Federal officials plan to offload some warehouses purchased for immigrant detention
Read full article: Federal officials plan to offload some warehouses purchased for immigrant detentionU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is retreating from a plan to use warehouses to hold up to 10,000 people on a single site, jettisoning a key piece of former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s $38-billion plan to rapidly expand detention capacity this year.
Trump tells US steelworkers he’s going to double tariffs on foreign steel to 50%
Read full article: Trump tells US steelworkers he’s going to double tariffs on foreign steel to 50%President Donald Trump says he’s doubling the tariff rate on steel to 50%, a dramatic increase that could further push up prices for a metal used to make housing, autos and other goods.
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Toomey says he won't run for another Senate term or governor
Read full article: Toomey says he won't run for another Senate term or governorToomey had long expressed an interest in running for governor, and he drew calls on a daily basis from people who he said wanted to help him run for governor or for reelection to the Senate. Toomey said he still hopes to become chairman of the Senate Banking Committee. With both offices open in 2022, Democrats have a bench of prospects who have won statewide races — Lt. Gov. Republicans, meanwhile, are left without any natural heir or obvious front-runner for either governor or U.S. Senate. ___ This story has been corrected to show that Toomey has said he still hopes to become chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, not the Senate.