WASHINGTON — The Trump administration unveiled a regulation on Wednesday that would allow it to detain indefinitely migrant families who cross the border illegally, replacing a decades-old court agreement that limited how long the government could hold migrant children in custody and mandated the level of care they must receive. MORE
BEIJING — China said Wednesday that it will levy sanctions against U.S. companies linked to a planned $8 billion sale of advanced F-16V fighter jets to Taiwan in a move that has further strained Sino-American MORE
WASHINGTON — The federal budget deficit is growing faster than expected, even as President Trump muses about more tax cuts and other ideas that would add to government debt. The deficit will reach $960 billion MORE
COPENHAGEN (The Borowitz Report)—After rebuffing Donald J. Trump’s hypothetical proposal to purchase Greenland, the government of Denmark has announced that it would be interested in buying the United States instead. MORE
Trump retweeted and thanked one of his supporter’s praise for him. Wayne Allyn Root, a far right, writer and radio host say Israelis view the president like “the second coming of God.” MORE
In an interview with ABC’s Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl, Cindy McCain said the current Republican Party is “not the party of Abraham Lincoln … nor the party of Ronald Reagan.” MORE
Following Trump’s comments which targeted mental illness as the cause of the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton federal health officials made sure no government experts might contradict him. MORE
Opinion polls are flashing warning signs for Douchebag Donnie which are showing Trump support slipping even among groups that have long been perceived as pillars of his support. Recent polls show Trump winning white voters MORE
Climber Nirmal Purja’s viral photograph of the traffic jam at the top of Everest this past May showed just how bad the situation had gotten. The shot was taken during the final stretch to summit the tallest mountain in the world. MORE
There have been two confirmed cases of neurological damage in a panther and bobcat in Florida as of this month, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). The agency is investigating the MORE
In a failed attempt to shame Jews who support the Democratic Party and vote for Democratic candidates, Trump said American Jewish people show “either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty.” After spewing his MORE
President Trump on Tuesday abruptly called off a trip to Denmark, announcing in a tweet that he was postponing the visit because the country’s leader was not interested in selling him Greenland. The move comes MORE
A Florida man has been arrested for allegedly performing a botched castration surgery on another man he’d met online through a fetish website for eunuchs, authorities said Tuesday. Police were dispatched to the address after MORE
Senate Homeland Security Chairman Ron Johnson is casting major doubt on the prospects of significant gun regulations passing this fall, the latest sign that the effort to pass new firearm laws is starting to falter. MORE
Is Moving Back to the Beltway : …Answers the Siren Song of the Swamp [Paul] Ryan spokesman Kevin Seifert said Tuesday that Ryan and his family will be “temporarily” renting a house in Maryland and MORE
Qanta Ahmed, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, appeared on Laura Ingraham’s Fox ‘News’ show and escalated the recent attacks on “Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN) over their planned visit MORE
BY CHRIS MILLS RODRIGO – 08/20/19 01:15 PM EDT Three more officials have reportedly stepped down from the National Rifle Association (NRA) amid a spending controversy that continues to roil the gun rights lobbying group. CNN reported Tuesday that country singer MORE
In the Trump era, no moment of tranquility can be taken for granted. I went to the beach for what I thought would be a quiet August break. I returned to find President Trump plotting MORE
Despite Trump’s claims that the US steel industry is “thriving” under his presidency, United States Steel Corp plans to layoff nearly 200 workers at their Great Lakes facility in Michigan. A company spokeswoman told Reuters, MORE
At the Otay Mesa cargo facility in San Diego, CA, authorities seized nearly four tons of marijuana in a shipment of jalapeño peppers. The marijuana was valued at approximately $2.3 million dollars. Otay Mesa Port MORE
CBS Minnesota: Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib sharply criticized Israel on Monday for denying them entry to the Jewish state and called on fellow members of Congress to visit while they cannot. Omar, MORE
After draining his brain on Fox ‘News,” Trump retweeted debunked research Robert Epstein presented to the Senate last month. The Washington Post reports that Epstein’s research “suggested Google had given millions of votes to Trump’s MORE
Marium, an orphaned baby dugong who became a beloved conservation symbol after photographs of her nuzzling human caretakers went viral earlier this year, has died. MORE
Maddy Freking is the first girl to play in the Little League World Series since 2014, when Mo’ne Davis and Emma March both made it to Williamsport and Davis captivated the country with her pitching wizardry. MORE
While fears of a looming recessions grow more real each day and threats of White Supremacist violence keeps rising and no one seems to care, what does our fearless leader do? MORE