Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said President Donald Trump "did the right thing" with Operation Epic Fury, while Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, was on Air Force One when he gave the order.
Texas GOP candidate alleges rival may be Democrat infiltrator in open primary system after discovering opponent's family donated $30,000 to Beto O'Rourke.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's hearing comes as the agency remains shutdown for a third week, and as lawmakers demand she resign, be fired or impeached.
If the United States and Israel’s joint military campaign against the Islamic Republic succeeds, it could forever end the threat Iran poses to the U.S. and its allies. But another possible benefit awaits. Operation Epic Fury could lead to an expansion of the Abraham Accords, and with it, a more peaceful Middle East. The Islamic […]
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Tuesday said the suspected biolab found in Las Vegas poses an “enormous problem” to the public after investigators collected vials with “unknown liquids” at a private residence. “This is a enormous problem. It's under everybody's, it's under the radar. It's very easy to obtain this kind of information, start doing...
The man accused of shooting two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., in November pleaded not guilty Wednesday to nine federal charges stemming from the incident. Attorneys for 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal pleaded on his behalf in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, according to NewsNation’s Mark Lucivero. Lakanwal is charged with first-degree murder...
Department Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem will provide an update Wednesday afternoon on the Trump administration's border wall project — which President Trump said he hopes will be complete by 2029. Noem also suggested last year that the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border could be painted black so it would be too hot for...
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D) will speak with reporters Wednesday morning, a day after President Trump signed legislation to end the partial government shutdown. The now-passed spending package includes a 2-week continuing resolution to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Democrats are seeking to rein in...
President Trump’s border czar Tom Homan on Wednesday announced that 700 immigration enforcement officials will be withdrawing from Minnesota immediately after federal, state and local officials agreed to cooperate on mass deportation efforts. Homan said the personnel being withdrawn is a “mix” of Border Patrol agents and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers. “The target...
With the partial government shutdown resolved, both the House and Senate turn to negotiations on the Department of Homeland Security, and specifically debate over potential limits on immigration officers, before its funding runs out again on Feb. 13. Border czar Tom Homan will address the Trump administration's immigration efforts in Minneapolis at a Wednesday morning...
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) says he does not support President Trump’s proposal for Republicans to “take over” voting procedures in more than a dozen states and “nationalize” the midterm elections, declaring Trump’s call to action as blatantly unconstitutional. “That’s not what the Constitution says about elections,” Paul said in an interview Tuesday with MS NOW’s...
A federal judge in Oregon temporarily limited federal agents’ use of nonlethal munitions against protesters outside of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Portland, Ore. ICE officers deployed tear gas, shot pepper balls and rubber bullets and set off flash bang-grenades at an anti-immigration enforcement protest in the city earlier this week, The...
Ten years after the North Korea Sanctions Policy Enhancement Act was passed, Congress needs to reassert its authority on North Korea policy and demand full enforcement of the law, while also pursuing creative diplomacy to make progress towards disarming the Kim regime.
President Trump’s lawyers are back in Manhattan this morning, vying to finally convince a 92-year-old federal judge that he should take the reins on Trump’s criminal conviction and toss it. Fresh off hearing deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro’s not guilty plea, U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein will decide if Trump’s case belongs before him or in New York state court, where a jury issued Trump’s sole conviction. Hellerstein has shown reluctance. But Trump has new ammo. He can thank the U.S. Court...
