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Federal agents in tactical gear descended on the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar before dawn on Monday, October 12, 2026, executing a search warrant that is the most brazen act yet in a sustained campaign to weaponize immigration enforcement against political opponents of President Donald Trump. The pre-dawn operation by Homeland Security Investigations, the DepartmentContinue reading “Tyrant Trump dispatches DHS raid on Democratic congresswoman’s home”

A 29-year-old artist who was physically confronted by several men at a Donald Trump rally after she shouted “Fascist!” says she was punched, fell backward into the seats, and had patches of hair pulled out — and that police made no arrests of the men involved. Blake, who spoke to The Daily Beast in anContinue reading “Police made no arrests after thugs assaulted a woman at Trump Rally in Ohio”

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center reported 12 attacks on vessels in the week ending Oct. 16, including 10 in the Strait of Hormuz, but said most attacked vessels did not report the incidents, leaving the true number unknown—but likely at least 25 or more. The report has intensified debate over the Trump administration’sContinue reading “Vessel attacks in the Strait of Hormuz reveal failing U.S. strategy against Iran”

Idealistic engineers built artificial intelligence & algorithms that are dismantling democracy They came to Silicon Valley to connect the world, but many left the technology industry wondering if they had broken it. The story of how a generation of engineers and product designers — many of them genuine idealists — built the algorithmic infrastructure thatContinue reading “The moral vacuum of ‘move fast and break things’”

Jersey City Ward E Councilwoman Eleana Little is calling on the city administration to reverse course and restore public trash cans in residential neighborhoods after the city removed them as part of a new municipal pilot program. An online petition is circulating to pressure municipal officials to bring back the litter baskets. Jersey City recentlyContinue reading “Councilwoman trashing Mayor’s removal of Jersey City litter baskets”

Progressive talk show host Stephanie Miller unleashed a scathing critique of the federal government during a recent broadcast, blasting administration policies on foreign affairs and ethics, as well as the controversial proposal to live-stream a federal execution. Joined by her co-host, Miller lambasted foreign policy decisions on Ukraine and Russia, responding to a social mediaContinue reading “Stephanie Miller says US is funding Putin’s war machine’s murder of civilians, including children”

Our Revolution activist slams ‘stupid’ publicity stunt calling for assemblywoman’s resignation Jamesburg Councilman Bertin Lefkovic has sparked outrage after becoming the first Democratic elected official to demand Assemblywoman Tennille McCoy’s (D-Hamilton) resignation, while admitting his original vote for her was based on race. Lefkovic called on McCoy to step down Friday amid allegations of aContinue reading “Jamesburg councilman ignites firestorm with racist admission”

Our Revolution Activist Slams ‘Stupid’ Publicity Stunt Jamesburg Councilman Bertin Lefkovic has sparked outrage after becoming the first Democratic elected official to demand Assemblywoman Tennille McCoy’s (D-Hamilton) resignation, while admitting his original vote for her was based on race. Lefkovic called on McCoy to step down Friday amid allegations of a toxic workplace and ethicsContinue reading “Jamesburg councilman ignites firestorm with racist admission while calling for assemblywoman’s resignation”

Dr. Russell Portenoy stood before rooms of physicians in the late 1980s and 1990s, telling them what they desperately wanted to hear: that the pain their patients suffered was undertreated, that opioids were safe, and that withholding them was cruel. “I gave innumerable lectures in the late 1980s and ‘90s about addiction that weren’t true,”Continue reading “The healers who prescribed the poison that helped unleash the opioid epidemic”

by Nikita Biryukov, New Jersey Monitor The New Jersey Local Finance Board approved a $498 million lease for a Newark school building that local officials said is needed to alleviate overcrowding, a vote taken after complaints from Republicans who alleged corruption and mismanagement. The board’s vote will permit the Newark School District to lease theContinue reading “New Jersey Local Finance Board approves $498 million Newark school lease”

President Donald Trump suggested Wednesday that government whistleblowers who leak confidential information to the news media should face execution, escalating his rhetoric against national security disclosures as the midterm elections approach. Speaking to a crowd of supporters at a campaign rally in Bullhead City, Arizona, Trump targeted recent disclosures concerning incompetent military operations in Iran,Continue reading “Trump wants to kill whistleblowers who expose government corruption & incompetence”

In a spectacle that combined presidential authority with campaign-trail theater, President Donald Trump stood before a roaring crowd of supporters in Wasilla, Alaska, and transformed the Article II pardon power into a political stage prop. Flanked by cameras and cheered on by Alaska’s congressional Republicans, Trump summoned two local diesel mechanics — Zachary Czubak andContinue reading “Clean Air Act, Dirty Politics: Trump pardons are a reality TV spectacle in Wasilla”

The armored vehicles, the camouflage uniforms, the language of “warriors” and “battlefields” — these were not accidents. They were choices, made by people who believed, with apparent sincerity, that they were helping. The story of how American policing became militarized is not a simple tale of bad actors or cynical power grabs. It is aContinue reading “American policing’s architects sold brutal militarization instead of protection”

Nearly 72 million Social Security recipients will see a 3.6% increase in their monthly checks starting in January 2027, the Social Security Administration announced Wednesday, giving retirees their largest benefit boost since 2023 while accelerating long-term solvency pressures on the program’s trust funds. The annual cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, will raise the average retiree benefitContinue reading “Social Security 3.6% COLA increase accelerates date when benefits will fall 25%”

With less than a month until Election Day, a new KFF poll finds health care affordability is a leading financial concern, while looming GOP Medicaid cuts and rising insurance premiums threaten to become major election liabilities as President Donald Trump is promising voters taxpayer-funded bribes if they support Republican candidates. On the day Trump endorsedContinue reading “Health costs dominate midterm as voters favor Democrats and Trump promotes NJ Republicans”

Rebecca Bennett has made congressional stock trading a line of attack against Rep. Tom Kean Jr. Now, her own investment history is part of the fight in the three-way November 3 election. Incumbent Congressman Tom Kean Jr. is the Republican nominee; former Texas Republican Rebecca Bennett is the Democratic nominee; and Democrat Seamus OToole, aContinue reading “Bennett’s portfolio draws scrutiny as stock trading fight heats up in NJ-07”

Suicide deaths in the United States rose slightly in 2025, provisional federal data show, following a two-year decline that had offered cautious hope to public health officials. The increase of nearly 250 deaths comes as Americans report historic levels of dissatisfaction with the nation’s direction and deep frustration with the cost of living, according toContinue reading “Suicide deaths in the United States rose in 2025, following Trump’s return to power”