A fraud scandal has made the Somali community in Minnesota a focus of the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants.In recent months, foot traffic and sales at Somali owned businesses in and around Karmel Mall have sharply declined following recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations
The new guidelines for immigration facilities, issued by Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, are virtually identical to a policy that a federal judge halted last month.Federal immigration officials on Saturday used Kristi Noem’s guidance to deny Representatives Angie Craig, Ilhan Omar and
President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran at a news conference in Tehran in 2024.
The president has said he will be “hitting them very hard” if Iranian leaders kill protesters amid widespread demonstrations calling for wholesale changes in the country.Demonstrators protested in Tehran on Thursday.
President Trump promised to fill the appeals courts with “my judges.” They have formed a nearly united phalanx to defend his agenda from legal challenges.
President Claudia Sheinbaum and her inner circle have been grappling with the right tone to strike in the country’s response to the Venezuela strike for fear of antagonizing the White House.President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico has tried to thread a narrow diplomatic needle in the aftermath of the U
President Trump urged Cuba to “make a deal, before it’s too late” in a social media post, but it was unclear what he meant. Cuba’s president responded with defiance.Demonstrators during a gathering in support of the Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in Havana earlier this month. Mr. Maduro’s ousting
But the departing Virginia governor sidestepped questions about whether he himself planned to run for president in three years.Vice President JD Vance and Gov. Glenn Youngkin of Virginia last year in Damascus, Va., after Hurricane Helene hit the state.
The songwriter, guitarist and singer, who died at 78, animated the Grateful Dead from within.From left: Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir, Brent Mydland and Jerry Garcia.
The Grateful Dead guitarist, singer and songwriter was a bedrock of the band that became a psychedelic institution.
The Grateful Dead guitarist wore short shorts like no other.Bob Weir’s shorts were short. They were snipped high enough that fans quite a distance from the stage could make out Mr. Weir’s upper thighs. Shy about skin he was not.
A suspect was in custody and charged with arson for setting the Saturday morning fire. It’s not the first time the Beth Israel house of worship has been attacked.
The Brazilian star of “The Secret Agent” is a major Oscar contender, though some at home turned against him for criticizing the right-wing government.
The movies and TV series competing for the 83rd Golden Globes. The ceremony will air on Jan. 11.Leonardo DiCaprio, left, and Benicio Del Toro in “One Battle After Another,” nominated for nine Golden Globes.
Nikki Glaser is back as host, there’s a new podcast category and “One Battle After Another” looks to have a big night.
As a journalist, I thought I’d never join the ranks of obsessive superfans — until I suddenly became one.
The Opinion columnist M. Gessen examines how the president governs through spectacle, and the message his displays of force are meant to send.
The prison has outlasted the war in Afghanistan, has employed tens of thousands of temporary troops and holds six men charged but not yet tried in death penalty cases.
More large donations from wealthy Silicon Valley figures are expected as they try to marshal opposition to a proposed ballot measure that would impose a new tax on billionaires.Peter Thiel donated $3 million to a committee opposing California’s proposed wealth tax, according to a new disclosure.
In his first week as mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani tried to bridge the political theater of his campaign with the much harder work of governing.Mayor Zohran Mamdani recently held a news conference for content creators at City Hall.
His 1968 book, “Chariots of the Gods,” sold hundreds of thousands of copies, but one critic called it a “warped parody of reasoning.”Mr. von Däniken’s first and most successful books sold hundreds of thousands of copies, and inspired documentaries, comic books and a movie.
