Historical outliers like the discriminatory Black Codes cannot be used to justify a state government violating explicit provisions of the Bill of Rights.
Rep. Steny H. Hoyer is endorsing his former campaign manager to succeed him after he leaves Congress, where he is currently the longest-serving Democrat.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) filed to form a gubernatorial committee Thursday, putting her one step closer toward a run for Minnesota governor. Klobuchar filed paperwork with the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board for a gubernatorial committee. A spokesperson for Klobuchar’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Klobuchar is widely expected to...
This is where the discourse is at surrounding Epstein: Anyone who has met him even once can be smeared as “very involved” in a sex trafficking ring on CNN.
Renee Good, the 37-year-old mother killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in Minneapolis earlier this month, was shot three times and grazed by a fourth bullet, according to results from a private autopsy. The law firm representing Good’s family members released the autopsy results on Wednesday. A representative from Romanucci & Blandin...
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers on Tuesday detained a 5-year-old boy and his father in Minnesota after the boy came home from preschool, according to several media reports. Columbia Heights Public School District Superintendent Zena Stenvik told Minnesota Public Radio that Liam Conejo Ramos and his father were approached by masked federal agents in...
The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) newest immigration crackdown, “Operation Catch of the Day,” is underway in Maine. “We have launched Operation Catch of the Day to target the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens in the state,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a Wednesday statement. “On the first day of operations,...
A Cuban immigrant's death in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Texas has been ruled a homicide, according to The Associated Press. ICE said in a press release earlier this month that on Jan. 3, a Cuban migrant named Geraldo Lunas Campos had died while in custody. The agency said Lunas Campos,...
President Trump departed Davos, Switzerland, where he met with world leaders and unveiled his new Board of Peace in Gaza at the annual World Economic Forum. Earlier Thursday, the president participated in a signing ceremony for his peace board initiative alongside a handful of world leaders. No major European allies attended the Thursday signing ceremony,...
Challenges to President Trump’s tariff regime could soon be at the center of business in the House, as Democrats and tariff-skeptical GOP members will have the opportunity to call snap votes that set up a loyalty test for Republicans. House Republican leadership this week declined to extend past Jan. 31 a prohibition on calling snap...
Vice President Vance is in Ohio on Thursday morning to sell President Trump’s economic agenda, as the 2026 midterm elections inch closer. In his visit to Toledo, Ohio, Vance is expected to tour an industrial shipping facility and deliver remarks on how the Trump administration's policies impact the Midwest. Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy...
President Trump and his administration rolled out the Board of Peace initiative for Gaza in Davos on Thursday featuring leaders of over 20 countries that notably did not include major European Union allies. Countries that have agreed to join the board include Argentina, Belarus, Morocco, Vietnam, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kosovo, Hungary, Egypt, Turkey, Qatar, Jordan,...
