Republican Rep. Mike Flood grilled during town hall
Rep. Mike Flood, R-Neb., faced intense questioning from people at a town hall yesterday, at one point conceding that he did not read a provision in the House’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” before he voted for it, triggering loud protests from the audience.
The town hall was held in a high school in Seward, Nebraska, and livestreamed on YouTube by News Channel Nebraska — a media network founded and owned by Flood.
Flood admitted he did not read the full bill when an audience member asked him why he had voted in favor of a provision that would make it harder for judges to enforce orders holding parties before them in contempt for defying court orders.
Trump administration has ramped up deportations but is still far below the pace it wants
The Trump administration has dramatically stepped up its pace of deportations, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement data obtained by NBC News, and in April, for the first time this year, it deported more people than the Biden administration did during the same period last year.
In April, the latest month for which the data is available, ICE deported more than 17,200 people, an increase of about 29% compared with April 2024, when more than 13,300 were deported.
Former Russian president raises specter of a World War III as rhetoric ramps up over Ukraine
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev raised the specter of a World War III yesterday as the rhetoric between the White House and the Kremlin ramped up over the war in Ukraine.
Medvedev, now a top security official, was responding to Trump’s post on Truth Social berating his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, as Moscow continued to rain strikes down on its neighbor.
“What Vladimir Putin doesn’t realize is that if it weren’t for me, lots of really bad things would have already happened to Russia, and I mean REALLY BAD,” wrote Trump, who appears to be losing patience over the lack of a ceasefire deal, adding, “He’s playing with fire!”
Around three hours later, Medvedev took to X, writing, “I only know of one REALLY BAD thing — WWIII. I hope Trump understands this!”
