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Authorities in Dallas arrested a 36-year old man who the Department of Homeland Security says issued bomb threats against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility on Monday.Shortly after 6:30 p.m. Monday, Bratton Dean Wilkinson allegedly approached security officers and showed them what he claimed to be a “detonator” on his wrist, prompting a shelter-in-place for ICE’s Dallas Field Office, according to a senior DHS official. The Dallas resident allegedly approached the entrance of the facility and claimed he had a bomb in his backpack. An officer with the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Protective Services who was stationed outside the…

Republican Rep. Mark Alford addresses attendees at a town hall Monday in Bolivar, Mo. Charlie Riedel/AP hide caption toggle caption Charlie Riedel/AP NEVADA, Mo. — A crowd of about 50 people are already seated with omelets and biscuits and gravy at a diner in Nevada, Mo., when GOP Rep. Mark Alford walks in. He smiles as he recognizes two constituents from a town hall earlier in the day who aren’t his biggest fans. “Hey, you guys are my roadies!” he said as he stopped by their table to shake their hands. August is when Congress trades the swampy D.C. summer…

A college diploma is no longer a sure ticket to a good-paying job. Yet some workers can earn six figures in a range of occupations without a bachelor’s degree, a new study finds.Nearly 6 million full-time workers without a bachelor’s degree earned at least $100,000 in 2023, according to a report from loan marketplace Lending Tree, which analyzed the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. The study sheds light on the many alternative pathways to a high-paying career that don’t require a four-year degree.”This report is pretty clear proof that you don’t have to go to college…

Politics / August 27, 2025 Trans people signed up to risk death for a country they well knew would likely never return the favor. And now the government is trying to make their lives hell. Ad Policy A person holds a sign supporting transgender veterans at the Unite for Veterans rally on the National Mall in Washington, DC, Friday, June 3, 2025. (Dominic Gwinn / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images) Early this month, the Pentagon quietly reneged on its promise to give transgender Air Force members the retirement pay they’ve earned over nearly two decades of service.…

Washington — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran man who was taken into immigration custody after he was released pending a criminal trial, has asked an immigration judge to reopen his immigration proceedings and is seeking asylum in the United States, his lawyer said during a court hearing Wednesday.Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, Abrego Garcia’s attorney, told a federal judge overseeing a legal challenge to his immigration detention that the Salvadoran man made the request Tuesday, one day after he was taken back into custody by U.S. immigration authorities in Baltimore. Abrego Garcia had been summoned for an interview with Immigration and Customs Enforcement at…

A Rhode Island state prosecutor was put on unpaid leave for six months after she was captured on police body camera footage warning one of the officers who were arresting her on a trespassing charge that he was “gonna regret it.”Special Assistant Attorney General Devon Flanagan was given the punishment Monday. It stemmed from her Aug. 14 trespassing arrest outside of a restaurant in Newport, the state attorney general, Peter Neronha, said Tuesday. “We hold our attorneys to the highest personal and professional standards, and Ms. Flanagan plainly did not meet those standards here,” Neronha said in a news release.…

Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook’s attorney plans to file a lawsuit as soon as today, challenging President Trump’s attempt to fire her. The president claims to have fired her “for cause,” citing allegations of mortgage fraud. Cook says no “cause” exists under the law, and he has no authority to move to fire her. Trump’s claim follows an accusation by Bill Pulte, who oversees the mortgage giants…

President Trump’s move to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook could roil financial markets, raise uncertainty for investors and heighten concerns that the White House is trying to wrest control of the historically independent central bank, according to Wall Street analysts. Mr. Trump announced her removal in a letter posted Monday night on Truth Social, citing allegations that she had engaged in mortgage fraud. Cook denies Mr. Trump has the legal authority to fire her and pledged on Tuesday not to resign. “I will continue to carry out my duties to help the American economy as I have been doing since 2022,” she said…

Politics / August 26, 2025 Democratic socialist mayoral candidate Omar Fateh won the endorsement of his city party. Then the state party overturned the result. Representative Ilhan Omar calls it “inexcusable.” Ad Policy Omar Fateh in an interview with KARE 11 News on August 7. 2025.(KARE 11 News) Anyone who knows the epic history of the Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party will tell you that its internal politics have often been contentious. But out of that contention have come some of the most dynamic figures to ever grace the national political scene: from presidential candidates Eugene McCarthy, Walter Mondale and Hubert…

A Wisconsin man who faked his own drowning while kayaking and left his wife and three children to meet a woman in the country of Georgia was convicted Tuesday of obstructing an officer and sentenced to 89 days in jail, which was the amount of time he successfully misled law enforcement about his whereabouts.The sentence given to Ryan Borgwardt was nearly twice as long as what was recommended under a plea deal reached with prosecutors.Borgwardt, 45, initially pleaded not guilty to the misdemeanor that stemmed from his elaborate escape from the country last August. But under the plea deal unveiled…