DOGE building 'deportation machine' with sensitive government data: 'All of us at risk'

President Donald Trump and the U.S. Postal Service's leadership have reportedly agreed to appoint a FedEx board member to succeed Louis DeJoy as postmaster general, heightening concerns that the administration is pushing the independent mail agency toward privatization. The Washington Post reported late Tuesday that Trump and the USPS Board...

The Social Security Administration is backing off a plan it announced in March to withhold 100% of many beneficiaries’ monthly payments to claw back money the government had allegedly overpaid them.

WASHINGTON — Millions of immigrants in the country without legal authorization are required as of Friday to register with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security after a federal judge rejected advocacy groups’ request to pause the requirement.

Other than those indigenous to this vast and blessed land, we are all immigrants here in the United States of America, with rights enshrined in the constitution, no matter our status. The frantic mass deportations pushed by the current administration have affected visa holders, asylum seekers, tourists, and legal citizens. Sweeping reforms have eliminated due process in a web of reinterpreting archaic laws like the Alien Enemies Act and have revoked Temporary Protection Statuses (TPS) , affecting hundreds of thousands of innocent people.

Federal investigators have launched a criminal probe against New York attorney general Letitia James, who famously won a $454 million fraud judgment against president Donald Trump and his real estate company. Federal Housing Finance Agency director William Pulte sent a letter last month to the Department of Justice requesting the investigation for alleged mortgage fraud, which attorney general Pam Bondi steered to the US Attorney’s Office in Albany, reported the Albany Times Union. "Although James is a statewide elected official with offices in Albany, the transactions involve her personal pro...

President Donald Trump took to his social media platform Monday evening to double down on his plans to celebrate the end of World War I and World War II in the United States by designating specific "Victory Days" for each conflict. He wrote on his Truth Social app last week that he would rename May 8 as "Victory Day for World War II," aligning with the European observance of VE Day, and Nov. 11 as "Victory Day for World War I," the date of the armistice in 1918. Trump has also floated renaming Veterans Day to "Victory Day for World War I," but the White House walked that back facing backlash f...

CNN host Kasie Hunt began her Tuesday show citing "one flashing red economic warning sign arriving on American soil." At the top of her show, Hunt described the first shipping container vessel containing Chinese goods that floated into the Port of Los Angeles as only "half full." President Donald Trump issued a 145% tariff on many goods coming into the U.S. from China. Want more breaking political news? Click for the latest headlines at Raw Story. Because those ships are so empty, Hunt said, "In just a matter of weeks, Americans are set to be faced with higher prices, shortages on store shelve...

Even Democrats who once supported regulatory legislation for "stablecoins" are backing off now that the Trump family is a major player in the crypto market, according to a new report in The New York Times. Stablecoins are "a type of cryptocurrency that maintains a price of $1"; Crypto traders like stablecoins because they don't "swing in value the way other digital currencies do, making them convenient for many types of business transactions," according to the report. A bill backed by the crypto industry called the GENIUS Act would be "one of the first formal acts by lawmakers to create a regu...

MSNBC finance expert Steven Rattner slammed President Donald Trump’s belief that democrats want a 68% tax increase, saying the numbers just don't add up. In an interview, Trump was asked about economic uncertainty being on the rise, and then doubled down on his plan to pass another tax cut. “I think there's only uncertainty in the fake news,” Trump said. “We're trying to get approved right now, the biggest tax cut in the history of our country, and if it doesn't get approved, it's a 68% tax increase, and that's what the democrats want. They want a 68% tax increase. It's rather incredible.” Wan...

Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL) grilled Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem about her agency's decision to withhold federal grant money without permission from Congress. "Let's start with Article 1 [of the Constitution], which gives Congress and only Congress the power of the purse," Underwood told Noem at a House Appropriations Committee hearing on Tuesday. "But this administration is freezing, terminating, and even clawing back federal grants and awards that were already signed into law." "So, Secretary, let me ask you, do you believe the administration has the authority to su...

CRANBURY — MJH Healthcare Holdings, LLC and affiliated entities have agreed to pay $2,006,424 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by improperly certifying eligibility for reduced postal rates on mailings that did not meet federal requirements, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The U.S. government is reversing the termination of legal status for international students around the country after many filed court challenges against the Trump administration crackdown, federal officials said Friday.

Israel plans to "occupy and flatten" what remains of key parts of Gaza if no deal is reached by the time President Donald Trump finishes up his tour of the Middle East this month, Axios reported on Monday. "Israel's Security Cabinet approved a plan Sunday night to gradually reoccupy all of Gaza and hold it indefinitely if no deal is reached by May 15," said the report. "Plans for the operation call for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to flatten any buildings that remain standing and displace virtually the entire population of 2 million people to a single 'humanitarian area.' The alternative to...

GOP Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick claims he is “firmly committed to protecting” Medicaid. But when the opportunity arose to join a dozen of his Republican Congressional colleagues who signed a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson stating they would not support a final GOP budget that guts Medicaid, Fitzpatrick’s signature was conspicuously missing.

