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Washington, D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D), 88, announced on Tuesday that she’s retiring after her current term in Congress, just days after her campaign filed a termination report without explanation. “The privilege of public service is inseparable from the responsibility to recognize when it’s time to lift up the next generation of leaders,” Norton said...

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), slammed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Monday, saying the agency "cannot exist" and "needs to be abolished" after tensions between the Trump administration and local leaders in Minnesota escalated following the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti. "As you probably know and folks should know, ICE and the [Department of Homeland...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he hides his naps from President Trump during flights together, according to a new New York magazine report. “There’s an office with two couches, and I usually want to sleep on one of those two couches,” Rubio said, telling the magazine’s Ben Terris about Air Force One flights with...

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) in a new opinion piece says Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) “should reassess their current tactics” after the killing of Alex Pretti Saturday in Minneapolis. In an opinion piece published by The New York Times on Tuesday, the New York Republican said “collaboration should start...

A former president of FIFA is suggesting President Trump's foreign policy moves are grounds for a boycott of this year's World Cup, which will hold several matches in major U.S. cities during competition. Sepp Blatter, in a social media post on Monday, referenced an interview Swiss attorney Mark Pieth gave to a European news outlet...

Business with dictators is never just business.

Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.) announced Tuesday that he’s retiring after almost two decades in Congress, making him the third Florida Republican to opt against seeking reelection in the House. “I came to Congress to solve problems, to fight for working families, and to help ensure this country remains a place where opportunity is available to...

Trump all too often displays an unseemly lust for the arrest, prosecution, trial and even the execution of his political enemies.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) said President Trump acknowledged during a call Monday that “the present situation” in the city cannot continue, amid public backlash following two fatal shootings involving federal immigration officers this month. “I spoke with President Trump today and appreciated the conversation. I expressed how much Minneapolis has benefited from our immigrant...

Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) said Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem committed an “impeachable” offense by calling Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old nurse who was shot and killed by a Border Patrol officer, a “domestic terrorist.” “I think it’s ridiculous that someone called, you know, this poor victim a terrorist, a violent terrorist. You know, that...

Greg Bovino, commander-at-large of the U.S. Border Patrol, is expected to depart Minnesota on Tuesday along with some of his agents, according to multiple reports. His departure comes in the wake of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis on Saturday. Bovino told CNN on Sunday that Pretti was...

Staunch Second Amendment advocates and gun rights absolutists are balking at the Trump administration’s initial messaging about Border Patrol agents killing Alex Pretti in Minneapolis over the weekend, as the administration placed blame on Pretti for carrying a gun while demonstrating against federal deportation operations. Gun rights activists were triggered by the insinuation that Pretti had provoked...

Repealing the Roadless Area Conservation Rule would not be in the long-term interest of the American people.

The Trump administration's organized crackdown on illegal immigration has resulted in the deaths of two Americans in Minneapolis, prompting outrage and calls for accountability.