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Ball is in the GOP’s court on DHS funding standoff, House minority leader says

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says he's not confident Congress will strike a deal to keep the Department of Homeland Security funded and it's up to Republicans to break the stalemate.

Hesitation is no longer US policy

For years, hostile regimes have tested the limits of American resolve, calculating that the United States would avoid confrontation even when its security interests were directly threatened. President Donald Trump has now upended that calculation. The recent U.S. operation to capture Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro, followed by tough diplomacy, combined with Trump’s clear warnings to […]

Jeffries says GOP ‘finally showed some backbone’ in criticizing Trump for racist video of Obamas

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Sunday his GOP colleagues in Congress “finally showed some backbone” in pushing back against a video President Trump posted on Truth Social Thursday evening portraying former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes. “It was a disgusting video. And the president was rightly and appropriately...

Trump rips Olympic skier over remarks about representing US

President Trump ripped Hunter Hess on Sunday after the U.S. skier spoke out against the political climate in his home country at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan earlier this week. "U.S. Olympic Skier, Hunter Hess, a real Loser, says he doesn’t represent his Country in the current Winter Olympics," Trump wrote on Truth Social....

The US prison system isn’t working — here’s what we can learn from other countries

That is not a series of bad individual choices. It is a system producing a revolving door. 

Minnesota immigration operation generates over 700 legal challenges, strains federal courts

The 700-plus habeas corpus petitions mentioned in Friday's 5th Circuit detention ruling represent only a portion of the legal challenges stemming from Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota, where federal courts are dealing with an unprecedented volume of immigration detention cases.

Haiti’s presidential council dissolves after rocky tenure as unelected U.S.-backed ruler remains

Haiti's presidential council stepped down on Saturday after almost two years of tumultuous rule alongside a U.S.-backed prime minister, who is expected to remain in power as the country prepares for the first general elections in a decade.

RFK Jr. recruits Mike Tyson for MAHA Super Bowl ad

Former boxing champion Mike Tyson will be seen on the big screen Sunday, promoting Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again campaign in a Super Bowl ad.

Man arrested for allegedly threatening to kill JD Vance was in possession of child sexual abuse materials: DOJ

Ohio man allegedly threatened to kill Vice President JD Vance during January visit. Federal agents also found that he had child sexual abuse materials.

A MAGA push to erase a Dem House seat is triggering accusations of fraud and violence in Utah

National Republicans are throwing money and bodies at a down-ballot initiative to try to wrest back a congressional seat in Utah. Their efforts could...

Appeals court backs Trump in major fight over detaining long-time illegal immigrants

A federal appeals court delivered a major boost to President Trump on Friday, ruling in favor of his administration's new interpretation of immigration law that would allow him to hold long-time illegal immigrants in detention while they fight their deportations.

Cheers for Team USA turn to jeers for Vance at Milan Cortina opening ceremony

American athletes received an enthusiastic welcome at the opening ceremony for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, but the mood shifted when cameras briefly turned to Vice President JD Vance.

Immigrant whose skull was broken in eight places during ICE arrest says beating was unprovoked

Alberto Castaneda Mondragon says his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers that he initially could not remember he had a daughter and still struggles to recall treasured moments like the night he taught her to dance.

Health costs are fueling voter stress and powering Democratic campaigns

President Trump's second term has presented an array of opportunities for political opponents, from immigration crackdowns and lingering inflation to attacks on independent institutions and friction with overseas allies.

Trump says nuclear talks in Oman were ‘very good,’ claims Iran wants a deal ‘very badly’

President Donald Trump says Iran "wants to make a deal very badly" after indirect nuclear talks mediated by Oman reportedly show diplomatic progress.

DeSantis celebrates end of ‘witch hunt’ as Trump DOJ reportedly drops Hope Florida Foundation probe

Gov. Ron DeSantis celebrates a report claiming the DOJ dismissed a complaint into the Hope Florida scandal, calling criticism a "witch hunt."

DHS fires senior CBP official for allegedly leaking sensitive information

DHS fires senior CBP official for allegedly leaking sensitive agent information to press as death threats against border agents surge 8000% nationwide.

Top Haitian leader reveals which US policy the country would be ‘helpless’ without: ‘Give them money’

Member of Haiti's transitional council, Leslie Voltaire, says the end of Haitian's "Temporary Protective Status" by the United States could lead to major economic and social disaster in his country.

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—February 7

2017—In his desperate effort to obstruct the Supreme Court nomination of Neil Gorsuch, Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer continues to propagate the myth that...

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