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A naturalized Virginia resident said he’s questioning his vote for President Donald Trump after agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained him this week when they were looking for another person on a deportation order.Jensy Machado said he’s a U.S. citizen and provided NBC 4 Washington documentation of his legal status.Machado was driving to work Wednesday with two other men when he was stopped by ICE agents near his home, he said.Confused by the scene, Machado said he didn’t know what was happening and why agents surrounded his pickup truck. “They just got out of the car with the guns…

Elon Musk speaks during the first cabinet meeting hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump, at the White House in Washington, DC, U.S., February 26, 2025.Brian Snyder | ReutersTesla’s stock has never had a stretch this red.For seven straight weeks, since Elon Musk went to Washington to join the Trump administration, shares in his automaker have declined, closing Friday at $270.48. It’s the longest such losing streak for Tesla in its 15 years as a public company.Tesla shares finished the week down more than 10% and at their lowest level since Nov. 5, Election Day, when they closed at $251.44. Since…

(The Center Square) – A Republican Senator and conservative group are speaking out against Wisconsin’s proposed Right of First Refusal bill following a public hearing on Senate Bill 28 this week.The bill, introduced by Republican Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, would allow the utilities to pick the company that will handle their construction work, without having to offer bids to other companies or firms.The utilities say it will save taxpayers $1 billion over the coming years.But Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin believes it will result in higher rates for consumers and all ratepayers by making the process monopolistic. The group issued a…

Expectations that President Donald Trump will soon bar Afghans and Pakistanis from entering the United States has set off panic among Afghans who were promised visas for their work with the U.S. military, according to three refugee advocates.The Trump administration is preparing a new travel ban that will prohibit citizens of multiple countries from traveling to the United States based on concerns related to security and vetting, according to the advocates, who said they were informed directly by government officials. Afghanistan and Pakistan will likely be part of that blacklist, and the travel ban could be announced as soon as…

The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights in Los Angeles, or CHIRLA, is one of a number of organizations that serve immigrants by helping lawful permanent residents earn U.S. citizenship.But those services were jeopardized last month, when the coalition got a notification from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) stating that their congressionally approved funding had been put on hold.The funding freeze meant disruptions to students receiving civics instruction, taking classes to learn English and getting ready for citizenship interviews and exams.Over a hundred other organizations have also had their services interrupted, with no end in sight.“It’s not fair,” Karla Aguayo,…

The short-seller assault on AppLovin is getting ratcheted up a notch.A week after Fuzzy Panda Research put out a report alleging that AppLovin’s ad-tech software is the “nexus of a house of cards,” and accusing the company of violating Google and Apple’s app store policies, the short-seller firm is urging the S&P Index Committee to keep AppLovin’s stock out of the benchmark index.”We are writing to the committee regarding very serious allegations that have been raised against a company that will potentially be added to the S&P 500, AppLovin (APP),” Fuzzy Panda wrote in a March 4 letter to the…

Apple CEO Tim Cook inspects the new iPhone 16 during an Apple special event at Apple headquarters on September 09, 2024 in Cupertino, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesWhen unveiling Apple Intelligence last summer, one of Apple’s flashiest demos showed the Siri voice assistant juggling several apps to help a user plan a lunch after landing from a flight. Those capabilities won’t be coming anytime soon. Apple on Friday announced that it is delaying the features that would supercharge Siri with the ability to take action inside other apps until next year. That feature was expected to be released this spring.Another Siri improvement…

Funcionarios de alto rango del Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos han elaborado planes para cerrar una decena de consulados en el extranjero antes de este verano y están considerando la posibilidad de cerrar muchas más misiones, en lo que podría suponer un duro golpe para los esfuerzos del gobierno estadounidense por establecer alianzas y recabar información de inteligencia, según afirman funcionarios estadounidenses.El Departamento de Estado también tiene previsto despedir a muchos ciudadanos locales que trabajan para sus cientos de misiones. Esos trabajadores constituyen dos tercios de la plantilla de la agencia, y en muchos países forman la base del…

(The Center Square) – The city of Chester, Pennsylvania’s first, is situated along the Delaware River, just southwest of the Philadelphia Airport. For decades, it’s held a reputation for poverty, pollution and crime.It could, Chester Mayor Stefan Roots believes, become a beautiful waterfront city again – if environmental justice is served.“When I think of justice, I think of punishments and arrests and people going to jail. That doesn’t happen around here,” said Roots. “Chester is Delaware County’s waterfront. We want to enjoy the waterfront like other communities enjoy their waterfront. It can be the economic engine that drives Chester to…

(The Center Square) – One of Wisconsin’s Republican congressmen says he’s not going to let potential protesters scare him away from talking to voters.Congressman Bryan Steil was on News Talk 1130 WISN recently and said he has no plans to change his town hall meeting schedule.‘I’ve done a series of town halls already this year across southeast Wisconsin,” Steil said. “I hold town halls with a history of being available and accessible, and we’re going to continue to do that.”A number of Republicans have recently seen angry crowds at town halls protesting potential Medicaid cuts.Republican leaders on Capitol Hill, including President…