Billie Eilish, who's been a fierce critic of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) amid President Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration in the U.S., is taking to the Grammys stage to urge the public to "keep fighting" and "protesting." "As grateful as I feel, I honestly don't feel like I need to say anything, but, that...
The Trump administration is moving to limit obligations on certain upwind states to cut smog pollution from their power plants that can flow to downwind states. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday proposed “phase 1” of its rollback of the Biden-era “Good Neighbor” plan. The “Good Neighbor” regulations broadly seek to prevent pollution in...
Rapper Nicki Minaj said Wednesday she received a “gold card” from President Trump, hours after praising the president during an event touting his administration’s child investment accounts. Minaj posted a photo of the immigration card, emblazoned with Trump’s face on it, to social platform X with the caption “Welp.” She later wrote on X that...
President Trump's threat to take over Greenland was reversed after being challenged by European leaders, and Congress must now intervene to ensure that any future Arctic security agreement is overseen and does not violate international law.
People in the United States are living longer than ever before, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A report released Thursday by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) found that the life expectancy of a person living in the U.S. was 79 years old in 2024,...
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and President Trump are moving toward a deal to separate Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding from five other House-passed appropriations bills in hopes of avoiding a partial government shutdown this weekend, according to a source familiar with the discussions. No agreement has been reached yet but the discussions...
Border czar Tom Homan will speak with reporters Thursday morning in Minneapolis, as the city reels following two fatal shootings involving federal immigration authorities. President Trump sent Homan to Minnesota earlier this week to oversee the administration's ramped up immigration crackdown in the city after Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino left the area on Tuesday....
Trump administration border czar Tom Homan will hold a press conference Thursday morning as he assumes command of the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis. The Senate is also scrambling as a Jan. 30 partial shutdown deadline quickly approaches and Democrats dig their heels in on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding. After Saturday's fatal shooting of...
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) announced Thursday that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has informed her that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ceased enhanced operations in Maine, something Collins had repeatedly discussed with Noem in recent days. “I can report that Secretary Noem has informed me that ICE has ended its enhanced activities in the State of Maine,”...
New video revealed Wednesday appears to show Alex Pretti, the ICU nurse who was shot and killed over the weekend by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis, in an altercation with federal authorities over a week before his death. The footage, taken on Jan. 13, shows an alleged Pretti hurling expletives at the officers next to...
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) on Thursday officially threw her hat in the ring to run for governor of Minnesota. "Minnesotans, we’ve been through a lot," she wrote on the social platform X. "And I believe this moment calls for grit, resilience, and faith in each other. I believe we must stand up for what’s right....
This month marks one year since President Trump began rolling out some of the most sweeping immigration restrictions in modern U.S. history, particularly targeting immigrants from developing countries. The administration has implemented more than 500 policy changes which, taken together, prioritize a immigrants' country of citizenship over their job skills, family ties or the needs of the...
