Petterly Jean-Baptiste, center, an immigrant from Haiti, registers Nov. 16, 2023, with the Immigrant Family Services Institute, in Boston, while waiting with his family for transportation to a shelter, in Quincy, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) People with the protection are reliant on the government renewing their status when it expires. The Trump administration is…
The sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building is seen. May 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) The IRS layoffs, one of the largest purges this year across the government, could also hurt customer service and tax return processing. The layoffs of roughly 7,000 IRS probationary workers beginning this week likely mean the end of…
Indiana police claim they repeatedly punched, kicked and tasered a 38-year-old Black man in a Walmart parking lot on Tuesday because he had attacked them first. But police in the Indianapolis suburb of Lawrence still have not released body camera footage supporting that claim. As of now, the only videos that have surfaced were recorded…
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama reacts after a missed a free throw during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Chicago Bulls in Chicago, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File) Victor Wembanyama from France was averaging 24.3 points, 11 rebounds, 3.8 blocks and 3.7 assists this season. Victor…
DarNisha Hardaway poses with her son Joseph, 12, at home in Detroit, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) As Trump began to reshape the Education Department, investigations and mediations around disability rights issues came to a standstill. It was obvious to Christine Smith Olsey that her son was not doing well at school, despite educators…
During an interview Wednesday on Fox News host Sean Hannity’s show, the go-to place for wild assertions certain to go unchecked, Elon Musk and Donald Trump claimed former President Joe Biden “deliberately stranded” NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore’s mission aboard the International Space Station. It’s a bogus claim, one that’s been repeated across…
President Donald Trump speaks at the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute summit in Miami Beach, Fla., Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. (Pool via AP) The ruling comes as thousands of federal government employees have been shown the door since Trump took office. A federal judge in Washington has allowed President Donald Trump’s mass firings of federal workers to…
A resurfaced clip from Shark Tank’s first season has social media buzzing, as FUBU founder Daymond John and investor Kevin O’Leary delivered a harsh takedown of an entrepreneur they believed was misleading them. The episode, which aired in October 2009, featured Danon Beres, the CEO of fashion accessory brand Washed Up Hollywood, who confidently entered…
Talk show host and former White House intern Monica Lewinsky, now 51, is now rehashing details about her relationship with former President Bill Clinton in her new podcast “Reclaiming With Monica Lewinsky” on Wondery Media. She noted that not only did she fall in love with 42, but she also considered ending her life after the…
WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 20: U.S. President Donald Trump, joined by golf legend Tiger Woods, speaks during a reception honoring Black History Month in the East Room of the White House on February 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Black History Month celebration comes as Trump has signed a series of executive orders ending federal…
