White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller pivoted from his earlier stance on the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, suggesting on Tuesday that Customs and Border Protection agents might not have followed their orders. He said the Trump administration was analyzing the events that transpired that day, culminating in Pretti’s death. “The initial statement […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently revealed that when traveling on Air Force One, he will “cocoon” himself in a blanket to avoid President Donald Trump so he can catch some sleep on overseas flights. This week, Rubio could be forgiven for adopting a similar mentality. One of the benefits of being the Secretary of […]
Nearly two dozen Democratic lawmakers, congressional candidates, and advocacy organizations have tied fundraising pleas to messages about the deaths of anti-immigration activists Renee Good and Alex Pretti, a Washington Examiner review of campaign emails has found. Democrats who included fundraising pleas in emails regarding the killings of Good and Pretti included Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy […]
Chinese paramount leader Xi Jinping’s unceremonious ousting of Gen. Zhang Youxia from the upper echelons of the Communist Party has unsettled power dynamics in Beijing not long before the regime’s annual general meeting. Zhang, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission and sitting member of the Political Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party, was removed from […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to warn the current interim administration in Venezuela that if it fails to adequately cooperate with the Trump administration, the U.S. will not hesitate to use more military action against the South American country. Rubio plans to make the comments during a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations […]
Border czar Tom Homan revealed he had a “productive” meeting on Tuesday with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey. Homan’s meeting was in response to the controversy surrounding the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti. Homan was deployed to Minnesota by President Donald Trump to deescalate political tensions stemming from Pretti’s death. […]
A man interrupted Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) as she was speaking at a town hall event and sprayed her with an unknown substance. Omar was hosting a town hall event in North Minneapolis on Tuesday evening when a man in a black jacket rushed toward the podium and sprayed her with a liquid. Security guards […]
President Donald Trump spent Tuesday in Iowa, underscoring his strong private sector meant less need for government hiring, while 900 miles away in Washington, senators were calling for him to put at least one government official’s job on the chopping block: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Under the shadow cast by last weekend’s second fatal shooting of an anti-immigration law enforcement protester […]
Negotiations to avert a partial government shutdown are being complicated by Democratic demands that any changes to Immigration and Customs Enforcement policy be written into law by Congress. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) drew the red line on Tuesday as he called for immigration agents to leave Minneapolis after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti over the […]
Former Washington, D.C., Councilman Jack Evans is launching a comeback bid for the district council six years after his resignation from the governing body. Evans is running for the chairman spot in a direct challenge to current Chairman Phil Mendelson. Evans and Mendelson, both Democrats, were colleagues on the D.C. Council before Mendelson voted unanimously […]
