Once again, House progressives are arguing that Senate Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer must be replaced . . . but they have no way of forcing that to happen.
The Trump administration has been holding covert meetings with a fringe group seeking to separate the oil-rich province of Alberta from the rest of Canada, adding a layer of intrigue to the increasingly tense relationship between Washington and Ottawa.
Vice President J.D. Vance on Friday will lead the American delegation to the opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy, accompanied by Homeland Security Investigations.
Florida Republican Rep. Carlos Gimenez expressed concerns Tuesday that the Trump administration’s tactics in its hard-line immigration crackdown could hurt the GOP heading into the midterm elections. “Politically, it’s hurting our chances at the midterms — and I’m just being frank about it,” Gimenez told Newsmax. “And the most important thing we have to do...
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney doubled down on his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, last week, during which he backed Greenland’s sovereignty and pushed back on President Trump’s tariff agenda. “To be absolutely clear, and I said this to the president, I meant what I said in Davos,” Carney told reporters...
UPS is planning to cut up to 30,000 operational jobs this year as the package delivery company continues with its turnaround efforts and reducing the number of Amazon shipments that it handles.
President Trump is traveling to Iowa on Tuesday to tout his economic agenda ahead of the 2026 midterms. The visit to Des Moines is the latest on Trump's tour, after he spoke in Detroit and Pennsylvania in recent months. The president has seen falling approval ratings amid rising concerns over inflation and affordability — which...
President Trump on Monday endorsed Indiana state Senate candidate Tracey Powell (R), making good on his threat to endorse challengers to Republicans in the state who blocked redistricting efforts last year. Powell is running to replace incumbent state Sen. Jim Buck (R), who has represented the Hoosier State’s 21st District in the state Senate since...
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) said he met with Border Czar Tom Homan on Tuesday and tha tthe two agree to an "ongoing dialogue" after two residents of Minneapolis were killed over the last month in separate altercations with federal law enforcement officials sent to the state as part of President Trump's deportation crackdown. “Governor...
A senior Greenlandic official dismissed President Trump’s desire for the U.S. to gain sovereignty over the land on which its military base sits. Naaja Nathanielsen, Greenland’s minister of industry, raw materials, mining, energy, law enforcement and equality, told USA Today on Sunday that the president’s proposal is a “red line.” Trump claimed to the New...
The Trump administration's use of administrative warrants and rough-and-tumble ICE enforcement tactics are creating negative voter perceptions and raising questions about the Fourth Amendment, which could be a political gift to Democrats in the upcoming midterm elections.
Family members of two Trinidadian men killed in a U.S. airstrike last October have sued the government, alleging wrongful death and extrajudicial killing amid the Trump administration's campaign of boat strikes off the coast of Venezuela. It's the first federal lawsuit filed over the military's attacks on alleged drug-trafficking vessels in the Caribbean Sea, which...
Washington, D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D), 88, announced on Tuesday that she’s retiring after her current term in Congress, just days after her campaign filed a termination report without explanation. “The privilege of public service is inseparable from the responsibility to recognize when it’s time to lift up the next generation of leaders,” Norton said...
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), slammed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Monday, saying the agency "cannot exist" and "needs to be abolished" after tensions between the Trump administration and local leaders in Minnesota escalated following the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti. "As you probably know and folks should know, ICE and the [Department of Homeland...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he hides his naps from President Trump during flights together, according to a new New York magazine report. “There’s an office with two couches, and I usually want to sleep on one of those two couches,” Rubio said, telling the magazine’s Ben Terris about Air Force One flights with...
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) in a new opinion piece says Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) “should reassess their current tactics” after the killing of Alex Pretti Saturday in Minneapolis. In an opinion piece published by The New York Times on Tuesday, the New York Republican said “collaboration should start...
A former president of FIFA is suggesting President Trump's foreign policy moves are grounds for a boycott of this year's World Cup, which will hold several matches in major U.S. cities during competition. Sepp Blatter, in a social media post on Monday, referenced an interview Swiss attorney Mark Pieth gave to a European news outlet...
