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 […]
The Trump administration was blocked late Saturday from revoking the legal status of thousands of migrants, thanks to a ruling from a federal judge who has frequently thwarted the administration’s immigration policies. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, ruled late Saturday that the Trump administration could not revoke a […]
Democrats in the Virginia General Assembly on Monday advanced legislation that would fundamentally alter the state’s firearm laws by outlawing the future sale and transfer of “assault-style” firearms in the Commonwealth. The Senate Courts of Justice Committee reported an amended version of Senate Bill 749, sponsored by Democratic state Sen. Saddam Salim, that would ban […]
The White House blamed Democrats on Monday for the fatal shooting of anti-U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protester Alex Pretti in Minnesota, even as President Donald Trump spent much of the last 24 hours trying to calm tensions over the incident. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at the day’s press briefing that […]
EXCLUSIVE – Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) is calling for a federal investigation into what he describes as organized left-wing groups operating in Minnesota, arguing they played a central role in unrest surrounding federal immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis. In an interview with the Washington Examiner, Fine said the demonstrations that followed the fatal shooting of […]
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is expected to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee in March, giving lawmakers a rare chance to scrutinize her stewardship of the Department of Homeland Security after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. DHS’s Office of Legislative Affairs agreed to a March 3 date for the testimony, according […]
Former National Rifle Association spokeswoman Dana Loesch expressed her skepticism about the Border Patrol’s narrative surrounding the fatal shooting in Minneapolis on Saturday. Loesch appeared on CBS Mornings on Monday to respond to the footage of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti. According to the Department of Homeland Security, Pretti was carrying a 9 mm […]
A new report casts light on several European Union regulations wielded to disproportionately harm U.S. companies and consumers and urges the Trump administration to take broad action against them. As tensions with the EU remain high over President Donald Trump‘s recent moves to acquire Greenland, Consumers Defense released a report giving the president more ammunition […]
The Trump administration is reviewing body camera footage from Customs and Border Protection agents involved in a recent deadly encounter with Minnesota protester Alex Pretti. “There is body camera footage from multiple angles which investigators are currently reviewing,” a Department of Homeland Security official told the Washington Examiner. CBP officers work under the umbrella of […]
A senior Justice Department official struck a notably more cautious tone on Monday than the Department of Homeland Security had one day earlier over the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen who was killed by a Border Patrol agent during an enforcement operation in Minnesota. One day after the […]
