Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Sunday called for a thorough investigation into the latest fatal shooting involving a Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agent in Minneapolis, saying the American people are entitled to that “basic standard” of accountability from law enforcement. “There must be a thorough and impartial investigation into yesterday’s Minneapolis shooting, which is the basic standard...
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) on Sunday slammed Attorney General Pam Bondi’s letter to him urging him to restore the “rule of law” by turning over information about the state’s welfare programs hours after a federal immigration agent shot and killed a local resident. Bondi’s request follows the uncovering of a massive fraud scandal in...
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) said Sunday that federal immigration officers “do not have carte blanche” while carrying out operations in cities nationwide, in the wake of the fatal shooting of an American citizen by Border Patrol agents. Murkowski wrote on the social platform X that Saturday’s fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis...
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) urged President Trump’s MAGA base to “take off their political blinders” as she expressed skepticism about the use of force deployed during the latest shooting in Minnesota involving a federal immigration agent. In a post on the social platform X, Greene touted her support for law enforcement and immigration enforcement, but she also defended the right to legally carry firearms, indirectly pushing back on claims that 37-year-old Alex Pretti posed a threat...
Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a warning to Minnesotans protesting the federal immigration crackdown in the state, telling them not to “cross that red line.” "MINNESOTA: Peacefully protesting is a sacred American right protected by the First Amendment," Bondi wrote in a post on the social media platform X. "Obstructing, impeding, or attacking federal law...
Google and Character.AI plan to settle several lawsuits with families alleging that their products drove their children to self-harm or suicide, according to recent court documents. The companies have reached settlement agreements “in principle” in five cases, they said in filings Tuesday and Wednesday. That includes lawsuits brought by the families of 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III and 13-year-old Juliana Peralta,...
The Trump administration this week finalized an effort to ax federal environmental rules governing how the U.S. builds infrastructure projects. In a final rule published Thursday, the administration formally adopted its earlier effort to rescind White House regulations related to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). NEPA is one of the nation’s bedrock environmental laws. It requires the federal...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) pushed back on the Trump administration’s claims about the woman who was fatally shot Wednesday by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer. “There’s no indication she’s a protester, there’s nothing that at least you can see on the video, and therefore nothing that the officers on the ground could see...
Vice President Vance and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will brief reporters Thursday afternoon, a day after a woman was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in Minneapolis. The Trump administration has sought to justify the deadly shooting as an act of self-defense. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday...
The Trump administration is withdrawing the United States’ membership from 66 international organizations, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Wednesday. The list includes 31 United Nations organizations and several agencies committed to countering the global impacts of climate change and international peacebuilding, including the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, the Global Counterterrorism Forum and the...
Senate Democrats on Wednesday said they are investigating the communications between President Trump and several oil companies regarding the recent U.S. strikes on Venezuela and "efforts to exploit" the South American nation's resources. "The Senators are requesting documents and information regarding the companies’ knowledge of the strikes, discussions with Trump Administration officials before and since...
President Trump, in an interview with The New York Times, said the U.S. could be in control of Venezuela for years. “I would say much longer,” Trump told The Times in a two-hour interview published Thursday, when asked if the U.S. would oversee Venezuela for months, a year or longer. He added, “Only time will tell."...
House Republicans, in a rare show of defiance on Thursday, will take up votes on measures openly challenging President Trump and conference leaders. The lower chamber will weigh a move to override Trump's veto of two bipartisan, uncontroversial bills caught in political crosshairs. It will also vote to extend the expired Obamacare subsidies, an effort...
The Minneapolis woman fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer on Wednesday was a mother and new to the city, The Associated Press reported. Renee Nicole Macklin Good, whose death has sparked widespread outrage in the last 24 hours, was 37 years old and had three children. Originally from Colorado, her move...
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) says that a U.S. military invasion of Greenland would be “weapons-grade stupid” and he doesn’t think that President Trump or Secretary of State Marco Rubio will attempt such a move despite tough talk from some White House officials. “Let me give you my perspective. Even a modestly intelligent ninth grader knows...
