Alex Pretti spat on federal agents and attacked their vehicle in a confrontation days before he was fatally shot, a new video shows. In two videos published on Wednesday, Pretti was seen on Jan. 13 within a crowd of protesters behaving belligerently toward federal agents. He can be seen daring agents to attack him, spitting […]
Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) urged Democratic colleagues in the upper chamber on Wednesday to oppose a measure funding the Department of Homeland Security. The appropriations for DHS, which includes Immigration and Customs Enforcement, are part of a six-bill package lawmakers must vote on by Friday evening to keep multiple federal agencies funded for the remainder […]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) announced her run for governor on Thursday, citing frustrations with the ongoing federal operation and recent killings in Minneapolis. She announced her bid in a video posted on X, focusing on the federal immigration enforcement operation in the city and fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. “Minnesotans, we’ve been […]
Since federal immigration officials began “Operation Metro Surge” in December, protesters have gathered around, and in some cases, interfered with, federal immigration operations, but arrests of unruly protesters have been limited. While the First Amendment protects the freedom to protest peacefully, violent protests and obstruction of federal law enforcement operations are not protected activities and […]
The first round of February Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,108, will be issued in 13 days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born on or before the 10th of a month will receive this payment on Feb. 11. The second round will go out on Feb. 18 to those born between the […]
February 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be issued to recipients in one day. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of a month. However, February’s payment will go out on Jan. 30. When the first of a month falls on a weekend or holiday, SSI payments are issued […]
Impeachment has become a calling card for progressive Democrats upset with the Trump administration, often used as a response to every action, big or small, taken by the president. But few Democrats are outright in support of impeaching Trump yet, instead focusing their ire as of now on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Rep. Robin […]
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union appeared poised Thursday to sanction Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard over Tehran’s deadly crackdown on nationwide protests, further squeezing the Islamic Republic as it worries over a threat by U.S. President Donald Trump to potentially launch a military strike against it. America has moved the USS Abraham Lincoln and several […]
Democrats are pressing to require the Department of Homeland Security to use judicial warrants for immigration arrests and home entries, a change that current and former Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say would hamstring Trump administration‘s deportation agenda. While Democratic leaders frame their proposals as a civil liberties safeguard, immigration enforcement veterans warn that it […]
The GOP could be in danger of turning away Latino voters, who helped boost President Donald Trump back into the White House, if the White House’s immigration enforcement strategy doesn’t shift following the second death of an anti-ICE protester in Minnesota. Hispanic lawmakers and experts are warning the White House that the aggressive tactics of […]
