Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is set to hold a town hall Tuesday in Minneapolis days after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti triggered unrest across the city. Omar, who has been an outspoken critic of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, announced she will be meeting with her constituents in person to answer questions and discuss services […]
Irked by President Donald Trump’s constant tariff threats over the past year, several U.S. allies are moving to secure major trade agreements with the world’s next-best economies. Leading the charge on this front, the European Union struck a new free trade deal with India on Tuesday that makes the 27-nation bloc less reliant on the […]
As President Donald Trump’s federal funding suspension for sanctuary cities looms, Buffalo Mayor Sean Ryan signed an executive order Monday barring any city employees from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement. Trump said earlier this month that starting Feb. 1, the government will not be making any payments to cities that offer sanctuary to illegal immigrants […]
A federal judge in Minnesota on Monday ordered Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons to appear personally in court this week, warning that he could be held in contempt over what the judge described as repeated failures by the Trump administration to comply with court orders in immigration cases. In a Monday evening […]
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) is calling on President Donald Trump and Congress to work together and change immigration policies after the deaths of two U.S. citizens at the hands of immigration officers in Minneapolis this month, urging Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection to “reassess their current tactics.” In an op-ed to […]
Welcome back to Washington Secrets. Your lunchtime reading today includes the inside story of why Donald Trump backed down in Minneapolis and the lurid details of a former governor’s lunchtime conversation. President Donald Trump’s border policy has been one of the greatest successes of his first year back in power. But by Monday morning, senior […]
Democratic candidates in Illinois’s 2026 Senate primary are steering clear of hard takes on Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) leadership in the upper chamber. The candidates are looking to succeed Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), 80, who announced in April 2025 that he will not seek reelection to a sixth term, ending more than four decades representing […]
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) demanded that President Donald Trump fire Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem over her handling of immigration enforcement in Minneapolis. Tagging Trump in what the senator said was a “direct appeal” on X, Fetterman pleaded with the president to fire Noem over her perceived incompetence. “@realDonaldTrump I make a direct appeal to […]
President Donald Trump is moving toward a reset on his signature issue after a pair of fatal shootings involving federal immigration officials in Minneapolis. The question is whether Trump can successfully de-escalate without abandoning his commitment to deport illegal immigrants in the face of protests against those efforts. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has become a […]
Washington Examiner senior writer Joe Concha suggested that Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) will need to rely on voters having a “goldfish memory” to win the presidency in 2028. Newsom has not announced his 2028 presidential bid, but his latest public events have signaled he could be considering it. Concha appeared on Fox News’s Fox and Friends […]
