Policy & Law

How Three Major Candidates for Governor Are Talking About Their Biden Administration Experience

Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, former Health Secretary Xavier Becerra and former White House engagement director Keisha Lance Bottoms are navigating their ties to a president with historically low approval ratings.

By Eleanor Cross · Saturday, May 30, 2026 · 4 min read
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Donna Brazile Deflects Questions About Jill Biden's Stroke Comments, Says Democrats Must Focus on Future Elections

The former DNC acting chair urged her party to look ahead to 2026 and beyond rather than relitigate the decisions that led to President Biden's withdrawal from the 2024 race.

By Marcus Webb · Saturday, May 30, 2026 · 3 min read
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Bovino Cheers ICE Agents at New Jersey Facility Criticized for Violence: 'Give Them Hell'

Former Border Patrol commander shows support as protests escalate outside Delaney Hall detention center amid allegations of detainee mistreatment.

By Diane Park · Saturday, May 30, 2026 · 4 min read
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Five Dead in Virginia Bus Crash; Transportation Secretary Cites Driver's Limited English as Factor

The E&P Travel bus from New York to North Carolina struck stopped traffic on I-95, killing five and injuring 44 others near Stafford County.

By Diane Park · Saturday, May 30, 2026 · 4 min read
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FBI Arrests Protester Who Threatened to Kill ICE Officer's Family at NJ Detention Center, Blanche Says

Acting Attorney General said the threats against the officer's wife and children constituted a federal crime that would not be tolerated.

By Marcus Webb · Saturday, May 30, 2026 · 4 min read
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Federal Prosecutor Denies Opening Criminal Investigation into E. Jean Carroll

Andrew Boutros, US attorney for Northern District of Illinois, says his office has never opened a criminal probe into the writer who accused President Donald Trump.

By Diane Park · Saturday, May 30, 2026 · 3 min read
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ICE Agent Arraigned on Assault Charges for January Shooting of Immigrant in Minnesota

Christian Castro, 52, faces four counts of second-degree assault and one count of falsely reporting a crime; the shooting occurred during a surge of federal immigration agents to the state.

By James Callahan · Saturday, May 30, 2026 · 3 min read
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Jill Biden Calls Husband's Cancer Diagnosis 'Shocking,' Questions Why It Was Missed

Former First Lady said in a CBS interview that medical guidelines for men over 70 may have contributed to her husband's prostate cancer going undetected during his presidency.

By Marcus Webb · Saturday, May 30, 2026 · 4 min read
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Former Iowa Schools Chief Receives 2-Year Sentence on Immigration, Gun Charges

Ian Roberts, who led the district of more than 30,000 students and was its first Black superintendent, will face removal from the country upon release.

By Eleanor Cross · Saturday, May 30, 2026 · 4 min read
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Trump's 'Fertilization President' Agenda Shows Limited Results as Birth Rates Continue Declining

More than one year into his second term, the administration's pronatalist policies have yet to reverse a record-low fertility rate that fell to 53.1 births per 1,000 women in 2025.

By Eleanor Cross · Saturday, May 30, 2026 · 4 min read