NYC councilwoman offers bill to shield migrant shelter locations from public, amid illegal migration crackdown

A New York City councilwoman is proposing legislation that would shield the addresses of certain migrant shelters serving new arrivals from the public amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration.  Councilwoman Julie Won, who represents a portion of Queens, introduced the bill on Thursday. Under the proposal, it would “prohibit any mayoral agency or…

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Andy Barr mulls Senate bid, says ‘it’s time for Kentucky to have a US senator who supports President Trump’

EXCLUSIVE: Republican Rep. Andy Barr’s decision on whether to run for U.S. Senate in Kentucky will be made “independent of the decisions that others make, including Sen. Mitch McConnell,” he told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview Friday morning, stressing that “it’s time for Kentucky to have a U.S. senator who supports President Trump.” …

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TikTok isn’t out of the woods yet

Happy Valentine’s Day. I’m sending this from the NBA All-Star Technology Summit in San Francisco, where I’ve never seen so many major streaming competitors onstage at once. This week, I go inside TikTok, Google, and Meta. Keep reading for what Elon Musk really wants with his bid for OpenAI… TikTok turns up the heat —…

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Treasury inspector general will investigate DOGE payments access

Two government watchdogs will investigate the Department of Government Efficiency’s access to sensitive Treasury payments systems, they confirmed in letters to Congress. In a letter to Senate Democrats, Treasury Deputy Inspector General Loren Sciurba said that the office opened an audit into the Bureau of Fiscal Service’s payments systems on February 6th. The IG’s office…

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Trump’s ‘two sexes’ order spurs state-level efforts to crack down on trans treatments for minors

Several states emboldened by President Donald Trump’s executive orders are moving to introduce bills banning transgender medical care for minors, and one legal expert believes it’s a “continuation” of the success other states have achieved in the last several years fighting against the Biden administration. “You go back to 2020, when Idaho became the first…

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