The U.S. has deported millions of undocumented immigrants under Presidents Obama, Trump and Biden, but each administration’s approach has differed significantly in scale and strategy. As President-elect Trump promises to ramp up deportations, a look at the numbers reveals surprising trends. Under President Obama, deportations reached historic highs. From 2009 to 2016, his administration conducted…

San Francisco Mayor London Breed lost her reelection bid to Daniel Lurie, heir to the Levi Strauss fortune. Breed, the city’s first Black female mayor, conceded the race, pledging a smooth transition. Lurie’s victory marks a shift towards moderate-centrist politics, with voters prioritizing public safety and economic recovery. Breed’s tenure was marked by challenges, including…

It’s the most important pick for President-elect Donald Trump’s economic agenda. Now it appears Trump is having second thoughts about his treasury secretary options. The Treasury secretary acts as the president’s closest economic advisor and is fifth in the presidential line of succession. The person who holds this cabinet post will play a key role…

Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul is set to become chair of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs in January. He says his main mission will be to “uncover the truth about the COVID-19 pandemic,” according to The New York Post. Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States in 2020, Paul has…

A Canadian teen’s bird flu infection is raising questions about the transmission of the virus. As the teen slipped into critical condition on Tuesday, Nov. 12, with a life-threatening lung condition, doctors are still working to figure out how the infection occurred with no known exposure to infected people or animals. The individual, who has…

Annual consumer price inflation in October heated up a hair at 2.6%, bringing concern disinflation may have stagnated too far away from the Federal Reserve’s 2% target. In September, consumer prices rose 2.4% on an annual basis. Bank of America economists said ahead of Wednesday’s report, “Inflation is moving sideways after a period of substantial…

Consumer price inflation heated up slightly in October 2024, coming in at 2.6% annually, compared with 2.4% in September. Monthly prices rose 0.2% from September, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Wednesday, Nov. 13.  Core inflation, which removes more volatile food and energy prices, rose 3.3% annually and 0.3% compared with…

Former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci received $15 million in taxpayer-funded security after his retirement in December 2022, documents obtained by Open the Books reveal. The protective detail, provided by the U.S. Marshals Service through an agreement with Health and Human Services, covered security services for Fauci from January…

Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, received $15 million in taxpayer-funded security detail from January 2023 to September 2024. The arrangement, made through a memorandum of understanding between Health and Human Services and the U.S. Marshals Service, is reportedly unprecedented for a former federal employee. Fauci still…

Three years after the Biden administration launched a program to inject competition into the $200 billion U.S. meatpacking industry, the results are far from promising. One of the program’s recipients, Pure Prairie Poultry, declared bankruptcy and culled 1.3 million chickens in northern Iowa after the company couldn’t afford to feed them, despite receiving nearly $46…