Funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ran out at midnight, marking the third — but smallest — government shutdown of President Trump's second term as Democrats demand reforms to immigration enforcement practices. The shutdown is likely to last longer than the four-day partial shutdown that ended last week, as the White House, Republicans...
California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer on Friday mocked fellow Democratic candidate Rep. Eric Swalwell (Calif.) in a campaign ad for missing House votes. "Call me old-fashioned, but you typically need to show up to work to get a promotion," Steyer wrote on a post on the social platform X. The post included a video of...
Nebraska is set to turn over its voter rolls to the Department of Justice following a state Supreme Court ruling that backed the Trump administration. Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen on Wednesday said Nebraska’s highest court struck down a lawsuit filed by the nonprofit Common Cause, which had sought to block the release of...
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Wednesday sharply criticized Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Department of Justice (DOJ) for seemingly surveilling lawmakers’ search histories of the Jeffrey Epstein files. During Bondi’s testimony Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee, Getty photographer Roberto Schmidt captured a list of items that Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) searched in the...
Top House Democrats and members of the Steering and Policy Committee will speak Thursday morning on holding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) accountable as the battle for funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) persists. Their remarks come as Democrats in both chambers have pushed their GOP colleagues to support reforms at DHS following two...
The White House made a last minute effort to avoid a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security ahead of the funding deadline to keep the agency fully operational. A White House official confirmed to The Hill that it sent legislative text of an offer to Democrats on Capitol Hill on Wednesday evening. However, Democrats...
Border czar Tom Homan will speak with reporters Thursday morning from Minneapolis on the Trump administration's immigration operation in the city — which is still reeling from two fatal shootings by federal agents last month. President Trump sent Homan to oversee "Operation Metro Surge" after protests spread across the state following the deaths of Renee...
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Wednesday slammed Attorney General Pam Bondi’s defense of how the Department of Justice (DOJ) has handled the release of files tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrery Epstein. “The recourse, and I keep reminding the folks at DOJ this, is that the next attorney general can bring charges against them for...
Conversations about U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) pose a tricky line to walk for schoolteachers, who must balance compassion with avoiding the political land mine of immigration enforcement. Educators around the country are fielding questions, concerns and fears from students who are not immune to the political upheaval that has surrounded President Trump's ICE policies, particularly the highly controversial deployment...
A close ally of Venezuela's former regime leader is being targeted by the Department of Justice (DOJ) after receiving a pardon during the Biden administration. Alex Saab, Venezuela's former Minister of Industry and National Production, is being investigated by DOJ officials for an alleged bribery conspiracy to import food, two former law enforcement officials told...
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) improperly disclosed confidential tax data of thousands of people to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as part of the Trump administration’s push to crack down on immigration enforcement measures across agencies. Last April, DHS signed a memorandum of understanding with the Treasury Department so that Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
James Van Der Beek, the hit star from "Dawson's Creek," died to colorectal cancer on Wednesday. He was 48 years old. "Our beloved James David Van Der Beek passed peacefully this morning. He met his final days with courage, faith, and grace," his family wrote in a statement on Instagram. "There is much to share...
