It wasn’t surprising to learn that there was more to the story of the 5-year-old detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis last week than met the eye. The heartrending picture of the frightened boy in his winter hat being led into a dark vehicle by a masked officer sparked a visceral response. But as it […]
Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) said he was assaulted at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on Friday. “Last night, I was assaulted by a man at Sundance Festival who told me that Trump was going to deport me before he punched me in the face,” Maxwell posted on the social platform X. “He...
A top Minnesota public safety official said “we’re in uncharted territory” after his state agency was reportedly shut out of an investigation into the man killed by federal agents on Saturday. Minneapolis resident and intensive care nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti was fatally shot by federal agents amid the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) massive immigration...
President Trump on Thursday suspended a green card lottery program used by the suspected gunman in the Brown University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology shootings to enter the U.S. The suspect, Claudio Neves Valente, a Portuguese national, entered the country in 2017 through the diversity visa (DV) program, which makes up to 55,000 immigrant visas...
Texas has been taking us all on a wild ride for the midterm elections. There’s obviously the gerrymandering wars that were touched off in Austin by the GOP’s mid-decade land grab. We’re a long way from done with that one as court challenges and statehouse fights across the country have yet to be concluded. But...
The Justice Department (DOJ) on Friday hits the deadline set by Congress to release its files on Jeffrey Epstein. The Epstein Files Transparency Act, passed last month, orders DOJ to release all unclassified records and documents it has that are tied to the convicted sex offender. The files have consumed President Trump's MAGA base, and...
The suspected gunman authorities believe to be responsible for the Brown University shooting was found dead on Thursday in a New Hampshire storage facility, according to officials. Claudio Neves Valente, 48, a former Brown student, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, local police said, according to The Associated Press. Investigators now believe that Valente, a...
The U.S. military struck two alleged drug-trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific on Thursday, killing five “narco-terrorists” and bringing the total number of people killed in the Pentagon's ongoing campaign to over 100. Three people were killed on the first boat and two people were killed in the strike on the second vessel, the U.S....
A Wisconsin judge was found guilty late Thursday of obstruction for helping a Mexican immigrant evade federal authorities after learning of his imminent arrest but acquitted of concealing him. After six hours of deliberation, dragging into the night, a jury returned a split verdict against Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan — an extraordinary blow to the...
A potential deal to fund large swaths of the federal government, including the Departments of Defense and Health and Human Services, collapsed on Thursday night after Colorado senators demanded that Congress stop President Trump’s efforts to dismantle a key climate agency. A Democratic senator involved in the negotiations over passing a five-bill package of appropriations...
Former President Obama on Thursday shared his yearly favorites in books, movies and music with his followers online. “As 2025 comes to a close, I'm continuing a tradition that I started during my time in the White House: sharing my annual lists of favorite books, movies, and music,” he wrote in a statement on the...
The Senate on Thursday green-lighted 97 lower-level nominees, marking the third tranche advanced by Republicans since they changed the chamber’s rules in September and one of their final acts of the year before departing for the holiday break. Senate Republicans voted 53-43 to put in place dozens of Trump administration choices to fill vacancies across various...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Trump picks up where Biden left off on marijuana President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to speed up the rescheduling of marijuana from Schedule I to the less severe Schedule III, with the stated goal of...
