ICE lodged an ice detainer against Jefferson Adonay Velasquez-Torres, who came here illegally from El Salvador in 2014 and is charged with two murders in Houston.
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) said a person who recently visited Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) while he has been in a rehabilitation center described the former leader as "clear-minded." Capito told independent journalist Nicholas Ballasy in a video posted Saturday that she knew what had been reported, that McConnell "is recovering and is healing and...
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) is “fomenting hate” after the mayor accused the prime minister of being a war criminal. “Look at what he's doing. He's fomenting hate. He's supposed to be the mayor of all New Yorkers, Jews, Christians, Muslims, everyone,” Netanyahu told Fox News’s Maria...
Senate conservatives led by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) are calling on Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) to cancel the August recess so that they can debate the SAVE America Act, a sweeping election reform bill that President Trump has made his No. 1 legislative priority. Tweeting at Thune, Lee warned on social media last...
Iran said Monday that it controls the Strait of Hormuz after a pause in strikes in the war over the weekend. Reuters noted that multiple state media outlets in Iran, citing an unidentified source, reported that Tehran had forced back six ships trying to go through the strait on Monday without clearance from the Middle...
Those who most covet the job of attorney general may not be worthy to have it. The best candidates are willing to resign from the department in its defense.
Acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Bill Pulte said Sunday his office completed a fourth round of layoffs since he took over on June 19. “Since becoming Acting Director of National Intelligence, our team has been smartly, and carefully, reducing the size of [the office of the director of national intelligence (ODNI)], re-focusing ODNI on...