WASHINGTON, May 9 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Budget Office issued the following Monthly Budget Review for April 2026. Here are excerpts: * * * The federal budget deficit totaled $955 billion in the first seven months of fiscal year 2026, the Congressional Budget Office estimates. That amount is $94 billion less than the deficit recorded during the same period last fiscal year. Revenues rose by $209 billion (or 7 percent), and outlays were $116 billion (or 3 percent) higher. * * * Table   more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Fairfax County, Virginia: The Dangerous Consequences of Sanctuary Policies" at 10 a.m. on May 14, 2026, at 2141 Rayburn House Office Building: The hearing will examine how state and local policies that prioritize illegal aliens over U.S. citizens and prohibit cooperation with federal immigration authorities hurt public safety and have  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE leads multiagency operation resulting in arrest of MS-13 member in Florida * PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. -On April 14, ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations, in coordination with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office and the Florida Highway Patrol, conducted an operation resulting in the arrest of Luis Merary Peralt  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Democracy Forward, an organization that says it advances democracy and social progress through litigation, policy and public education and regulatory engagement, issued the following news release on May 8, 2026: * * * ICYMI: Skye Perryman in Ms. Magazine: "The First Mother's Day Was a Protest" Perryman Reflects on Mother's Day Origins as a Call for Community, Collective Action, and Democratic Resistance * Democracy Forward President and CEO Skye Perryman authored a new  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Rep. Rob Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Menendez, Watson Coleman, and McIver Mark One Year Since ICE Chaos at Delaney Hall * WASHINGTON, D.C. \- Today, Congressmembers Rob Menendez (NJ-08), Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), and LaMonica McIver (NJ-10) released a video marking one year since they toured the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, New Jersey. As they conducted oversight to hold the Trump administration accountable for human  more

SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, May 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri posted the following news release on May 8, 2026: * * * Multi-agency coalition led by USAO of federal, state, and local law enforcement to combat and prosecute violent crime in the Kansas City metro area "Operation Red Card" * KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Over the past week, federal, state, and local law enforcement officers, with the help of prosecutors, cleared 442 warrants, most of which are for vi  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina posted the following news release on May 8, 2026: * * * North Carolina Man Arrested on Federal Charges of Threatening to Kill U.S. Officials in Charge of Immigration Enforcement and Policy A Forsyth County man was arrested today on charges of threatening to kill federal immigration officials. According to court documents, in June 2025, Richard David Warren, 61, formerly of Brunswick C  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani joined Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-New York, to announce $2 million in federal funding to expand the Neighborhood Internet program, providing free broadband to thousands of households. Speaking in the Bronx, Mamdani stated the investment will bring high-speed connectivity to 2,000 apartments across 50 buildings in the Bronx and Upper Manhattan. The initiative, a partnership between the Department of Housing Preservation and Development and the  more