Pentagon plans to begin removing trans service members from the military next month
President Trump looks on as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House on Wednesday. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images…
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Andrew Tate, facing rape and trafficking charges in Romania, is back in the U.S.
Andrew Tate (foreground) and his brother Tristan arrive in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Thursday, after Romanian authorities lifted travel restrictions against them. Marta Lavandier/AP hide…
ICE will reopen a major detention center in New Jersey as it eyes a broader expansion
Caleb Vitello, the acting head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, during operations in New York City last month. ICE via/Getty Images hide caption toggle…
How Trump’s crackdown plays into misperceptions about immigrants and crime
The Department of Homeland Security released photos of migrants as they boarded planes for Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. DHS hide caption toggle caption DHS When the…
Republican Sen. Josh Hawley discusses his mission to hold big tech accountable
Sen. Josh Hawley delivers remarks during the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson in the Hart Senate…
Why are ‘fireworks’ coming from a black hole? This is what scientists say
This artist’s concept shows Sagittarius A*, a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, surrounded by a swirling accretion disk of…
A rare ‘parade’ of all 7 planets will move across the night sky this week
This chart of the night sky from NASA shows Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus in a “planet parade” in January 2025. NASA/JPL-Caltech/NASA.gov hide caption toggle…
EPA employees who work on environmental justice are put on leave
The majority of employees who work at the EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights were put on administrative leave Thursday. Stefani Reynolds/AFP…
Who is Alice Marie Johnson, Trump’s newly appointed ‘pardon czar’?
Alice Marie Johnson, who had her sentence commuted by President Donald Trump after she served 21 years in prison for cocaine trafficking, speaks during a…
Joy Reid fired from MSNBC amid network shakeup
Joy Reid speaks in New Orleans in 2024. Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for ESSENCE hide caption toggle caption Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for ESSENCE Political commentator and…