On this date in history, June 27, 1985, Route 66 — the iconic 2,200-mile American byway from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California — came to an end after 59 years. This occurred after the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) decertified the road and voted to remove its highway signs, according […]
National Guard en Route to Capitol on Orders From Trump
January 6, 2021 by
Protesters enter the Senate Chamber in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) The National Guard and other forces are on their way to the U.S. Capitol after people dressed in pro-Trump apparel stormed the building on Wednesday, interrupting a joint session of Congress. At President Donald Trump’s direction, “the National Guard is on […]
Enough Fentanyl to Kill Millions Found En Route to U.S. South of Border.
January 28, 2018 by
A traffic stop led Mexican authorities to seize enough fentanyl to kill millions of people as well as almost 1,000 pounds of crystal methamphetamine and other drugs that were headed to the California border. This week, Mexico’s National Security Commission announced the seizure of 45.5 kilograms of fentanyl that were found as part of a […]
Anti-Trump Protesters Try To Block Macy’s Parade Route, Then The Cops Showed Up
November 24, 2017 by
In a stunt broken up quickly enough by law enforcement that it failed to make much of a statement, four immigration activists staged a sit-down protest of President Trump in the middle of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade route. The New York Daily News reports that the four protesters are “young people who came into […]