ALBANY, New York — Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul has selected former New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams as her running mate for a women-led ticket — a first...
Ryan Routh was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison plus seven years following his 2024 assassination attempt against then-presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Some House Republicans say the deal to avert a shutdown weakens GOP leverage on immigration enforcement, with DHS funding now set to expire in February.
President Trump said Saturday that he hopes “enough people will use their heads” to bring a swift end to the partial government shutdown that began this weekend. “I think it’s going fine,” Trump told Fox News’s Jacqui Heinrich regarding government funding. “We had a big GDP…I lost a point and a half because of the...
A federal judge in Texas on Saturday ordered the release of the 5-year-old boy and father who were transported to a detention center in the state amid the Trump administration’s immigration operations in Minnesota. In a Saturday opinion, U.S. District Judge Fred Biery admonished the administration’s removal of Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian...
Texas A&M University said on Friday it will end the school’s women’s and gender studies degree program. The university wrote in the announcement that the interdisciplinary program was ended due to new school restrictions on curriculum topics and a lack of student interest. The school noted that the program’s students will be allowed to complete...
Former CNN anchor Don Lemon ripped media corporations that “bend the knee” to President Trump and his administration on Friday, a day after federal authorities arrested him following his coverage of a protest at a Minnesota church earlier this month. “The way to stand up to a bully, to a tyrant, is not to bend...
Rock legend Bruce Springsteen on Friday made a surprise appearance at an anti-Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) benefit concert for the families of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, two U.S. citizens killed in shootings during federal immigration operations in Minneapolis. Video taken of the concert showed Springsteen, guitar in hand, recalling when he wrote his new...
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) hit back on Saturday amid a mounting effort from a super PAC to replace him in the upcoming midterm elections, saying he is being unfairly targeted for pushing for the release of the Epstein files. “It was not a hoax, I cannot be bullied, I am not done, and this is...
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) on Saturday said he and city officials were "disappointed" after a judge rejected Minnesota's effort to prevent the Trump administration's surge of federal immigration officers to the state. "Of course, we’re disappointed," Frey said in a statement obtained by NewsNation, The Hill's sister network. "This decision doesn’t change what people here have lived through...
US law requires fishing vessels to be built in US shipyards, resulting in an aging fleet that is less safe, efficient, and competitive, and more expensive to maintain than modern vessels built abroad.
White House border czar Tom Homan on Friday said President Trump remains "serious" about his crackdown on illegal immigration in the U.S. as tensions spike in Minnesota following two fatal shootings involving federal agents. Homan dismissed reports that Trump was "backing off on his promise on mass deportation" in an appearance on Fox New's "Hannity."...
President Trump has invited several nations — including key U.S. allies — to join his "Board of Peace" to oversee postwar restoration efforts in the Gaza Strip, but several world leaders have rejected the request while one country had its invitation revoked. The board was established after the first phase of Trump's 20-point peace plan...
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) cautioned the Iranian regime against any “unsafe and unprofessional behavior” as the nation prepares to launch live fire drills in the Strait of Hormuz. “U.S. forces acknowledge Iran’s right to operate professionally in international airspace and waters,” CENTCOM wrote Friday in a post on social platform X. “Any unsafe and unprofessional...
A federal judge on Saturday rejected an effort by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) to block the surge of immigration resources the Trump administration has sent to the state. In a 30-page decision, U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez ruled that Ellison is unlikely to succeed in claims that the surge violates the 10th Amendment, which protects states’ rights against federal infringement. “Plaintiffs ask the Court to extend...