The Trump administration is moving to deport Asian nationals, including Cambodians, Filipinos, and Vietnamese, to Libya, a new legal complaint filed in a Massachusetts federal district court alleged. The migrants have no ties to the country, which is notorious for human rights abuses, and detainees who refuse to sign the paperwork authorizing it are being thrown in solitary confinement, the lawsuit alleges. It's the latest in a long string of allegations in court that the Trump administration is bypassing due process for huge groups of people officials summarily deem to be in the country illeg...

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“Marco Rubio has gone from bitter presidential rival to President Donald Trump’s go-to guy,” according to a Fox News report. However, many experts are questioning the decision to give Rubio, a former Florida Senator, four different roles within the administration. Those four roles are Secretary of State, National Security Advisor, U.S. Archivist, and Head of USAID. "Marco Rubio is very talented, but no one can do that," Joel Rubin, a former senior State Department official, told the outlet. Want more breaking political news? Click for the latest headlines at Raw Story. Rubin served under both ...

On Wednesday, conservative North Carolina state Supreme Court judicial candidate Jefferson Griffin finally conceded to Justice Allison Riggs after he lost his bid in court to exclude votes from the election. It has been six months since Griffin lost the election by 734 votes, and he has continued to battle in the courts. "The thing about Griffin's judicial challenge that made it really contemptible wasn't the fact that he raised it—it was a legitimately close race—but the fact that he leveled his challenge primarily at 6 counties that leaned Dem. He wasn't enforcing a rule, he was trying to ju...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) was forced to bang her gavel dozens of times as she lost control of a Delivering on Government Efficiency subcommittee hearing. During Wednesday's hearing on transgender women in sports, Greene tried to shut down Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM). "You took a minute of my time, wasting my time on a non-point of order," Greene told the ranking Democrat. Want more breaking political news? Click for the latest headlines at Raw Story. "Your time was not wasted," Stansbury insisted as Greene banged the gavel. "And to the trans community, we stand with you, with the LG...

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Federal authorities have taken down what they call "one of the largest and most dangerous drug trafficking organizations in U.S. history." The operation targeted the Sinaloa Cartel through the seizure of a record-breaking 400 Kilograms of Fentanyl - the largest in the history of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) - which was the lead agency in the multi-state effort.

Vice President JD Vance stirred swift outrage online Tuesday after delivering a warning to international visitors attending next year’s FIFA World Cup in the United States. “We will have visitors probably from close to a hundred countries,” he said at a White House event. “We want them to come, we want them to celebrate, we want them to watch the games.” “But when the time is up, they’ll have to go home, otherwise they will have to talk to Secretary Noem,” he added about Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who was sitting a few chairs down from him. Want more breaking political news? Clic...

A tech industry veteran who joined Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) revealed what has surprised him after three months working as an unpaid contractor. Sahil Lavingia left the company he founded and was embedded earlier this year by DOGE in the Department of Veterans Affairs, where he expected to help the government save money by employing some of the tactics that helped his Gumroad startup provide services customers wanted and increase profits through lean spending practices, he told Fast Company. “The reason I did it is, I think, the impact I can have,” Lavingia told th...

The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter James has returned to Florida from a patrol that saw them seize more than 44,550 pounds of Mexican Cartel cocaine and 3,880 pounds of Mexican Cartel marijuana worth about $510 million. US Attorney General Pam Biondi says the seizures represent more than a half-billion-dollars of lost profits by the Gulf Cartel (CDG), the Sinaloa Cartel (CDS), and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).

SHENANDOAH – A day after the ailing pharmacy chain filed for a second bankruptcy, Rite... The post Local Rite Aid stores listed for sale following bankruptcy filing first appeared on The Shenandoah Sentinel .

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Far-right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer is once again lashing out at the Trump administration – this time over the replacement for a nominee she herself helped tank. Hours after President Donald Trump withdrew the nomination of Dr. Janette Nesheiwat for U.S. surgeon general – following complaints from Loomer – he announced a new pick: wellness influencer and metabolic health advocate Dr. Casey Means. But Loomer still isn’t satisfied. Want more breaking political news? Click for the latest headlines at Raw Story. “Casey Means, the new Trump nominee for US Surgeon General doesn’t even have an...

Progressive Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), who's held her seat for 26 years, announced Monday she will retire at the end of her term, and will not seek re-election next year. Schakowsky, of Evanston, has served Illinois’s 9th congressional district since 1999, representing Chicago’s North Side and several northern suburbs. Before that, she served eight years in the state's General Assembly. Schakowsky has held roles such as chief deputy whip for House Democrats and is active on the House Energy and Commerce Committee. She has been an advocate on health care, seniors’ issues, women’s rights, and c...

Rennie Glasgow, who has served 15 years at the Social Security Administration, is seeing something new on the job: dead people. They’re not really dead, of course. In four instances over the past few weeks, he told KFF Health News, his Schenectady, New York, office has seen people come in for whom “there is no information on the record, just that they are dead.” So employees have to “resurrect” them — affirm that they’re living, so they can receive their benefits.