Republicans are split on President Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos survey released days after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot and killed a woman in Minnesota. The poll, released Thursday, found that 59 percent of Republican respondents prefer that federal immigration officers prioritize arrests even if people get hurt,...
Five Democratic lawmakers have now said they are being investigated for participating in a video calling on service members to reject unlawful orders. Reps. Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.) and Maggie Goodlander (D-N.H.) said that the Justice Department sought to interview them after they reiterated the principle of military law in the video with four other Democrats, released...
The Education Department announced Thursday it will be moving some employees to the Department of Labor as it looks to integrate some postsecondary education and workforce development programs with the other agency. Starting next week, employees with the Higher Education Programs division of the department's Office of Postsecondary Education will head to the Labor Department to begin the...
An appeals court panel ruled Thursday that a federal judge had no power to order the release of Mahmoud Khalil, the pro-Palestinian Columbia University graduate whom the Trump administration jailed for months. The 2-1 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit could lead to Khalil’s rearrest, though he is able to continue appealing. “Today’s ruling is deeply disappointing, but it does...
Democratic strategist James Carville said Wednesday that President Trump’s reaction to being called a “pedophile protector” revealed a “sore spot” for the leader. “Trump had a massive negative reaction to it. And when you find a sore spot, you keep hitting it. Keep hitting it,” Carville said on his "Politics War Room" podcast Wednesday. “Hit...
Madison Sheahan, the deputy director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is resigning from the agency to run for Congress in Ohio. In a video launch on Thursday, Sheahan pitched herself as a pro-Trump conservative, touting her work on the president’s immigration crackdown. “In just one year, we’ve made history, recruiting 12,000 new ICE...
Verizon said Thursday it would offer a $20 credit to customers one day after a massive outage cut off service for users across the country. “Yesterday, we did not meet the standard of excellence you expect and that we expect of ourselves. To help provide some relief to those affected, we will give you a...
President Trump has threatened to deploy more federal troops to Minnesota using a seldom-used law passed by Congress over 200 years ago. The Insurrection Act of 1807, in conjunction with several other laws, permits the president to deploy members of the military or federalize members of the state National Guard to contain an insurrection in...