Democratic Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called it “deeply concerning” that the Trump administration “has already come to a conclusion” about the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer on Wednesday. Frey also ripped Vice President JD Vance, calling it “pretty bizarre” that Vance asserted the ICE officer who shot Good […]
California, along with four other Democratic-led states, is suing the Trump administration over its decision to freeze $10 billion in federal funding, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced late on Thursday. Calling the administration’s decision “baseless and cruel,” Bonta said the lawsuit was filed jointly by California, New York, Minnesota, Illinois, and Colorado, following allegations of widespread […]
The Supreme Court will hear a pair of cases Tuesday that could shape the future of women’s sports, as state laws limiting women’s sports to biological women come under the microscope. Idaho’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act and West Virginia’s Save Women’s Sports Act are at the center of back-to-back arguments at the Supreme Court, […]
Ward 4 councilwoman and mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George is taking aim at Washington, D.C.’s booming rodent population with new legislation that would increase oversight of rodent subsiding efforts. George introduced the Rodent Accountability and Transparency Amendment Act, which aims to boost oversight for pest control and hold landlords to a higher standard when rats […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha said the prosecutors who pursued cases against President Donald Trump should have to pay back all of his legal bills for “wasting his time.” “They tried to take out Trump, not at the ballot box, but in the justice system that clearly was trying to tip the scales for the […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is calling on the United States to give a “clear response” to an overnight barrage of Russian military strikes in Kyiv and Lviv, which included the launch of a nuclear-capable missile. Russia’s Ministry of Defense confirmed it launched the nuclear-capable Oreshnik ballistic missile on Thursday evening, marking the second time the […]
The United States has seized another sanctioned tanker in an effort to control the flow of oil in and out of Venezuela. The U.S. Coast Guard boarded the Olina tanker, the fifth vessel to be seized in recent days. The operation, part of Joint Task Force Southern Spear, was conducted early Friday in the Caribbean […]
Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) has declared a “Day of Unity” in Minnesota on Friday to remember Renee Good, the woman fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis. Walz’s announcement came just after he authorized the National Guard to assist law enforcement if needed, as demonstrators took to the streets in the […]
The number of employees on the federal government’s payroll has dropped by 277,000 since President Donald Trump took office for his second term, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. The agency said in its monthly jobs report that federal employment was 2.738 million in November, adjusted for seasonal variations, down from 3.015 million in […]
President Donald Trump has confirmed he will welcome Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado to the White House next week after U.S. forces captured the South American country’s authoritarian leader and brought him to New York to face trial on federal charges. “I understand she’s coming in next week sometime, and I look forward to […]
