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West Virginia worked with ICE — 650 arrests later, officials say Minnesota-style ‘chaos’ is a choice

ICE surge in West Virginia nets 650 illegal immigrants in two weeks with strong local cooperation, contrasting sharply with Minnesota-style protests.

Make Democrats defend noncitizen voting

Passage of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act will not save the Republican Party from losing the House of Representatives in 2026, as President Donald Trump claims. But it is a reasonable and desirable constitutional reform that would help restore faith in elections. It deserves a vote on the Senate floor. According to the best […]

Trump, another hair-on-fire uproar, and the midterms

TRUMP, ANOTHER HAIR-ON-FIRE UPROAR, AND THE MIDTERMS. On Friday, the political and media world experienced a nervous breakdown over President Donald Trump’s posting of a video that contained a racist image portraying former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes. The video contained a lot more — with a jungle theme, it […]

Michael Goodwin: The Democratic Party we once knew is dead

Despite some grumbling, there was never any doubt that Gov. Hochul, Comptroller Tom DiNapoli...

The anti-ICE activists are an insurgency, not a protest movement

The objective isn’t dissent. It’s obstruction.

Echoes of Kent State are reverberating through Minneapolis

As in the aftermath of Kent State, the right wing’s opinion is not based on the facts but on political partisanship.

Our recovery agenda must start before addiction takes hold

Regaining connection to other human beings is the basis for recovery.

Probable cause found against West Virginia woman accused in alleged Trump assassination plot

A woman accused in an alleged scheme to assassinate President Donald Trump made a court appearance in Jackson County, West Virginia Monday.

Live updates: House votes could end government shutdown; Trump, Colombian leader to meet

House Republicans could end the partial government shutdown on Tuesday, as the lower chamber gears up for votes on a five-bill minibus and a two-week continuing resolution to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). A razor-thin margin and Democrats' refusal to fast-track the funding package put House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and his conference...

Gabbard says Trump requested her presence at Fulton County election center search

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard participated in the FBI’s recent search of a Georgia election center at the request of President Trump, she told members of Congress in a Monday letter. Last week, Gabbard was captured on camera by a Reuters photographer near the election office in Fulton County, Ga., where she was seen...

The Movement: MAGA balks at pumping brakes on deportation operations

A portion of the MAGA base that has long supported mass deportations is worried that the Trump administration will pump the brakes on its immigration enforcement strategy in the wake of mass public outrage over the killing of two Americans by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis. “We have to hold the line. There can be...

First, they came for the journalist

Trump is using the Department of Justice to target his political enemies and intimidate journalists, just as the Department of Defense is being used to wage war and seize other countries' resources.

House panel advances funding bill to reopen government, teeing up tight floor vote

The House Rules Committee on Monday night advanced legislation to end a partial government shutdown, teeing up what will be a tight vote on the House floor for House Republican leadership. The panel advanced the funding package 8-4 along party lines. The legislation, passed by the Senate last week, consists of a so-called minibus of...

Maryland Democrats advance new congressional lines in state House

Maryland Democrats advanced a new set of congressional lines that would eliminate the state’s one remaining GOP-held House seat on Monday. The Maryland House of Delegates voted 99-37 to advance a new House map that would give Democrats an 8-0 edge in their congressional delegation. The state currently has a 7-1 Democratic edge. The legislation...

Texas Democrat sworn in to House, shrinking GOP margin to 1 vote

Rep. Christian Menefee (D-Texas), a former Harris County, Texas, attorney, was sworn in as a member of the House on Monday after winning the special election runoff for the late Rep. Sylvester Turner’s (D-Texas) seat last week. “It's been more than 330 days since the people of the 18th Congressional District had representation, had a...

Newsom’s anti-Trump public health platform

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Newsom’s anti-Trump public health platform California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has positioned himself and his state as the frontline in opposing the new public health guidelines coming from the Trump administration, a strong platform as a 2028 presidential...

4 issues to watch as Homeland Security funding fight escalates

Congress is staring at a steep climb to finalizing a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as progressives and conservatives each try to throw their weight after the shootings by federal agents in Minneapolis. The House aims to send the five-bill minibus and a two-week DHS continuing resolution to President Trump’s desk...

Colin Allred blasts Talarico, backs Crockett in Texas Senate primary

Former Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas) criticized state Rep. James Talarico (D) for allegedly referring to him as a “mediocre Black man” and said he would be backing Talarico’s opponent, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas), in the Senate Democratic primary for Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-Texas) seat. Talarico disputed that he made such a description of Allred, calling it a "mischaracterization." In...

Clintons reverse course, agree to testify in House Epstein inquiry

Former President Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have agreed to testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee as part of the panel's investigation into the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The news marks a stunning about-face that came after months of negotiations and as the House Rules Committee was preparing...

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