Iran promised on Wednesday not to execute protesters convicted during the wave of protests that have jeopardized the regime, according to President Donald Trump. Trump previously warned of severe consequences if Iran committed executions or hangings of protesters. Speaking to reporters, Trump said he had been notified “pretty strongly” that the “killing in Iran would […]
The family of Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minnesota last week, has hired the Chicago law firm that previously represented George Floyd in its civil lawsuit against the Minneapolis police officer responsible for his death. Romanucci & Blandin made the announcement on Wednesday, exactly one week […]
The United Auto Workers issued a statement on Wednesday defending a Michigan member who heckled President Donald Trump during a visit to a Ford plant earlier this week. The confrontation occurred on Tuesday when Trump was touring the Ford River Rouge complex in Dearborn. According to the union, the worker, identified as 40-year-old TJ Sabula, […]
More details are emerging about the National Garden of American Heroes that President Donald Trump is planning to open this summer in honor of the United States’s semiquincentennial. Trump appears to have settled on the Potomac River, specifically West Potomac Park in Washington, south of the National Mall, as the location for the sculpture garden, […]
A Democratic witness at a congressional hearing on abortion pills drew scrutiny from Republican senators on Wednesday for refusing to answer if men could get pregnant. Dr. Nisha Verma, an OB-GYN and representative for Physicians for Reproductive Health, got tripped up by the question when asked by multiple GOP members of the Senate Health, Education, […]
House Democrats expressed sweeping concerns on Wednesday that President Donald Trump ousted former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro without a clear plan in place for the country’s smooth transition to democratic governance. Democratic members on the House Foreign Affairs Committee aired their frustration during an informal hearing, with Rep. Gabe Amo (D-RI) saying that “what we’re […]
Republicans on the House Administration Committee advanced a bill to ban congressional stock trading on Wednesday, with Democrats arguing the legislation does not go far enough in regulating lawmakers’ buying and selling of stocks. The Stop Insider Trading Act, which passed 7-4, requires a public seven-day notice before a lawmaker, spouse, or dependent children can […]
A Somali fraudster federally convicted in the Feeding Our Future scheme previously fought for a Minnesota nonprofit organization, the recent recipient of a new government grant, to receive millions of dollars in state funding. African Economic Development Solutions, whose past clients include a Feeding Our Future defendant, was recently awarded a $100,000 grant as part […]
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who fatally shot a Minnesota woman who struck him with her vehicle suffered internal bleeding following the incident, according to the Trump administration. A Department of Homeland Security official told the Washington Examiner that Jonathan Ross suffered internal bleeding to the torso. The information appears to shed further light on […]
Democratic members of the House Homeland Security Committee are holding a press conference on Wednesday afternoon on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer involved in the fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minnesota. The presser will be led by Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), ranking member of the committee, and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), a Somali-born […]
