests drop nearly 12% after Minneapolis killings and immigration shake-up
At the peak of the crackdown, carloads of masked immigration officers were a common sight in the streets of Minneapolis, while thousands of people were being arrested every week in Texas, Florida and California. “Turn and burn,” top Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino called the strategy, with relentless displays of force and teams of agents
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Dodgers’ Edwin Díaz first learned of the ‘loose bodies’ in his elbow in 2012
Dodgers closer Edwin Díaz said Monday that he’s known about the five loose bodies in his elbow — which were removed in an operation Wednesday — since he was drafted in 2012. Last week in Colorado was the first time it affected him. He gave up three runs without recording an out on April 19.
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The Billionaire Tax debate needs a reality check
The “billionaire tax” has qualified for the ballot, according to the union organizers who launched it. It may lose in November. It may be thrown out by the courts. It is already hurting California. Almost as soon as the SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West launched its signature drive, many of the state’s billionaires moved out of
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Dylan Carter, former contestant on ‘The Voice,’ dies at 24
Dylan Carter, a contestant on Season 24 of “The Voice,” died in a car accident on Saturday. According to the NBC affiliate serving the Lowcountry region of South Carolina, the musician died in a single-vehicle crash on a rural road in Colleton County. He was 24. Country music legend Reba McEntire, who was Carter’s coach
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Abby Phillip brutally fact-checks MAGA pundit with devastating takedown
CNN’s Abby Phillip brutally fact-checked a MAGA pundit during Monday’s broadcast of her show “NewsNight” over the White House’s claim that left-wing rhetoric inspired the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday. Ben Ferguson, who co-hosts the “Verdict” podcast with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) joined the panel to discuss the shooting, and defended
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Michael Rubin moves famed July 4 party so it doesn’t clash with Taylor Swift’s wedding
Fanatics boss Michael Rubin has made a name for himself in the last few years with his show-stopping July 4 party at his Hamptons home, which predictably draws the starriest guest list of the summer. But Page Six hears that he’s moved this year’s bash to July 1, a Wednesday, so as not to clash
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Katie Miller mocked for strange claim about husband during ‘clown show’ Fox News interview
Right-wing podcaster Katie Millerwas brutally mocked on Monday after she made a strange claim about her husband during a Fox News interview. Katie Miller, who is married to Stephen Miller, President Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff, said during an appearance on “The Ingraham Angle” with host Laura Ingraham that her husband took some heroic
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MS NOW Reporter pushes back against Trump and his administration
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt blamed Democrats during Monday’s press conference for the failed assassination attempt at Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, reading from a prepared list of Democratic criticisms and accusing members of the party of inciting violence. MS NOW reporter Laura Barrón-López pushed back, cataloging President Donald Trump’s extensive history of threatening
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22 Buddhist monks arrested at Sri Lanka airport for allegedly hiding 242 pounds of marijuana in luggage
Holy smokes! Twenty-two Buddhist monks were arrested at Sri Lanka’s international airport on Saturday for allegedly smuggling a record-breaking 242 pounds of marijuana — estimated to be worth $3.4 million — inside their luggage. The accused, primarily comprised of monks in training, allegedly stashed exactly “five kilos of the narcotic” apiece behind “false walls” in
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GOP candidates for governor in Georgia clash over the mounds of cash pouring into the race
A pair of debates aimed at informing voters ahead of the May primary election was mostly tense and sometimes personal as frontrunners in both the Republican and Democratic primaries in the race for governor took the opportunity to sling attacks previously reserved for the airwaves. Candidates from both parties honed in on promises aimed to