Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson abruptly ended Monday's village board meeting, clearing out protesters who criticized her ...

Washington DC, 9 AM, “For anyone holding their breath,” someone wrote me recently, “waiting for this fascist Trump regime to hit rock ...

As demonstrations outside an immigration enforcement facility near Chicago have ramped up, so has the number of protesters being led away in restraints. Here are the stories of three of them.

Kat Abughazaleh, running in Illinois’ 9th District, is accused of impeding a federal agent during an anti-ICE protest at Broadview Processing Center.

Kat Abughazaleh, a Congressional candidate, has been charged in connection with anti-immigration enforcement protests in ...

WASHINGTON — Led by Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley, Democrats seized the Senate floor on Wednesday to protest President Donald Trump's presidency amid the government shutdown and push for Republicans to ...

A woman wanted in connection with a deadly hit-and-run crash that happened early this month has been arrested, according to the Longview Police Department. A Portland woman has been charged in federal ...

On a brisk October afternoon in Washington, D.C., the familiar steps of the Lincoln Memorial once again became a stage for Americans demanding accountability. On the eve of the "No Kings" that ...

U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, an Oregon Democrat, speaks on the Senate floor on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. Merkley began speaking Tuesday evening. (Screenshot via C-SPAN) WASHINGTON (AP) — Led by Oregon Sen.

Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon is staging a marathon speech on the Senate floor to protest President Donald Trump’s “tightening authoritarian grip on the country” amid the government shutdown.

U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley is continuing his marathon floor speech this morning to draw attention to the “authoritarianism” of President Trump’s policies. The Oregon Democrat passed 18 hours at around ...

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