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ICE officers face criminal probe for alleged ‘untruthful statements’ under oath about Minneapolis shooting

Two ICE officers face a criminal investigation after allegedly making "untruthful statement" under oath about a Minneapolis shooting involving Venezuelans.

Trump trounces Biden energy records in just months as admin celebrates 1 year of ‘historic gains’: data

White House marks National Energy Dominance Council anniversary with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum touting energy production gains and lower gas prices under Trump administration.

Collins boosts Republican voter ID effort, but won’t scrap filibuster

While Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, supports the SAVE America Act, she won't buck the Senate filibuster, which will prove a key barrier in the legislation's survival in the Senate.

The Stonewall flag fix and more: Letters to the Editor — Feb. 15, 2026

While federal property properly prioritizes the US flag, seriousness requires proportionality, not overcorrection.

Vladimir Putin’s finally starting to sweat — so it’s time for Trump to turn up the heat

With Vladimir Putin's war machine sputtering, it's time to push the Kremlin even harder...

Renee Good’s brother in congressional testimony: ‘What a beautiful American we have lost’

House and Senate Democrats on Tuesday listened to the testimonies of U.S. citizens who said they were assaulted, injured or shot by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers, starting with the brothers of Renee Good, a Minneapolis woman shot and killed by a federal immigration officer last month. "The most important thing is to understand...

Trump signs bill to end partial government shutdown

President Trump on Tuesday signed a bill to end a partial government shutdown after the funding legislation was held up by lawmakers who have been agitated over the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) immigration enforcement efforts. The bill funds DHS for the next 10 days, with a new deadline set for that agency’s funding to...

House Democrat: DHS is ‘greatest threat to the homeland right now’

Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.) on Tuesday said the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the “greatest threat” to the homeland right now as Democrats fight to reform the agency and restrict the Trump administration's most controversial immigration enforcement practices. “Let me be very blunt, I'm gonna just say it: The greatest threat to the homeland...

Springsteen ICE protest ‘Streets of Minneapolis’ highest-selling song in US last week

Bruce Springsteen's protest song ripping what he calls the "state terror" tactics by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is topping the music sales charts in the United States. "Streets of Minneapolis" was last week's highest-selling song in the United States, Billboard reported Monday. The tune took the top spot on Billboard's digital song sales chart...

Johnson says Democratic judicial warrant reform proposal ‘unworkable’

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) warned against Democrats’ proposed reforms to immigration enforcement warrants, saying, “That is a road we cannot and should not go down.” Democrats in both chambers of Congress are pushing for tightened restrictions around immigration agents’ use of warrants in making arrests. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has listed warrant...

Elon Musk’s X offices raided in Paris

The French offices of Elon Musk’s X were raided Tuesday amid an investigation into the social platform, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office. The prosecutor’s office said in a post on X that its cybercrime unit had executed a search warrant at the company’s offices as part of a probe launched last January. It also...

Watch live: Warner gives remarks on FBI raid of Georgia election office

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) will speak with reporters Tuesday afternoon as Democrats raise concerns about Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard's presence during the recent FBI raid on an election office in Fulton County, Ga. FBI agents were seen removing documents from the office that were tied to the 2020 presidential election. President Trump has...

Millions of Americans rely on the Affordable Care Act. They deserve an upgrade.

The ACA was never meant to be frozen in time: It was meant to evolve.

Man who falsely claimed to shoot Charlie Kirk faces up to 15 years in prison

George Zinn, accepted a plea deal as he faced charges of obstruction of justice and sexual exploitation of a minor.

National Parks Service to remove invasive ‘salt cedar’ trees from Big Bend National Park

From Feb. 12-28, park resource crews will cut down tamarisk trees in the area and then treat the stumps with the herbicide triclopyr. The National Parks Service said in a Jan. 27 news release that it will remove invasive trees in Big Bend National Park, along the Rio Grande and the park's hot springs area.

Savannah Guthrie calls for prayers for missing mother: ‘Bring her home’

“Today” show host Savannah Guthrie is calling for prayers as the search continues for her missing mother. Nancy Guthrie, 84, was reported missing on Sunday morning after she did not show up for church near Tucson, Ariz. In an Instagram post on Monday evening, the NBC host asked her followers to “please pray” for the return...

Echoes of Kent State are reverberating through Minneapolis

As in the aftermath of Kent State, the right wing’s opinion is not based on the facts but on political partisanship.

Our recovery agenda must start before addiction takes hold

Regaining connection to other human beings is the basis for recovery.

Probable cause found against West Virginia woman accused in alleged Trump assassination plot

A woman accused in an alleged scheme to assassinate President Donald Trump made a court appearance in Jackson County, West Virginia Monday.

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