Immigration enforcement is sowing chaos in Minneapolis and across the country. Democrats, elections officials, and civil rights groups fear it could interfere with this November’s elections — and are...
A partial government shutdown is expected this weekend as Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., blocks the Senate's passage of Trump-backed funding package, calling it a "bad deal."
Sen. Thom Tillis said he will block Trump's Federal Reserve nominee until the DOJ ends its criminal probe of Jerome Powell over a building renovation controversy.
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin will pause abortion appointments starting Oct. 1 because of President Trump’s tax and spending megabill, the organization said Thursday. The move is intended to be temporary, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin President and CEO Tanya Atkinson said. "Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin is—and always will be—focused on putting our patients first. Our commitment...
Dozens of prisoners who were on federal death row but had their sentences commuted under former President Biden will be moved to supermax prisons, attorney general Pam Bondi announced on Thursday. Biden, just a month before leaving office, commuted the sentences of 37 people on federal death row, moving the classification from execution to life...
The campaign of New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) criticized the Trump administration on Thursday for releasing her military records, which included sensitive personal information, to an ally of her gubernatorial opponent. “The Trump administration blatantly violated federal law by releasing Mikie Sherrill’s unredacted personal military records to an agent of the Ciattarelli...
President Trump said on Thursday that he would not allow Israel to annex the West Bank, telling reporters that he has spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the issue. “I will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank, nope. I will not allow it. It’s not going to happen,” he said following...
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) on Thursday accused President Trump of engaging in “mafia-style blackmail” after his budget director promised mass firings if the government shuts down at the end of the month. “President Trump is engaged in mafia-style blackmail, with his threats ultimately harming the American people,” Van Hollen said in a statement Thursday....
The acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Texas called Wednesday’s shooting at a Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility the “very definition of terrorism” Thursday. In notes that investigators found at the shooter’s home, the gunman “hoped his actions would terrorize ICE employees and interfere with their work,” acting U.S. Attorney Nancy...
The White House on Thursday downplayed plans for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to convene top military leaders next week amid speculation about the purpose for the meeting. “It’s not particularly unusual that generals who report to the secretary of War and then to the president of the United States are coming to speak with the secretary...
The Pokémon Co. International said it was “not involved” in the creation of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid video, adding it did not give the agency permission to use its intellectual property. “We are aware of a recent video posted by the Department of Homeland Security [DHS] that includes imagery and language associated...
Comedian Bill Maher said in a Wednesday interview that he does not think Republicans will “give up power” if they lose upcoming election cycles. In an appearance on SiriusXM’s “Straight Shooter with Stephen A,” Maher predicted that, as long as Republicans still view Democrats as an “existential threat to this country” in 2026 and 2028,...
The U.S. rejected a United Nations political declaration Thursday about combatting chronic disease and promoting mental health because of language the Trump administration said was objectionable. Speaking to U.N. delegates at the meeting in New York City, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said President Trump is committed to solving the nation’s...
Federal and local authorities will brief reporters Thursday afternoon on their investigation into the shooting at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Dallas a day earlier as they seek a motive. A gunman opened fire on the sally port of the facility as detainees were being loaded into vans. One detainee was killed...
AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler on Thursday decried the Trump administration’s plans to initiate a reduction in force if discretionary funding lapses next month as outlined in a new White House memo. “America’s federal workers — the hardworking people across the country who keep our essential government services running — have already suffered immensely from the...
Stephen A. Smith gave two options for his favorites to lead the Democratic ticket in 2028: Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore. In an interview on SiriusXM’s “Straight Shooter with Stephen A,” a self-described “lifetime lib” caller from Wisconsin told Smith that he thought California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) appeared to be...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) spoke with reporters Thursday afternoon with less than a week until government funding lapses. The Sept. 30 deadline is inching closer after Senate Democrats blocked the House GOP-led continuing resolution that would have kept the lights on until Nov. 21. Lawmakers and their aides are now bracing for a...
