The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said that a federal officer shot a man during a scuffle in Minneapolis that involved multiple people -- an incident that comes a week after the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in the same city. Federal officers on Wednesday evening were...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul backed legislation to allow residents to sue ICE agents for alleged constitutional violations as part of new guardrails for immigration enforcement.
President Trump has informed Congress he will shut down the migrant camp in Qatar where the U.S. holds Afghan evacuees before they are allowed to reach America, a senior lawmaker said Wednesday.
Democrats are still likely to win this year’s Minnesota gubernatorial race after the current governor, Tim Walz (D), ending his campaign, according to Sabato’s Crystal Ball. On Monday, Walz announced he was ending his reelection bid amid increasing scrutiny about his management of massive pandemic era fraud scandal. In a statement, the former running mate...
The Venezuelan army is mourning the two dozen soldiers it says were killed in the U.S. operation to capture the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, this weekend. The army posted a tribute to the soldiers on Instagram on Monday. The U.S. captured and arrested Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in the predawn hours of Saturday....
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) confirmed on Tuesday that she’s "seriously considering" a bid to succeed Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), who announced Monday that he was dropping his campaign for a third term. “I love my job, I love my state and I’m seriously considering it,” the North Star State’s senior senator told CNN. A source...
The White House said on Tuesday that President Trump is weighing using the U.S. military to acquire the Danish territory of Greenland. “President Trump has made it well known that acquiring Greenland is a national security priority of the United States, and it’s vital to deter our adversaries in the Arctic region,” White House press...
Actor and podcaster Michael Rapaport says he's running for New York City mayor in 2029, railing against Zohran Mamdani just days after the democratic socialist was sworn into office. "I, Michael Rapaport, will be running for mayor of New York City in 2029," the "Higher Learning" performer said in a video posted on Instagram on Monday. "You...
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) has set a March date for a special election to fill the vacancy left by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) after she resigned from Congress on Monday. Voters in the Peach State's 14th Congressional District will cast their ballots March 10 to fill the remainder of Greene’s term, Georgia Secretary...
Donald Trump's attempted coup on Jan. 6, 2021, was worse than the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and former special counsel Jack Smith had gathered enough evidence to bring charges against Trump for his role in the failed coup.
Wyoming's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that abortion will remain legal in the state, undoing the country's first abortion pill ban enacted following the U.S. Supreme Court's 2022 repeal of Roe v. Wade. State justices, in a 4-1 decision, sided with Wellspring Health Access, the abortion access advocacy group Chelsea's Fund and four women. They all...
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is heading to Wisconsin for a town hall later this month. The event is set for 6 p.m. EST on Jan. 16 in La Crosse, Wis., roughly three hours northwest of Milwaukee. A description of the town hall says Buttigieg will discuss the cost of housing, child care, health care...
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) ripped the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday for blowing past deadlines in its release of information related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Epstein Files Transparency Act, signed into law last November, ordered the DOJ to release all documents regarding Epstein and his longtime associate Ghislaine...
The Upward Mobility Act is a proposed bill that would combine multiple federal anti-poverty programs into a single, flexible funding stream to help low-income Americans move up the economic ladder without fear of losing their federal assistance.
President Trump on Tuesday told House Republicans to be “flexible” in their demands for restrictions against federal funds going to ObamaCare-funded health care plans that cover abortion. “Now, you have to be a little flexible on Hyde,” Trump said in reference to the Hyde Amendment, the provision that prevents federal funds from being used on...
A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a ruling preventing the Trump administration from cutting billions of dollars in support of research payments to universities, medical centers and other recipients The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit affirmed the ruling of a lower court, which had previously blocked the National Institutes of Health's plan to cap the “indirect” research payments while...
