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October 22, 2025
Bondi knocks Democrats over planned 'ICE tracker'
10/21/25 8:16 PM ET Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday went after Democrats over proposed plans to launch an online “tracker” of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity. “Shutdown Democrats are already refusing to pay our law enforcement agents. Now, @RepRobertGarcia and @SenBlumenthal are trying to put ICE agents at risk just for doing their jobs,” Bondi said in a post on the social platform X, referring to Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.). “@ ...
Go to discussionHegseth orders prior approval for 'all interactions' between military officials and Congress
PUBLISHED Oct 22, 2025, 5:00 AM ET The Pentagon is barring nearly all Defense Department personnel, including military commanders, from talking to Congress or state lawmakers unless they have received prior approval from the agency’s office of legislative affairs, according to a memo signed this month by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and obtained by CNN. “Unauthorized engagements with Congress by [Defense Department] personnel acting in their official capacity, no matter how well-intentioned ...
Go to discussionFormer US officials urge Congress to examine 'weaponization' working group
October 21, 2025 3:14 PM EDT Updated 10 hours ago WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (Reuters) - A group of hundreds of former U.S. national security officials on Tuesday urged lawmakers to examine an internal government group that has been coordinating President Donald Trump's retribution drive against his perceived enemies. The Steady State, a rule-of-law advocacy group, issued its call for congressional inquiries into the Interagency Weaponization Working Group in a letter to the top Republicans and Democ ...
Go to discussionOver 100 people detained in federal raid at Idaho horse track, ICE says
Posted 6:14 PM, Oct 21, 2025 Federal immigration officials say 105 people were arrested over the weekend during an operation at a horse track in Wilder, Idaho — about 40 miles west of Boise. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a statement to the Scripps News Group in Boise that its officers “dismantled an illegal horse-racing, animal fighting, and gambling enterprise” at the La Catedral Arena. The arrests were part of a coordinated law enforcement effort involving multiple agenci ...
Go to discussionTrump's plan to improve Coca-Cola by making it more Mexican hits an immediate snag
12h President Donald Trump's push for Coca-Cola to make its signature soda in the U.S. using cane sugar has already hit a snag, according to a new report. Trump, a known fan of Diet Coke, announced in July that he spoke with Coca-Cola about "using REAL Cane Sugar in Coke in the United States, and they have agreed to do so." American Coke is typically made with high-fructose corn syrup, while Mexican Coke -- which is imported from Mexico and packaged in glass bottles -- uses cane su ...
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