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Singer Billie Eilish used her spotlight at WSJ Magazine’s Innovator Awards Wednesday night to turn the heat on billionaires. “We’re in a time right now where the world is really, really bad and really dark and people need empathy and help more than, kind of, ever, especially in our country,” the 23-year-old said while accepting the Music Innovator Award. “I’d say if you have money, it would be gr…

FBI Director Kash Patel is committed to making the most of his time as the unlikely, unqualified head of the nation’s law enforcement agency. No, he’s not building big cases or figuring out better ways to keep people safe. Instead, Patel is making the most of the perks of his job. Well, not perks, really. More like just a straight-up misuse of government resources. You may recall that, despite be…

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Thursday admitted that President Donald Trump and the Republican congressional majority are withholding food assistance to more than 40 million Americans as a bargaining chip in the government funding negotiations—a cruel move that will lead scores of people to go hungry. Johnson made the comment during an appearance on CNN, in which host Dana Bash said that even som…

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem held a joint press conference Thursday with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Indiana Gov. Mike Braun to tout the supposed successes of “Operation Midway Blitz" in Illinois. Agents have reportedly arrested 223 people on Indiana highways near the border of Illinois as part of the racist initiative targeting immigrant drivers. “Putting these foreigners …

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Before President Donald Trump stuffed the Department of Justice full of his personal criminal attorneys and other assorted minions with a cult-like devotion to him, the possibility of a defendant prevailing on a selective or vindictive prosecution motion was vanishingly small. But now, the administration’s targeted efforts are so transparent, so bad faith, that they may actually break new ground …

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg stumped for New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Rep. Mikie Sherrill on Thursday, highlighting her efforts to save the billion-dollar Hudson River tunnel project known as Gateway—a project that President Donald Trump has vowed to cancel during the GOP government shutdown. “President Trump has announced his intention to kill or, in his words, ‘terminate…

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is asking the Trump administration for something that shouldn’t have to be asked: one weekend off from immigration raids so kids can celebrate Halloween in peace. In a letter sent Wednesday to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and the heads of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, Pritzker “respectfully” requested that federal agent…

House Speaker Mike Johnson repeated the false claim that the Trump administration is legally prevented from funding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program during the GOP’s government shutdown. “When it comes to SNAP, some of the Democrats have argued that you can use this contingency fund, but the truth is, there's no legal mechanism to do it,” Johnson said on Thursday during a press confe…

The Trump administration is reportedly planning to significantly increase its commitment to creating an American police state and has ordered the Pentagon to prepare over 23,500 National Guard troops for deployment to American cities. The Washington Post reported on Thursday that the Department of Defense has designated a “quick reaction force” within the National Guard, which was originally anno…

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The Trump administration has given Immigration and Customs Enforcement an absolutely staggering amount of money to hurt immigrants , and they’re not letting it go to waste. Fortunately for ICE—but unfortunately for everyone else—tech companies are happily playing their part in building a truly dystopian society, one where you are always under the administration’s gaze. According to 404 Media , IC…