California Gov. Gavin Newsom joined a chorus of Democrats claiming that President Trump's strikes on Iran were "illegal" — despite the Trump administration following the War Powers Act.
A prison abolitionist beat out the incumbent judge in a Democratic primary in North Carolina, according to unofficial election results posted by the state's Board of Elections.
President Trump on Tuesday signed a bill to end a partial government shutdown after the funding legislation was held up by lawmakers who have been agitated over the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) immigration enforcement efforts. The bill funds DHS for the next 10 days, with a new deadline set for that agency’s funding to...
Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.) on Tuesday said the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the “greatest threat” to the homeland right now as Democrats fight to reform the agency and restrict the Trump administration's most controversial immigration enforcement practices. “Let me be very blunt, I'm gonna just say it: The greatest threat to the homeland...
Bruce Springsteen's protest song ripping what he calls the "state terror" tactics by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is topping the music sales charts in the United States. "Streets of Minneapolis" was last week's highest-selling song in the United States, Billboard reported Monday. The tune took the top spot on Billboard's digital song sales chart...
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) warned against Democrats’ proposed reforms to immigration enforcement warrants, saying, “That is a road we cannot and should not go down.” Democrats in both chambers of Congress are pushing for tightened restrictions around immigration agents’ use of warrants in making arrests. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has listed warrant...
The French offices of Elon Musk’s X were raided Tuesday amid an investigation into the social platform, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office. The prosecutor’s office said in a post on X that its cybercrime unit had executed a search warrant at the company’s offices as part of a probe launched last January. It also...
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) will speak with reporters Tuesday afternoon as Democrats raise concerns about Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard's presence during the recent FBI raid on an election office in Fulton County, Ga. FBI agents were seen removing documents from the office that were tied to the 2020 presidential election. President Trump has...
From Feb. 12-28, park resource crews will cut down tamarisk trees in the area and then treat the stumps with the herbicide triclopyr. The National Parks Service said in a Jan. 27 news release that it will remove invasive trees in Big Bend National Park, along the Rio Grande and the park's hot springs area.
“Today” show host Savannah Guthrie is calling for prayers as the search continues for her missing mother. Nancy Guthrie, 84, was reported missing on Sunday morning after she did not show up for church near Tucson, Ariz. In an Instagram post on Monday evening, the NBC host asked her followers to “please pray” for the return...
House Republicans could end the partial government shutdown on Tuesday, as the lower chamber gears up for votes on a five-bill minibus and a two-week continuing resolution to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). A razor-thin margin and Democrats' refusal to fast-track the funding package put House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and his conference...
