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A 5-year-old immigrant boy has been released from federal custody a week after children’s entertainer Ms. Rachel’s video call with the nonverbal boy spread across the U.S. Now Gael and his parents are returning home to El Paso, Texas, according to NBC News . His parents, who are Colombian asylum-seekers with no criminal record in the U.S., say their child suffers from developmental delays and oth…

President Donald Trump applauded the Immigration and Customs Enforcement goons whom he dispatched to airports across the country, saying that their efforts standing around as travelers wait in hours-long security lines are rehabbing the agency's image. On Wednesday, Trump wrote in a quintessentially stupid but also supremely weird Truth Social post: I am so proud of our ICE Patriots! They were un…

President Donald Trump's job approval rating is now at the lowest level of his second term, but beyond that topline is an even grimmer reality for Trump and the Republican Party: Men, the lifeblood of the GOP coalition, are souring on the president. As Americans express frustration with the struggling economy and his military quagmire in Iran, Trump’s approval rating is now 16 percentage points u…

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins appeared on Fox Business Wednesday to blame former President Joe Biden for rising fertilizer costs, while accusing Democrats of creating programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to buy votes. “I would speculate they're working to put people into government programs where they can buy their vote for the election,” Rollins said. “I do believe …

Nick Adams is the quintessential Trump-era success story. From being a poster so weird that it seemed like it might be an elaborate bit to failing to land a plum ambassador job, Adams has somehow still continued to fail upward. So, while the people of Malaysia will not be graced with his ambassadorial presence, the rest of the world will now be subject to Adams in his new made-up job : as “Specia…

Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff of California went on CNBC to explain the Republican-driven government shutdown to host Joe Kernen. When the Trump-friendly host tried to push a GOP talking point blaming Democrats, Schiff shut him down with a dose of reality. “I don't want to hold up the rest of what [Department of Homeland Security] does,” Schiff said , reminding him that the GOP has refused to pass …

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Democrats on Tuesday notched yet more special election victories, this time flipping two state legislative seats in Florida that President Donald Trump carried in 2024—including the state House district encompassing his tacky Mar-a-Lago resort . In Florida state House District 87, Democrat Emily Gregory beat Trump-endorsed Republican Jon Maples by just over 2 percentage points . Meanwhile, in sta…

Laughs were flowing in a Charleston, South Carolina, banquet hall last week to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, and oddly enough, they were caused by the jokes of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Which, sure, is as weird as it sounds, as the man is known for his wooden delivery. But the jokes that Bessent decided to crack are even weirder. Sen. Lindsey Graham “The reason Lindsey Graham isn’t married…

After an embarrassing confirmation hearing , GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma was appointed Homeland Security Secretary Monday night, replacing the catastrophically corrupt Kristi Noem. Like his boss, Mullin first gained political attention as a promoter of the racist birther conspiracy theory , and he hasn’t built a better reputation since. You might remember the time when Mullin got into i…

Industry money has been pouring into the congressional campaign of Michael Alfonso, a 26-year-old political unknown from Wisconsin. The candidate’s father-in-law happens to be the U.S. secretary of transportation. By Megan O’Matz for ProPublica The $16 billion Hudson Tunnel Project, under construction between Manhattan and New Jersey, will improve passenger rail service, an important issue for Ne…