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(José Niño, Headline USA) President Donald Trump signed an executive order on May 19, 2026 that aims to weaponize the American banking system against illegal immigration. The order, titled "Restoring Integrity to America's Financial System," directs Treasury and federal financial regulators to implement a series of measures designed to...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Congress just proposed tying the United States military to Israel's armed forces more closely than ever before, Responsible Statecraft reported. Buried inside the House version of the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act released Tuesday is Section 224, titled "United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative." Ben Freeman...

(Headline USA) A prediction market reported former U.S. Rep. George Santos to federal prosecutors after he boasted he'd be going to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, then bet against his own attendance, according to the Associated Press. Kalshi, the online prediction marketplace, referred Santos to the Department of...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The House is expected to vote this week on a War Powers Resolution to end US support for Israel’s war in Lebanon, which has been a major impediment to ending the US-Israeli war against Iran. The bill, introduced by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), would end any US...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The Trump-led Department of Agriculture is battling a bed bug infestation that officials say may have been caused by employees’ negligence, with the same workers now demanding the right to stay home while collecting taxpayer-funded salaries. The infestation, first reported Tuesday by NOTUS, appears to have affected...

(Headline USA)  In a remarkable sign of the turmoil at CBS’s top-rated “60 Minutes,” correspondent Scott Pelley said CBS News head Bari Weiss was “murdering the show” and accused its new producer of having “slender qualifications” for the job, according to reports. Pelley made his accusations in an introductory meeting...

(Elyse S. Apel, The Center Square) Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has appointed members to a new council tasked with documenting the impacts of Operation Metro Surge and Operation PARRIS, two federal immigration enforcement operations that sparked controversy, litigation and criminal investigations that remain ongoing. Walz, a Democrat, announced the appointments ...

(John Cole, The Center Square)  As the debate around data centers continues in Pennsylvania, a pair of lawmakers have penned a letter pushing for answers and transparency at the federal level. Last week, U.S. Reps. Madeleine Dean, D-4th District, and Dwight Evans, D-3rd District, sent a letter to the Federal...

(Tim Clouser, The Center Square) The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced a $4 billion funding opportunity for homelessness services on Monday, shifting away from the Housing First model.​ The notice of funding opportunity, or NOFO, for HUD’s Continuum of Care program, represents a major turning point in...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) on Tuesday responded to an Axios report that alleged President Donald Trump lashed out at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over Israel’s escalations in Lebanon, saying that it was “all talk” and pointing out that the US could withhold military aid if...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday that the United States isn’t producing enough anti-ballistic missiles and that he has requested a license for Ukraine to start producing Patriot missiles. “There is not enough anti-ballistic missile production in the United States, and this could lead to a...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Border Patrol agents in Southern California have found another underground cross border tunnel, leading to the arrest of four men and the seizure of enough cocaine to kill 34 million people. As illegal crossings across the southwest border have dropped by 95% under the Trump...