A man DHS says was armed fatally shot by Border Patrol agents sparked a gun rights debate between the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus and the NRA over carry rights.
Several Minnesota leaders united against ICE operations on Saturday after a fatal shooting incident, with Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., saying federal agents outnumber local police "three to one."
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem warns the Trump administration is considering Insurrection Act as tensions escalate in Minneapolis following deadly Border Patrol shooting and unrest.
The risk of a partial government shutdown at the end of January grew more likely Saturday after Senate Democrats vowed to block a funding package over a fatal Minneapolis shooting involving federal law enforcement authorities. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) on Saturday evening said that Democrats will block a major government funding package if...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday vowed that the U.S. will "avenge ... with overwhelming force” the two Iowa National Guard members killed in an ambush in Syria. Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres Tovar, 25, of Des Moines, and Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, of Marshalltown, were killed Saturday in Palmyra along with a civilian interpreter involved...
President Trump said Monday his administration is “considering” reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug, days after The Washington Post reported he is expected to sign an executive order telling agencies to pursue reclassification soon. Such a move would continue efforts begun by the Biden administration, which started the process to make marijuana a Schedule III...
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An agreement between moderate Republicans and GOP leadership in the House to allow a vote on extending expiring Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies is on the rocks as the two sides squabble over the contents of the amendment. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) and other GOP centrists are planning to introduce an amendment in the House...
President Trump on Monday lashed out at Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) over Tina Peters, his latest remarks focusing on the case of the state election official who was convicted of multiple felonies after breaching voting equipment in the 2020 election. Trump held an event in the Oval Office focused on slowing the flow of...
Former New York City Police Department Deputy Commissioner John Miller said he sees “friction” between local police and the FBI over the handling of the “person of interest” in the Brown University shooting who was subsequently released because of insufficient evidence. In an interview on “CNN Newsroom” late Sunday, Miller said he noticed “a couple...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said on Monday that the state has the right to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) despite President Trump’s executive order last week that seeks to institute a national AI standard by pushing back on state laws. DeSantis, who has rolled out a “Citizen Bill of Rights for Artificial Intelligence,” noted that...
Trinidad and Tobago’s government announced on Monday that it would open up its airports to U.S. military aircraft in the coming weeks as tensions between Venezuela and the U.S. escalate. Trinidad and Tobago’s foreign ministry said it has “granted approvals” to U.S. military jets to transit the country’s airports, adding that the U.S. has advised...
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) said her son, a U.S.-born citizen, was targeted by ICE agents on Saturday after he stopped at a Target store. She said her son was pulled over but then was allowed to move on after he provided his passport. “Yesterday after he made a stop at Target, he did get pulled...
President Trump on Monday afternoon is scheduled to participate in a Mexican Border Defense Medal presentation. The medal was established to recognize service members deployed to the U.S. international border with Mexico. Watch the presentation, scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. EST, in the player above.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced Monday he is hiring two former top officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) who were pushed out by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or resigned in protest of his policies. Susan Monarez, former CDC director, and Deb Houry, former CDC chief...
President Trump's national security trade actions are delivering real results, as evidenced by increased investment in the U.S., new jobs, and stronger local economies, due to tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.
A JetBlue pilot said a "midair collision" was avoided in an incident near Venezuela that the commercial pilot is blaming on the pilot of a U.S. Air Force refueling tanker. “We almost had a midair collision up here,” the JetBlue pilot said, according to a recording of his conversation with air traffic control obtained by...
Attorney General Pam Bondi said U.S. officials foiled a planned terror attack in Los Angeles, arresting four individuals allegedly plotting to launch a series of bombings on New Year's Eve. Both Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel said they arrested members of the so-called Turtle Island Liberation Front, describing it as a pro-Palestinian extremist group....
