Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem did not speak at a Thursday Cabinet meeting hosted by President Donald Trump amid significant fallout from last weekend’s killing of 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minnesota. Though Trump has publicly expressed confidence in Noem, telling reporters on Tuesday that she would not step down from her post, he dispatched White House border czar Tom […]
President Donald Trump will make an announcement at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. WHERE GOVERNMENT FUNDING TALKS STAND AS CONGRESS CAREENS TOWARD PARTIAL SHUTDOWN The announcement follows Trump holding a Cabinet meeting earlier Thursday. During the meeting, Senate Democrats voted to block legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security and several other agencies, threatening a […]
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said appropriations bills will not move forward until there is a drastic shift in the Trump administration‘s immigration operations. “Dramatic change is needed within the Department of Homeland Security before any appropriations bill related to [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] and [Customs and Border Protection] proceeds,” Jeffries said at his […]
The United Kingdom and China are cutting some red tape on travel and imports as both nations seek to counterbalance the mercurial United States, sweeping concerns about Beijing’s conduct under the rug for now. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer played nice with Chinese paramount leader Xi Jinping on Thursday at the Great Hall of the […]
The Department of Justice has filed a federal criminal complaint against Anthony James Kazmierczak, the man accused of spraying Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) with apple cider vinegar at a Minneapolis town hall event. An FBI special agent filed the complaint and accompanying affidavit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota on Wednesday. […]
Musician Bruce Springsteen released his latest song Wednesday, centered on the recent federal immigration operations in Minneapolis. The song, “Streets of Minneapolis,” discusses the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, who were shot during the Department of Homeland Security operations to detain illegal immigrants in the city. Springsteen said he wrote the song the […]
Nekima Levy Armstrong, the self-identified ringleader of the Black Lives Matter coalition that took over a Christian church in St. Paul earlier this month, demanded that federal authorities hand back her cellphone, which investigators seized as evidence of the coalition’s alleged conspiracy to harass parishioners in their house of worship. In a five-page motion, Levy […]
President Donald Trump said on Thursday he held a “very productive” phone conversation with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum. Trump said in a Truth Social post that the conversation focused on border security, drug trafficking, and trade. In the post, Trump said the call “went extremely well for both Countries” and pledged further discussion and meetings […]
The Justice Department urged a federal judge this week to reject Minnesota’s effort to get a court to end Operation Metro Surge, arguing that granting the state’s request would be “unprecedented” and that its arguments are “legally groundless.” U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez appeared skeptical of the state’s bid to end the Department of Homeland […]
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) suggested that the recent FBI raid of one of Georgia’s election facilities in Fulton County “should have people across the country absolutely shook.” Ossoff appeared on MS Now’s The Briefing with Jen Psaki on Wednesday hours after the raid took place. This raid came days after President Donald Trump’s speech at […]
