Leftist activists at the helm of the resistance against Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis have begun setting up street blockades to prevent the passage of federal officers through “patrol zones,” aiming to establish 1,000 encampment-esque fortresses across the city, according to planning documents reviewed by the Washington Examiner. The so-called security checkpoints, meant to […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping held back-to-back calls with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump as both seek to increase their influence over China. The calls were held within hours of each other, with the main agenda items being the Russia-Ukraine war and the deteriorating situation in Iran. Despite the competing aims of Trump […]
President Donald Trump took credit for the decision to draw down Immigration and Customs Enforcement from Minnesota on Tuesday. Trump sat down with NBC for the traditional presidential Super Bowl interview hours after his border czar, Tom Homan, announced from Minneapolis the administration’s plan to withdraw 700 federal immigration officers from the Twin Cities. The move […]
The House passed a bill to expedite the domestic mining of critical minerals, aiming to decrease the United States’s reliance on China. House lawmakers voted 224-195 on Wednesday to pass the Critical Mineral Dominance Act, written by Rep. Pete Stauber (R-MN), chairman of the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. The bill would […]
The suspect charged with carrying out a deadly attack on National Guard troops stationed in Washington, D.C., pleaded not guilty on Wednesday. Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, was accused of killing one soldier and critically injuring another National Guard member in an ambush attack near the White House last November. He faces nine federal charges, including first-degree […]
First lady Melania Trump shot down speculation she was inappropriately using the White House to promote her recently released documentary as she met with freed American-Israeli hostage Keith Siegel and his wife Aviva Siegel. During the televised meeting on Wednesday, the first lady noted that Aviva Siegel was a hostage for 51 days while Keith […]
The Supreme Court declined on Wednesday to block California‘s use of a new congressional map in the November election, rejecting an emergency petition from the California GOP. The brief, unsigned order did not elaborate on the high court’s reasoning for rejecting the California Republican Party’s effort to halt the use of the new congressional map, […]
Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) announced on Wednesday her choice for lieutenant governor will be former New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams as the state’s gubernatorial primary picks up steam. “I picked a New Yorker from Southeast Queens. Someone who grew up in a union household, just like I did. A fighter who knows how […]
Irish Comedian Graham Linehan urged Congress to use “every diplomatic lever” available to force the United Kingdom to enforce a court ruling on the legal definition of a woman and warned about the dangers of censorship as he testified before the House on Wednesday morning. Speaking during a House Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday, Linehan, whose […]
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was forced to admit in Parliament that he was previously made aware of disgraced former Ambassador Peter Mandelson’s relationship with convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Starmer, who is attempting to distance himself and the Labour government from the former ambassador and Labour titan, appeared for Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday […]
