Donald Trump on Wednesday will use a one-day break from his hush money trial to rally voters in the battleground states of Wisconsin and Michigan‚ a day after he was held in contempt of court and threatened with jail time for violating a gag order. His remarks will be closely watched after he received a $9‚000 fine for making public statements about people connected to the case. In imposing the fine for posts on Trump’s Truth Social account and campaign website‚ Judge Juan M. Merchan said...

The number of encounters between law enforcement and suspected illegal migrants across five regions of Texas fell dramatically in the 2024 fiscal year through March compared to the same period in 2023‚ according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data. The figures depicted sharp declines in the El Paso‚ Big Bend‚ Del Rio‚ Laredo and Rio Grande Valley quadrants‚ which combined cover the state's entire border with Mexico. Over the same period‚ the number of encounters increased across...

Even borrowing money is more expensive these days — and the Federal Reserve might decide to keep it that way for a while. All eyes are on the Fed’s May meeting today‚ where Fed chair Jerome Powell will make an announcement about interest rates. Though analysts do not expect the Fed to cut rates just yet‚ some had projected a cut might be coming soon. That now appears increasingly unlikely. Instead‚ his remarks are expected to shed light on how much longer the US economy will have to endure high...

South Korea is considering sharing advanced military technology with the United States‚ the United Kingdom and Australia through the so-called AUKUS partnership‚ South Korean Defense Minister Shin Won-sik said.Shin said the possibility was discussed during two days of meetings between South Korea and Australia’s defense and foreign ministers that ended in the Australian city of Melbourne on Wednesday.The United States and the United Kingdom agreed in 2021 to provide Australia with a fleet of...

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-New York) once had a reputation for being a traditional &;quot;business conservative&;quot; along the lines of Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) or former New York Gov. George Pataki‚ and she was highly critical of Donald Trump during the 2016 election. But in recent years‚ Stefanik has taken an ultra-MAGA turn and become a strident‚ combative Trump supporter. Stefanik is reportedly on Trump's short list of possible running mates for the 2024 presidential race‚ and the congresswoman...

Most of the migrants who qualify to fly into the United States under the Biden administration's four-country mass parole program are landing in Florida‚ according to Department of Homeland Security documents subpoenaed by the House Homeland Security Committee. The committee released documents Tuesday covering approximately 200‚000 migrant arrivals between January and August 2023 showing four Florida cities were among the top 15 places where migrants from Cuba‚ Nicaragua‚ Haiti‚ and Venezuela...

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) data is revealing the more than 45 cities in the U.S. that hundreds of thousands of migrants have flown into via a controversial parole program for four nationalities — with the vast majority entering the U.S. via airports in Florida. During an eight-month period from January through August 2023‚ roughly 200‚000 migrants flew into the U.S. via the program. Of those‚ 80% of them‚ (161‚562) arrived in the state of Florida in four cities: Miami‚...

Police deployed in force on the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) campus on Wednesday morning after Israel supporters attacked a camp set up by pro-Palestinian protesters. Witness footage from the scene‚ verified by Reuters‚ showed people wielding sticks or poles to attack wooden boards being held up as a makeshift barricade to protect the pro-Palestinian protesters‚ some of whom held placards or umbrellas. On the other side of the country‚ police in New York arrested dozens...

Dueling groups of protesters clashed Wednesday at the University of California‚ Los Angeles‚ grappling in fistfights and shoving‚ kicking and using sticks to beat one another. Hours earlier‚ police burst into a building at Columbia University that pro-Palestinian protesters took over and broke up a demonstration that had paralyzed the school while inspiring others. After a couple of hours of scuffles between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli demonstrators at UCLA‚ police wearing...

An anti-Israel protest at the University of California‚ Los Angeles turned violent late Tuesday night as fights broke out and firecrackers were thrown at the makeshift tent encampments. The commotion broke out at UCLA in Westwood after several agitators attempted to break down a barricade set up on campus. One agitator blasted pepper spray into multiple people’s faces‚ leading to a brawl‚ according to video captured by Fox 11. Firecrackers were then thrown toward a barrier set up...