Republicans appealed a ruling that scrapped the last remaining New York City congressional district held by a Republican. Just days before, New York Judge Jeffrey Pearlman ruled that New York’s 11th Congressional District diluted the voting power of blacks and Hispanics. He demanded the bipartisan Independent Redistricting Commission redraw the map and have one submitted […]
President Donald Trump backed a pro-Trump primary challenger to an Indiana state senator who voted against the president’s redistricting push within the state. In a post on Truth Social, Trump endorsed “America First” businessman Tracey Powell against incumbent Republican state Sen. Jim Buck for Indiana’s 21st state Senate seat. He attached a poll showing a […]
President Donald Trump announced he would raise tariffs on South Korea by 10% over its failure to enact a previously agreed-upon trade deal. In a post on Truth Social, Trump accused South Korea’s legislature of “not living up to its Deal with the United States,” referring to the trade deal signed on July 30 and […]
A federal appeals court on Monday blocked a lower-court judge’s restrictions on Immigration and Customs Enforcement tactics in Minnesota, handing the Trump administration a significant win as protests and legal challenges continue to surround federal immigration operations in the Twin Cities. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an indefinite stay of a Jan. […]
The White House shifted into damage-control mode Monday after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti forced officials to soften their rhetoric and exposed rare political vulnerability for the president on his strongest issue with voters: Immigration. Pretti was fatally shot Saturday during a confrontation with U.S. Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis, the second American citizen […]
The Justice Department may soon ask the Supreme Court to step into President Donald Trump’s widening legal fight over his ability to keep the U.S. attorneys he’s selected in office, after a federal appeals court declined to reconsider a ruling that blocked one of his most prominent loyalists. In an order on Monday, the 3rd […]
The death of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis is opening a new fault line between President Donald Trump and his conservative base as gun rights groups denounce what they say are a series of anti-Second Amendment statements justifying the shooting. The Trump administration has faced withering GOP criticism after officials argued that Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU […]
President Donald Trump’s decision Monday to dispatch border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota was welcomed by a growing number of Republicans on Capitol Hill who say the federal government must work to lower tensions following the fatal shooting of another civilian during an immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis. Trump’s move came after Border Patrol agents […]
Reform U.K., the rising right-wing populist political party threatening to eclipse the Conservatives in British politics, has just scored its biggest defection yet. Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman appeared alongside Reform leader Nigel Farage at a Veterans for Reform rally in London on Monday, where she condemned her former party, the Conservatives, as having “utterly […]
Senate Democrats dug in Monday with fresh demands for restrictions against federal immigration officers in exchange for passing a tranche of government funding bills following a second deadly shooting in Minnesota by agents. Stipulations from Democrats were abundant, as Congress barrels toward a Friday partial shutdown deadline and Republican leaders rebuffed calls for additional legal […]
