The Republican Party’s determined defense of President Trump’s deportation efforts is cracking in the wake of the fatal shooting of a second civilian protester in Minneapolis over the weekend. For the past year, GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill have been virtually united in supporting Trump’s immigrant crackdown, saying the deployment of federal law enforcement officers...
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), a frequent independent voice among Senate Democrats, condemned the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota but said he is unwilling to force a government shutdown over funding disputes involving the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In a statement Monday, the Pennsylvania Democrat called for the federal operation to end as he mourned...
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) pushed for the retraining of every federal immigration officer in the wake of two shooting deaths this month at the hands of federal immigration authorities in Minneapolis. “Well, the first thing we have to do is demand that they pull these officers out of all of our cities and that...
The U.S. Coast Guard suspended the search Sunday evening for the lone survivor of the U.S. military’s strike on an alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific on Friday, an operation during which two suspected “narco-terrorists” were killed on impact. The Coast Guard ended its effort at 7:46 p.m. PST after 56 hours of searching,...
Former NBA player Chris Dudley on Monday announced his bid to unseat incumbent Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek (D) by vying for the Republican nomination. Marion County Commissioner Danielle Bethell is also competing in the GOP primary. Dudley launched a gubernatorial campaign in 2010, after playing 16 seasons of professional basketball for the Cleveland Cavaliers, New...
The Education Department and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on Monday they are seeking enforcement action against Minnesota over its policies around transgender athletes. The two federal agencies opened a Title IX investigation against the state’s Department of Education and High School League in response to policies allowing transgender girls on women’s sports teams. The...
Dozens of CEOs of Minnesota-based companies called for a de-escalation of tensions in the wake of Saturday’s fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by a federal law enforcement agent brought to the city as part of President Trump's deportation efforts. In an open letter shared Sunday by the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, the business leaders said...
Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah) on Monday criticized Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem’s reaction to the killing of Alex Pretti by a federal agent as “premature” and argued that she “weakened confidence” among the public as the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown comes under fire. “We must have a transparent, independent investigation into the...
Friction is growing between gun rights groups and some Trump administration officials over their comments following this weekend’s fatal shooting in Minneapolis by federal agents. Bill Essayli, the administration’s top prosecutor in Los Angeles, warned there is a “high likelihood” that law enforcement would be “legally justified” in shooting gun owners who approach them while...
The Treasury Department on Monday said it would cancel 31 contracts with Booz Allen Hamilton, citing its failure to " implement adequate safeguards" after a past employee leaked tax data, including President Trump's returns, to media outlets. The decision to cut ties with the company was due in part to the misconduct of Charles Edward...
A federal appeals court has declined to reconsider a three-judge panel's decision to uphold Alina Habba’s disqualification as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey, paving the way for the Justice Department to take President Trump's fight to retain loyalist U.S. attorneys to the Supreme Court. In a terse order Monday, the U.S. Court of...
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) announced Monday that Senate Democrats are prepared to speed up passage of five government funding bills — but not funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) — to avoid a large swath of the government shutting down at the end of the week. “Senate Democrats have made clear...
The U.S. should adopt a temporary, rules-based program of price subsidies for small and medium-sized businesses to help modernize the industrial base, rather than relying on tariffs which reward inefficiency and lock it in place.
A new poll shows that more Americans view education and housing as unaffordable relative to other necessities. The survey from The New York Times and the Siena Research Institute, released Monday, found that 58 percent of respondents view education as unaffordable, with 26 percent saying it is somewhat affordable and just 8 percent saying it...
