The man accused of planting pipe bombs outside the Republican and Democratic national committee headquarters ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection has moved to challenge a federal district court’s decision keeping him jailed as his case proceeds. Defense attorneys for Brian Cole Jr. on Tuesday formally notified the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., that […]
Border wall construction during President Donald Trump’s second term is far ahead of where it was at the same point in his first term, but Department of Homeland Security officials say it should be going much faster this time around. Officials involved in planning and implementing the border wall system along the 1,950-mile U.S.-Mexico border […]
President Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s roughly two-hour meeting on Tuesday went off without any suspected major disagreements, weeks after Trump slammed the foreign leader as a “sick man.” The two leaders have a contentious relationship, with their combative personalities and history of publicly sparring over threats of military action last year, as […]
National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell is standing by Bad Bunny’s upcoming performance at the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show this Sunday. Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, generated headlines on Sunday when he was one of several musicians at the Grammys to rebuke U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s deployment in […]
In particularly tense moments during a congressional hearing on Tuesday, a handful of Senate Republicans grilled Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos on the streaming platform’s “woke” content as the executive tried making the case for his company’s merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) directly asked Sarandos about Netflix’s promotion of transgender ideology in […]
Republicans are distancing themselves from President Donald Trump’s call to “nationalize” voting after he floated a federal takeover of elections in more than a dozen states. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) unambiguously rejected the idea of a takeover on Tuesday, telling reporters that he supports stricter voting laws but that the framers were right […]
President Donald Trump is signing a bill to avert a government shutdown. The signing ceremony is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. DEMOCRATS STRUGGLE WITH MIDTERM CREDIBILITY DESPITE ANTI-TRUMP BACKLASH The House voted 217-214 on appropriations legislation that separated full-year funding from Department of Homeland Security funding, which only covers 10 days. The new funding deadline for DHS is […]
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) is urging the Justice Department to open a formal investigation into what he describes as well-funded and professionally coordinated anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement demonstrations that he says are posing public safety and national security risks. In a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday, Hawley argued that recent protests against […]
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s initial declaration that a department agency would oversee the investigation into the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti left current and former senior federal law enforcement officials stunned, according to four sources. A day after Pretti was killed on Jan. 24, when two U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees opened fire […]
The Trump administration urged a federal judge not to block construction of the White House ballroom, arguing that stopping the project midstream would create security risks at the executive mansion and force an emergency appeal. In a late-day filing on Monday, the Justice Department asked U.S. District Judge Richard Leon to stay any injunction he might issue against the […]