Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) is demanding the release of a 13-year-old Everett, Mass., resident held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after a local arrest on Oct. 9, calling the case “alarming” and the conditions “inhumane.” In a statement on Oct. 14, Pressley said ICE “abduct[ed] a 13-year-old child” and transported him more than 500 […]
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has spoken publicly for the first time since Georgia’s highest court left in place a decision disqualifying her from prosecuting the state’s 2020 election-interference case involving President Donald Trump and others, saying she was “not surprised” given what she called a broader “culture of fear.” On 16 September, the […]
Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith criticized Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) for her frequent denunciations of President Donald Trump, questioning whether her approach serves constituents in Texas’ 30th District. The remarks came on the Oct. 2 episode of his podcast, Straight Shooter with Stephen A., and circulated widely via clips on social platforms. In the segment, […]
New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, on charges of bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution tied to a mortgage application for a Virginia property. Letitia James, 66, a Democrat who previously led a high-profile civil fraud case against Donald Trump, […]
Confidence among Donald Trump’s supporters about the country’s direction slipped in September, multiple polls show, reflecting a turbulent month marked by a high-profile killing, a free-speech firestorm, and a federal government shutdown. At the start of September, 75% of Trump voters told YouGov/Economist the U.S. was on the right track, versus 17% on the wrong […]
