Negotiations to avert a partial government shutdown are being complicated by Democratic demands that any changes to Immigration and Customs Enforcement policy be written into law by Congress. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) drew the red line on Tuesday as he called for immigration agents to leave Minneapolis after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti over the […]
Former Washington, D.C., Councilman Jack Evans is launching a comeback bid for the district council six years after his resignation from the governing body. Evans is running for the chairman spot in a direct challenge to current Chairman Phil Mendelson. Evans and Mendelson, both Democrats, were colleagues on the D.C. Council before Mendelson voted unanimously […]
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) became one of the first Republican lawmakers Tuesday to demand the “termination” of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem amid mounting frustration over the fatal shootings of two citizens by federal immigration officers in Minnesota. Tillis, who is not seeking reelection in November, said he’d lost “all” confidence in Noem and has […]
President Donald Trump is jumping into Indiana’s Republican primaries to purge foes of his redistricting push — a show of force inside the GOP even as his administration works to shore up softening public support for its handling of the economy and deportations. The endorsements amount to a test of Trump’s political clout at a […]
The GOP has taken a mixed response to President Donald Trump‘s efforts to tamp down violent interactions between Minnesota protesters and Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. Many Republicans championed Trump sending border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota in the aftermath of a second protester’s death over the weekend. But other MAGA supporters have slammed Trump’s […]
Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Tom Suozzi (D-NY) sent a letter Tuesday renewing a meeting request with President Donald Trump to discuss immigration and border security issues in the wake of the Minneapolis shootings. Fitzpatrick and Suozzi, co-chairmen of the Problem Solvers Caucus who both sit in competitive congressional seats, are making a bipartisan effort […]
President Donald Trump expressed his dislike that Alex Pretti, the anti-ICE protester killed in Minneapolis on Saturday, was carrying a gun when he was shot dead by Border Patrol agents. “He shouldn’t have been carrying a gun,” Trump told reporters in Urbandale, Iowa. “I don’t like that he had a gun. I don’t like that […]
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) asked the Department of Homeland Security to cease its immigration enforcement surge in Maine and Minnesota in the wake of two fatal shootings by immigration enforcement personnel this month. Collins, the chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, made the appeal directly to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a conversation earlier […]
President Donald Trump will withhold aid to Iraq if the parliament elects former Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki to return as the head of government. Trump made the threat via social media on Tuesday, denouncing al Maliki’s previous performance as prime minister and questioning his ideological alignment. “I’m hearing that the Great Country of Iraq […]
Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX) admitted Tuesday that even if the government shuts down over funding for the Department of Homeland Security, there is “enough money” for the department to continue its operations. Escobar appeared on CNN’s the Situation Room as the deadline to fund the government, Jan. 30, is fast approaching. If the Senate does […]
