An iPhone app that alerts users about nearby sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity is gaining traction amid President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. And it’s proving to be a controversial platform, with ICE speaking out against it on Monday. ICEBlock allows its users—of which there are over 30,000, according to the app's developer—to

Medicaid, the health insurance program for low-income Americans that provides coverage for more than 70 million people, faces its biggest overhaul in decades under President Donald Trump’s “One, Big, Beautiful Bill,” a massive tax and spending package now being considered by the Senate that would slash its funding.  Both the House and Senate versions of

… says crisis was induced to destroy party Adolphus Wabara, Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees BoT, on Monday said the party would continue to survive, despite plans by detractors to destroy it. Wabara, former Senate President, speaking at the end of the party’s 100th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in

Former England goalkeeper Mary Earps said she felt villainized after she announced her retirement from international soccer ahead of the European Championship. Earps became a national hero for her role in England’s victory at the last Euros in 2022 and its run to the World Cup final a year later. But she has spoken out

Rising FX inflows occasioned by the policies of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have supported exchange rate stability and narrowed the gap between official and parallel market rates. The gap between official and parallel market rates narrowed to N34/$ as average monthly FX inflows hit $5.95 billion. The development is fueled by key policies

Last Friday, a colleague who sat close to me at the opening ceremony of an event in Enugu drew my attention to a post on one of the social media handles of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. It was captioned: “Alleged N80.2bn Kogi fraud: Witness alleges harassment by Yahaya Bello’s security aides.” Commenting, my

This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina understood he was going to lose either way. If he rejected President Donald Trump’s catch-all domestic policy bill, he was all but doomed to lose a