Kevin Couch, recently appointed senior vice president of artistic programming at the Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, resigned just days after his hiring was announced. Couch, whose appointment was announced in a Jan. 16 news release, confirmed his resignation on Jan. 28, deepening the turmoil at the nation’s […]
Michigan Democrats favor progressive state Sen. Mallory McMorrow over Rep. Haley Stevens for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, according to a new poll, even though Stevens is her party’s best bet to beat a Republican in the general election. An Emerson College Polling/Nexstar Media survey found McMorrow leading Stevens, 22% to 17%. Former Wayne […]
President Donald Trump is holding a Cabinet meeting amid tensions in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with eyes likely to be on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. The meeting is the Trump administration’s 10th publicly known meeting since retaking power. The focus is likely to center on Noem and […]
Washington Examiner senior columnist Salena Zito lamented that people are “unwilling” to be like Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), who has a “buffet” of opinions. Zito appeared on the Hugh Hewitt Show on Wednesday to discuss her recent interview with Fetterman. Host Hugh Hewitt asked her what the term “Fetterman Republican” means. “It means that you […]
Gov. Jeff Landry (R-LA), U.S. special envoy to Greenland, on Thursday divulged some new details about the deal that brought the United States and Europe from the brink of hostilities. After a week of European fears that the trans-Atlantic alliance could permanently split, President Donald Trump backed down from his demands to annex Greenland, instead […]
The White House is engaged in a last-ditch effort to avert a government shutdown, negotiating with Senate Democrats a deal that could split off money for the Department of Homeland Security from a larger spending bill. No agreement has been reached between Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and the White House, according to a […]
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) said on Thursday that the Trump administration agreed to end a sweeping Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation that recently began in Maine. The Department of Homeland Security surged ICE’s presence in the state last week as part of Operation Catch of the Day. The move sparked opposition from Collins, who said […]
MINNEAPOLIS — The top White House official handling negotiations with Minnesota officials about Immigration and Customs Enforcement‘s presence in the state said “great progress” has been made during talks this week, and federal agencies are now working on a “drawdown” plan. “I have staff from CBP and from ICE working on a drawdown plan,” White House […]
Alex Pretti spat on federal agents and attacked their vehicle in a confrontation days before he was fatally shot, a new video shows. In two videos published on Wednesday, Pretti was seen on Jan. 13 within a crowd of protesters behaving belligerently toward federal agents. He can be seen daring agents to attack him, spitting […]
Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) urged Democratic colleagues in the upper chamber on Wednesday to oppose a measure funding the Department of Homeland Security. The appropriations for DHS, which includes Immigration and Customs Enforcement, are part of a six-bill package lawmakers must vote on by Friday evening to keep multiple federal agencies funded for the remainder […]
