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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul used her annual State of the State address Tuesday to unveil a reelection year agenda aimed at bridging divides in the Democratic Party - moving to harness liberal anger at President Donald Trump and excitement over Mayor Zohran Mamdani, while also tending to moderates anxious about public safety and antisemitism. Speaking to a packed crowd at The Egg, a striking domed theater near the state's ornate Capitol building, Hochul announced a slate of affordability proposals, including a plan to expand pre-kindergarten programs statewide,

Starmer launched the national digital ID scheme by pitching it as a means to control undocumented immigration, through making use of a government app mandatory when employers conduct right-to-work checks. The plan brought an instant backlash from civil rights groups and privacy campaigners, as well as widespread criticism from the tech sector, where digital identity providers have been encouraged for many years to go through a rigorous compliance process to achieve accreditation on a government-approved register of digital verification services.

Trump is still conferring with officials about the action he could take. But his words imply he will not be content with further economic pressure. The US state department issued a warning Tuesday to US citizens currently in the country: Leave Iran now. The US virtual embassy for Iran says citizens should have a plan for departing that does not rely on US government help and if safe to do so, consider departing Iran by land to Armenia or Turkiye.

The death of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother and U.S. citizen who was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday, has the potential to shake the political landscape in ways reminiscent of George Floyd's killing in 2020. The Trump administration initially claimed Good weaponized her vehicle in an act of domestic terrorism, an account that appears to be contradicted by video evidence.

The volume of the revocations reflects the broad nature of the crackdown Trump initiated when he returned to the White House last year. The administration has claimed to have overseen more than 2.5 million voluntary departures and deportations, a record-breaking achievement, it said last month. Some of those deportations, however, have included immigrants who held valid visas, raising questions about due process and human rights.

On Saturday, the Labor Department wrote on social media: "One Homeland. One People. One Heritage. Remember who you are, American." Accompanying the text was a short video showing what appears to be a statue of President George Washington overlaid on a series of war-themed historic American paintings and propaganda posters.

If you've spent any time at all reading news stories in the last year on the steady ramp-up of Donald Trump and Kristi Noem's terror campaign against immigrants (and U.S. citizens) that is being conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), then there's another name you've no doubt come across over and over again, even if you've never taken particular notice of it: Tricia McLaughlin.

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller danced to "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife appeared as guests of honor; Trump auctioned off a gigantic portrait of Jesus Christ for $2.7 million; and MAGA's demon couple (Stephen and Katie Miller) announced they've spawned for the fourth time.

Yes, he quickly delivered on his campaign promise to secure the southern border. But as the year unfolded, his anti-immigrant agenda drove immigration policy far beyond where most Americans are willing to go. Trump has claimed the U.S. is being invaded on March 15 he invoked the Alien Enemies Act as a pretext to deport more than 200 Venezuelans to the CECOT prison in El Salvador and that he's only deporting violent criminals. But ICE's own data show most have not been charged with crimes.

America is toast if the radical left wins. They will open the floodgates to illegal immigration and fraud. Won't be America anymore. https://t.co/9lppGuSyAV Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 1, 2026

"Good News! George and Amal Clooney, two of the worst political prognosticators of all time, have officially become citizens of France which is, sadly, in the midst of a major crime problem because of their absolutely horrendous handling of immigration,"

Would you commit to just letting his mother know - as a mother-to-mother - if Andry is alive?

If you're wondering who Katie Miller is and why high-level officials keep going on her podcast: She made a name for herself during the first Trump administration by denying that the Department of Homeland Security was separating families. This year, she was an adviser to the Department of Government Efficiency, a brilliant effort that did not in fact save money but certainly did destroy a lot of goods and services!

The company told staff in a December newsletter that employees eligible for PERM would hear from its outside lawyers in Q1, according to a copy of the memo seen by Business Insider. PERM allows employees to move from working on a visa to securing a green card. Tech companies commonly use it to transition staff from H-1 B status to a green card, which allows them to live and work permanently in the US.

She shared a segment from her show on social media and wrote, If I had to summarize the first year of President Trump's second term in one word, it would be: dignity. From his foreign policy to his domestic policy to his immigration policy, the goal has been restoring the dignity of the forgotten working-class men & women of this country.

The story of Elise Stefanik's political rise and fall is a parable of a young woman's all-consuming drive for political stardom and her crushing downfall at the hands of a despotic tyrant. Stefanik was the youngest woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. A Harvard educated liberal with political ambitions, she was skilled at impressing people with her intelligence and work ethic.

What recourse are you left with when a government program simply stops doing the thing that is its primary purpose, and refuses to explain why? That's what hundreds of parents, family members and legal guardians have presumably been wondering about the United States Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) in the last few months, given an explosive report published today by NPR affiliate KERA News, which alleges that ORR, the agency tasked with caring for "unaccompanied" minors and reuniting them with vetted sponsors,

US homeland security chief Kristi Noem said late on Thursday that President Donald Trump ordered her to pause the diversity visa lottery which was used by the suspect at the Brown University shooting. "At President Trump's direction, I am immediately directing USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services) to pause the DV1 program to ensure no more Americans are harmed by this disastrous program."

New guidance issued on Tuesday directs the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) field offices to "supply Office of Immigration Litigation with 100-200 denaturalization cases per month" next year, according to The New York Times. Denaturalization is extremely rare. Per the Times, Justice Department figures say that only about 120 denaturalization cases had been filed since 2017, in sharp contrast to the potentially thousands of cases the administration is seeking to file in just one year.

New estimates released on Wednesday by Statistics Canada showed that Canada's population fell by 0.2% in the third quarter to stand at 41.6 million, down from 41.65 million on 1 July. It was the only other quarterly decline on record came in 2020, and was attributed to Covid-19 border restrictions. The recent decline, however, is driven largely by a drop in the number of international students studying in Canada after Ottawa pledged to tamp down on the number of study permits issued.

Nationals from Syria, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and South Sudan will be prohibited from coming to the US People on Palestinian Authority issued-travel documents are also subject to a total ban Sierra Leone and Laos moved from partial to full restrictions Measures come after an Afghan immigrant was charged in November in the shooting of two National Guards New restrictions to go into effect on January 1

"You look like you've got quite a smile on your face," Greene said, as House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair Rep. James Comer (R-KY) banged his gavel and told her not to "attack the witness." This angered Greene, who said it was "my time" and that she was "reclaiming her time." Comer continued to tell her to stop attacking the witness, but Greene kept going "Don't you dare smile about the murder of Laken Riley," Greene said.

Far-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast of the Republican Party who claims to be inspired by US President Donald Trump has won Chile's presidential run-off election, marking a major shift in the Latin American nation's political landscape. Kast, who campaigned on a promise to expel undocumented migrants and crack down on crime, secured 58 percent of the votes against left-wing candidate Jeannette Jara, who won 42 percent, in one of the most polarised elections in recent memory.