Day: January 24, 2026

Mamdani tells Trump admin anti-Israel activist should ‘remain in New York City’ amid deportation case

6:00 am January 24, 2026

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Thursday that anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil should “remain in New York City” as the Trump administration works to deport him. “Mahmoud Khalil is a New Yorker,” Mamdani said during a press conference. “He should remain in New York City,” he added. “We have seen this attack on him […]

German soccer executive calls for World Cup boycott to protest Trump

5:55 am January 24, 2026

A German soccer federation executive committee member has advocated for the consideration of the nation boycotting the upcoming FIFA World Cup in response to recent actions by President Donald Trump. Oke Göttlich, president of Bundesliga club St. Pauli and one of the German federation’s 10 vice presidents, told the Hamburger Morgenpost newspaper in an interview […]

Mamdani clarifies NYC won’t check immigration status for universal childcare enrollees

5:50 am January 24, 2026

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani clarified Friday that the city wouldn’t check the immigration status of children enrolling in his administration’s universal pre-K and 3-K programs. “Just to put it very clearly, these are programs for every single New Yorker,” Mamdani, who took office at the beginning of the year, said in a media […]

California sues Trump administration over allegedly ‘unlawful’ pipeline restart approval years after oil spill

4:49 am January 24, 2026

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on Friday the state is filing a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s (PHMSA) asserting federal jurisdiction over two state oil pipelines and green lighting their restart. The lawsuit alleges that the Trump administration has “unlawfully given the company Sable Offshore Corp. […]

Trump’s pardon of House Dem Cuellar back in the spotlight as his brother faces indictment

4:44 am January 24, 2026

The Texas border town sheriff and brother of Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, who was pardoned by President Trump earlier this year after the Biden Justice Department indicted him on federal bribery charges, is now facing his own public corruption charges. Webb County Sheriff Martin Cuellar Jr. was indicted after he and his assistant chief, Alejandro […]