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 […]
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said on Monday he is “paging” the state’s nursing board so that it can revoke the license of an anesthesiologist who claimed he won’t treat “MAGA” Republicans. Erik Martindale, a registered nurse in Florida, faced intense pushback after making the controversial post on social media. “I will not perform anesthesia […]
The U.S. Holocaust Museum sharply criticized comments made by Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) in which he likened the impact of federal immigration enforcement in his state to the experiences of Anne Frank. The Holocaust Museum said in an X post Monday that the events in Minnesota and the systematic extermination of Jewish people in the […]