Shortly after being reached in December by the Washington Examiner, the Democratic Lieutenant Governors Association transferred roughly half a million dollars donated by Google, Archer Daniels Midland, Pfizer, r4 Technologies, and McKinsey & Company — all federal contractors in some capacity — from its federal account to its nonfederal account, a recent campaign finance filing […]
The Senate could vote as soon as Thursday night on a White House-brokered deal to fund the government as Democrats haggle with President Donald Trump over how long to give separate negotiations over Department of Homeland Security spending. Under an emerging agreement to keep the government open past a Friday night shutdown deadline, the Senate would pass five […]
A Minnesota man was arrested Wednesday night for impersonating an FBI agent in a failed attempt to free Luigi Mangione from a New York City federal prison, according to a new criminal complaint. The suspect, identified as 36-year-old Mark Anderson, allegedly claimed to have an order “signed by a judge” to release Mangione, charged in […]
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) defended her actions immediately after being attacked at a town hall Tuesday. Omar was in Minneapolis Tuesday evening, addressing questions from constituents when a man stood up and sprayed her with an unknown substance from a syringe. At the time of the disruption, Omar was recommending that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi […]
President Donald Trump used his first Cabinet meeting of the year to try to project unity, despite reports of multiple cracks emerging within his team. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was the object of interest during the more than an hourlong meeting as her leadership of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs […]
President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he convinced Russian President Vladimir Putin to pause the bombings of Ukrainian cities for a week, though it’s unclear if the brutal leader will follow through with it. “I personally asked President Putin not to fire into Kyiv and various towns for a week, and he agreed to […]
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem did not speak at a Thursday Cabinet meeting hosted by President Donald Trump amid significant fallout from last weekend’s killing of 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minnesota. Though Trump has publicly expressed confidence in Noem, telling reporters on Tuesday that she would not step down from her post, he dispatched White House border czar Tom […]
President Donald Trump will make an announcement at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. WHERE GOVERNMENT FUNDING TALKS STAND AS CONGRESS CAREENS TOWARD PARTIAL SHUTDOWN The announcement follows Trump holding a Cabinet meeting earlier Thursday. During the meeting, Senate Democrats voted to block legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security and several other agencies, threatening a […]
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said appropriations bills will not move forward until there is a drastic shift in the Trump administration‘s immigration operations. “Dramatic change is needed within the Department of Homeland Security before any appropriations bill related to [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] and [Customs and Border Protection] proceeds,” Jeffries said at his […]
The United Kingdom and China are cutting some red tape on travel and imports as both nations seek to counterbalance the mercurial United States, sweeping concerns about Beijing’s conduct under the rug for now. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer played nice with Chinese paramount leader Xi Jinping on Thursday at the Great Hall of the […]
