Attorney General Pam Bondi accused Minnesota leaders in a letter to Gov. Tim Walz of refusing to enforce immigration law and warns federal agents are being put at risk.
A Border Patrol agent fatally shot an armed Minneapolis man on Saturday, prompting White House deputy chief Stephen Miller to accuse Democrats of siding with "terrorists."
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said the Department of Justice (DOJ) probe into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell could result in increased inflation and interest rates. Speaking to reporters on the call for his company’s fourth-quarter results, Dimon said “anything that chips away” at the independence of the central bank “is probably not a good...
Some House Republicans have joined in criticizing the Department of Justice’s probe into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, arguing it could undermine the regulator’s independence. Those GOP members join a chorus of Democrats and some Republican senators who have criticized the investigation, arguing it's an abuse of the Justice Department’s authority designed to pressure Powell, who...
The timeline is slipping for a bipartisan group of senators to release a compromise to revive the expired enhanced ObamaCare subsidies, according to one of the lead negotiators. Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) told reporters Tuesday that lawmakers are looking at a deadline of the end of January to have a legislative framework ready. Moreno had previously said lawmakers would have text of a bipartisan deal as early as this...
Lindsey Halligan, the loyalist top prosecutor hand-picked by President Trump in the Eastern District of Virginia, told a federal judge Tuesday she's entitled to continue calling herself the U.S. attorney after different judge found she was unlawfully installed to the post. The contention came in sharp-tongued court filings responding to U.S. District Judge David Novak's order last...
GOP Rep. Don Bacon (R) joined House Democrats to introduce legislation seeking to preemptively block President Trump from using military force to acquire Greenland — a prospect the president has declined to rule out amid renewed interest in the Danish territory. The “No Funds for NATO Invasion Act,” introduced Monday, would prohibit the use of...
A new Economist/YouGov poll found that 46 percent of respondents support abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), with 43 percent opposed to getting rid of the agency. The poll, released Tuesday, found that 35 percent of respondents strongly support eliminating the agency, while 1 in 10 somewhat support such a move. Just over 30 percent...
Iran on Tuesday allowed citizens to call internationally after days of phone and internet outages amid violent protests. More than 2,000 Iranians have been killed amid antigovernment protests, activists told The Associated Press. Some in Tehran told the newswire they were able to call abroad for the first time Tuesday but could not receive international...
President Trump is again slamming New York City’s congestion pricing program, calling it “a disaster.” “Congestion Pricing in Manhattan is a DISASTER for New York. It’s got to be ended, IMMEDIATELY! It’s never worked before, and it will never work now,” the president, who is originally from the Big Apple, said in a post on...
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus will speak with reporters Tuesday afternoon on their push for reforms within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The pressure comes less than a week after 37-year-old Renee Good was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in Minnesota. Protests...
A former Navy sailor was sentenced Monday to more than 16 years in prison following his conviction of selling warship information to Chinese intelligence, according to the Justice Department. A federal judge in San Diego sentenced Jinchao Wei, 25, to 200 months in prison after he was convicted of espionage by a federal jury in...
The Pentagon, during the last days of the Biden administration, secretly purchased a device that some investigators believe could be linked to the “Havana Syndrome,” a medical condition that has impacted U.S. service members, diplomats and spies. The device, which has some Russian components, was bought by Homeland Security Investigations, using the funding from the...
Congress must act to prevent a president from unilaterally amending or "reprofiling" U.S. Treasury obligations, which could have significant consequences for markets.
If you want to watch the College Football National Championship game between the University of Miami and Indiana University in person next week, it's going to cost you. The cheapest ticket to Monday's prime-time game in Miami is selling for more than $3,000, topping recent NFL Wild Card games and still-to-come World Cup 2026 group...
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday said the Iranian government could soon cripple following the wave of national protests in the country against poor economic conditions. “If a regime can only keep itself in power by force, then it’s effectively at the end,” Merz said Tuesday in Bengaluru, India, according to The Associated Press. “I...
