At first glance, the decision by Bill and Hillary Clinton to drop their long resistance and agree to testify before a GOP-controlled House panel about Jeffrey Epstein looks like...
Another deadly shooting by federal immigration enforcement officials in Minneapolis has shaken the country, and it may push Washington to shut down part of the government later this week. The killing of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by a Customs and Border Patrol agent on Saturday has renewed uproar nationally, and Senate Democrats have said they will...
A growing number of Republican lawmakers is calling for an impartial investigation into the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by a Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agent in Minneapolis on Saturday. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) wrote Sunday on the social platform X that the probe into the incident must be “thorough and impartial,” which is...
It’s time to confront some fundamental questions. What kind of country are we, and what do we want to be? Do we really believe that diversity “poisons our blood” rather than gives us strength?
In a recent interview with Florida gubernatorial candidate James Fishback (R), Tucker Carlson allowed a plainly false claim about constitutional law to pass without challenge. Fishback asserted that, under Florida law, public-university students could be disciplined or expelled for criticizing Israel. That claim is not merely controversial; it is factually and legally incorrect. The lapse...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Passengers aboard an already-delayed American Airlines flight were stuck for nearly three hours at a Pennsylvania airport, until after 3 a.m., because of an equipment malfunction and an apparent lack of airline staff to help the passengers off the flight another way. "The jetway is not working, and they said there...
In dueling news conferences, federal and state officials offered starkly different messages Sunday about the immigration crackdown that has swept across Minneapolis and surrounding cities, with both claiming the moral high ground in the wake of another shooting death by federal agents.
A private jet with eight people on board crashed Sunday at Bangor International Airport in Maine, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement. A Bombardier Challenger 600 crashed “as it was taking off” from the airport at approximately 7:45 p.m. EST, according to the FAA. The conditions of the eight people on board were not immediately clear as of Sunday night. ...
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) asked Americans to reevaluate their views on the federal immigration crackdown, framing the issue as a moral issue, not a political one. “To Americans who are watching this right now — and I don't know, maybe you're watching with curiosity, bewilderment, horror, scorn or sympathy — I got a question for all of you: What side do you want to be on?” Walz said at a...
Former President Bill Clinton accused the Trump administration of lying to the American people about the shootings that have taken place in Minneapolis at the hands of federal immigration officers. In a statement Sunday, the Democratic former president fiercely condemned the “horrible scenes” in Minneapolis “that I never thought would take place in America.” “People, including children, have been seized from their homes, workplaces, and the...
President Trump declined to say Sunday whether the Border Patrol agent who fatally shot 37-year-old Alex Pretti in a Minneapolis shooting this week did the right thing, saying his administration is “reviewing everything” and will reach a conclusion. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, the president did not answer directly when asked twice whether he thinks the agent acted appropriately, even as members of his administration...
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Sunday called for a thorough investigation into the latest fatal shooting involving a Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agent in Minneapolis, saying the American people are entitled to that “basic standard” of accountability from law enforcement. “There must be a thorough and impartial investigation into yesterday’s Minneapolis shooting, which is the basic standard...
