Progressive search for action

2+ min ago (1870+ words) St. Paul, MN " Last month, dozens of community members were alerted to a surprise raid at a warehouse in St. Paul. Within minutes of federal agents with ICE, the DEA and FBI arriving at the workplace, a rapid response network mobilized to confront the agents carrying out an immigration raid at the Bro-Tex distribution center. In recent weeks, as the Trump administration bears down on the Twin Cities area, activists have responded to a slew of immigration raids. Drawing on lessons from other communities and organizations that have faced off against agents in similar raids, organizers in Minnesota have adapted and learned from each encounter. Two participants in the November 21 resistance shared their firsthand experience with Unicorn Riot, providing valuable insight about what they saw at the Bro-Tex facility operation. In the wake of recent raids, and with an eye…...

5+ min ago (161+ words) Indiana Republicans rejected an intense pressure campaign by President Donald Trump to redraw the state's congressional maps, and CNN's Harry Enten said that shows his grip on the GOP's MAGA base is weakening. The GOP-controlled state Senate voted against the mid-decade redistricting measure Thursday following months of pressure and violent threats against legislators, and Enten told "CNN News Central" the political loss flowed from his softening support within the Republican Party. "As I said, he's not a machine," Enten added. "He's not a machine, he's a man. You can go against him as exactly they did in Indiana." The president pushed Republican state legislatures across the country to redraw their congressional maps in the middle of the decade with an eye on improving their chances for holding their congressional majorities in next year's midterm elections, but Enten said that's not…...

16+ min ago (367+ words) CBS News correspondent Scott Pelley said Friday that the network's vaunted news magazine 60 Minutes has not been unduly influenced by the recent corporate merger between Skydance and Paramount. Pelley spoke at the 2025 Walter Cronkite Awards, where he, comedian Jon Stewart, and MS NOW's'Rachel Maddow were named award honorees. "Twenty-twenty-five was a fraught time for 60 Minutes'our corporation was attempting to merge with another company, and it required the Trump administration's approval to do so. A great deal of pressure was placed on 60 Minutes," Pelley began. "Two great news executives'Bill Owens, the executive producer of 60 Minutes, under pressure, was forced to resign. And then'we lost our news division president, Wendy McMahon. These were not managers; these were leaders in our profession. The most outstanding leaders in journalism I have known throughout my career, and it was heartbreaking to all of us to…...

16+ min ago (575+ words) The judge on Tuesday refused to step aside in the case of Trump's former campaign attorney and two others who face felony forgery charges related to the 2020 election in the battleground state. Jim Troupis, Trump's former attorney who is also a former judge, alleged that the Wisconsin judge overseeing his felony case had not written the August order refusing to dismiss the charges. Troupis alleged that Judge John Hyland had received help in writing the order from a retired judge whose son works for Hyland. Hyland refuted the allegations and refused to step aside or cancel a Monday preliminary hearing in the case as Troupis had requested. Hyland said he and his law clerk alone wrote the order in question. Johnson, in his Thursday letter to U.S. Attorney Pam Bondi, asked the Justice Department to review the allegations brought forward by…...

20+ min ago (166+ words) A White House press conference turned tense when a reporter publicly dismantled President Donald Trump's latest boast that his administration "obliterated" Iran's nuclear sites during a bombing campaign, pointing out that Trump's own National Security Strategy says the strikes only "set them back." Trump insisted an Atomic Energy Commission assessment backed him, even as the reporter pushed back.Watch the video below. Your browser does not support the video tag. Reporter shreds Trump claim on Iran strike with on-the-spot fact-check Reporter shreds Trump claim on Iran strike with on-the-spot fact-check A White House press conference turned tense when a reporter publicly dismantled President Donald Trump's latest boast that his administration "obliterated" Iran's nuclear sites during a bombing campaign, pointing out that Trump's own National Security Strategy says the strikes only "set them back." Trump insisted an Atomic Energy Commission assessment…...

25+ min ago (377+ words) A black market has been growing for years. This escalation puts a new spotlight on it. Following this week's seizure of a sanctioned ship off the coast of Venezuela, the Trump administration says it will be targeting more oil tankers off the Venezuelan coast. This is, first and foremost, a dramatic escalation in the Trump administration's campaign targeting Venezuela's President Nicol's Maduro, whom the White House accuses of facilitating drug trafficking into the United States. But it's also the latest salvo in a campaign by Western governments to crack down on the so-called shadow fleet that has allowed countries like Venezuela, Russia, and Iran to continue participating in the global oil trade, despite international sanctions. In the past few days, there's been yet another major escalation in this campaign, off the coast of Ukraine. Officials and analysts have been concerned…...

30+ min ago (928+ words) The pilot program, added to the military budget behind closed doors, upends an 80-year precedent against covering contractors" interest payments. For the better part of a century, there was one thing even the U.S. government would not do to pad the profits of defense contractors. Now, more than 80 years of precedent may be coming to an end. On Thursday, lawmakers in the House approved a "pilot program" in the pending Pentagon budget bill that could eventually open the door to sending billions to big contractors, while providing what critics say would be little benefit to the military. The provision, which appeared in the budget bill after a closed-door session overseen by top lawmakers, would allow contractors to claim reimbursement for the interest they pay on debt they take on to build weapons and other gadgets for the armed services. The technical-sounding…...

32+ min ago (450+ words) A 66-year-old retired engineer, 72-year-old Donald Trump supporter and a 76-year-old retired school teacher are just some of the 17,000 people who lost significant sums of cash to a nearly $2 billion scam run by David Gentile, who served only 13 days of his seven-year sentence. The president announced this month was commuting the sentence of Gentile, the former CEO and owner of GPB Capital Holdings, stopping the sentence and the fines and paybacks to victims, the New York Times reported. Gentile was charged in 2021 for a scheme the Securities and Exchange Commission described as Ponzi-like. the fund raised over $1.7 billion in investments and used the investors' own funds to pay out monthly payments instead of putting them into actual investments. The investors were told they would get an 8 percent monthly distribution from their profits. Unlike victims of schemes by Bernie Madoff, Gentile's…...

35+ min ago (266+ words) The lawyer representing jailed former Colorado elections clerk turned MAGA conspiracy activist Tina Peters suggested that Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO), as well as Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, could find themselves in prison soon. The attorney, Peter Ticktin, made this claim as part of a furious statement responding to Polis' refusal to release Peters from her sentence for unlawfully breaching election equipment, as part of her plot to prove President Donald Trump was the rightful winner of the 2020 presidential election. Trump issued a pardon for Peters this week, but that pardon is considered purely symbolic because she was convicted on state charges, which are not subject to federal pardons. But Ticktin insists that this is an unsettled legal question and Peters should, at the very least, be released until courts decide one way or the other. "As such, he…...

42+ min ago (222+ words) President Donald Trump's approval rating has cratered to its lowest point yet, with a new AP-NORC poll showing Americans sharply rejecting his handling of the economy and immigration'two issues central to his political brand. Economic approval has plunged to just 31%, the lowest of his presidency, while overall job approval has dipped to 36%, signaling growing frustration even among some Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterms. Social media reactions ranged from disbelief to mockery as the numbers underscored a deepening public dissatisfaction with Trump's leadership.Watch the video below. Your browser does not support the video tag. Trump approval sinks to record lows as economy and immigration numbers collapse Trump approval sinks to record lows as economy and immigration numbers collapse President Donald Trump's approval rating has cratered to its lowest point yet, with a new AP-NORC poll showing Americans sharply rejecting his…...