Newsweek | Democrat Targets Trump’s $175B Immigration Funds for Housing

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By Giulia Carbonaro California U.S. Representative Jimmy Gomez, a Democrat representing the Los Angeles area, filed an ambitious new bill on Wednesday which would redirect billions put aside by the Trump administration to fund its immigration crackdown toward helping Americans become homeowners. "My intention with this bill is to tackle one of the biggest crises that our country is…

Rawstory | Dem plots to take $175B from Trump 'slush fund' to tackle the 'number one issue' of 2026

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By Ewan Gleadow A Democrat representative has laid out a plan to take $175 billion of funding from Donald Trump's Big Beautiful Bill for use on the "number one issue" of 2026.  California U.S. Representative Jimmy Gomez suggested the housing affordability crisis could be solved with money cited in the upcoming bill but it would go to waste on the Trump…

Buzzfeed | This Fox News Host Is Going Viral For Her Response To Mike Johnson Whining About Being "Tired"

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We're on the 28th day of the government shutdown. At a press conference this morning, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson complained about being tired: "People keep coming to me, 'You look so tired on TV.' I am so tired because we're not sleeping a lot. We're working overtime." Working overtime? FWIW, according to AJC, they've only worked about 20 days in the past 16 weeks. The…

LAist: An LA activist's view from inside a Gaza aid flotilla

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David Adler, a 33-year-old political economist from Los Angeles, has returned to the U.S. after more than two weeks at sea and five days in an Israeli prison. Adler told LAist his upbringing in Los Angeles Jewish community motivated him to help organize the Global Sumud Flotilla, a step that eventually led to his detention by the Israeli government. “Here comes a Jewish kid from…

NBC4 LA: L.A. Journalist Released After Detained by Israel

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An L.A. based journalist detained by Israeli authorities has been released and is now back in the U.S. Emily Wilder was detained while reporting aboard a boat carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza. She was part of 145 passengers and crew detained there. L.A. Congressman Jimmy Gomez wrote a letter and worked with the State…