A federal judge has delivered a significant victory to ICE, refusing to halt the agency's new policy limiting the ability of members of Congress to conduct oversight of migrant processing and detention facilities.
President Trump on Monday declined to say whether he would use force to seize control of Greenland, according to a new interview with NBC News. The president told the outlet that he had "no comment" on the question, as he continues to push for the U.S. to acquire the Arctic territory that’s part of Denmark. ...
The number of deaths during widespread protests in Iran now exceeds 4,000, according to a human rights group tracking the toll. The Human Rights Group Activist News Agency announced Monday that confirmed fatalities have reached 4,029, with more than 9,000 deaths under review. The number represents a surge of hundreds since Saturday, when the fatalities...
Dr. Jonathan Reiner, cardiologist to the late former Vice President Dick Cheney, called on Monday for a congressional inquiry into President Trump’s fitness. Reiner, a CNN medical analyst, cited Trump’s recent letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, in which he appeared to link his threats to acquire Greenland to his having not been...
North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) aircraft will soon be in Greenland for “long-planned” activities, even as President Trump pushes for U.S. control of the Arctic territory. Along with aircraft operating from bases in the U.S. and Canada, NORAD aircraft at Pituffik Space Base, Greenland, will “support various long-planned NORAD activities, building on the enduring...
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) defended the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Nicole Macklin Good on Wednesday, arguing he was acting in self-defense. Mullin told host Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union” that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer Jonathan Ross “had the right to defend” himself once Macklin Good drove forward....
Cuba has responded to President Trump’s demand to cut a deal with the United States, saying, “No one dictates what we do.” “#Cuba is a free, independent, and sovereign nation. No one dictates what we do. Cuba does not aggress; it is aggressed upon by the United States for 66 years, and it does not...
The Supreme Court justices are back on the bench for their first session of the new year, and several major cases are slated for oral arguments. Over the next two weeks, battles over transgender athlete bans, the Second Amendment and President Trump’s firing of a Federal Reserve governor will play out before the justices. Here’s a look at January's Supreme...
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) called for due process in the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer, slamming the Trump administration for drawing hasty conclusions about the incident before an investigation took place. In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Pritzker criticized Homeland Security Secretary...
Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-Va.) said Sunday that Congress should rein in the authority of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the wake of an officer from the agency fatally shooting a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis. “The real question now is can we find enough Republicans to work with us Democrats, to put a check on...
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) is pushing back against calls from some Democrats to freeze funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), even if it were to result in another government shutdown. In an interview on CNN's "State of the Union," the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee expressed concern about the fatal shooting of...
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) expressed further frustration Sunday with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) changing the childhood vaccine schedule. The CDC, overseen by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., reduced the number of recommended vaccines for children from 17 to 11 on Monday, putting it in line with...
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Sunday pushed back on Trump administration attacks on Renee Nicole Macklin Good, a woman who was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer last week in Minneapolis. “It is not acceptable for Kristi Noem and the president and the vice president to make these kind of judgments...
President Trump is threatening America’s national security, our democracy, the rule of law, our economy and our health because he is trying wield the same kind of virtually unlimited power exercised by dictators like the rulers of Russia, China, North Korea and Saudi Arabia. A few congressional Republicans are urgently needed to join Democrats to...
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Sunday criticized the Trump administration’s handling of Greenland, warning that raising the prospect of military action could undercut any meaningful diplomatic efforts. In an interview on ABC New’s “This Week,” Paul doubted President Trump’s musings about taking over Greenland by military force would materialize — noting the strong bipartisan opposition...
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) went after the Trump administration on Sunday for its handling of immigration operations, saying “the way in which [Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)] is operating today is inhumane and illegal.” “Of course, you need a domestic enforcement mechanism for the immigration laws of this country, but the way in which ICE...
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Sunday said he’s concerned that bombing Iran could backfire and undermine President Trump’s aim to support peaceful protesters in the country. In an interview on ABC News’s “This Week,” the libertarian senator said he hopes the protesters are successful in their efforts to push back against Tehran, but he expressed...
After two decades of sanctions and economic collapse, the idea of the U.S. seizing Venezuela's oil and managing the country toward stability is not only immoral, but structurally incoherent, and would likely lead to violence, collapse and displacement.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) commented on a recent fraud scandal in his state that has drawn national attention, saying, “You do not hold an entire community, any community, accountable for the actions of individuals.” “Obviously, everybody could have done more to prevent fraud. And I think that's a fair point to make. You do...
