Israel has reopened the Rafah crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, in what is a key part of the second phase of the ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened his security cabinet for discussions on the crossing point earlier on Sunday. His office announced hours after that it would […]
The Trump administration is facing rare GOP pushback over the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis man by federal agents, with a small but growing number of congressional Republicans calling for an investigation and at least one suggesting immigration officials should leave the state. So far, Democrats have led the groundswell of criticism after immigration agents […]
The death toll of Iranian protesters may be far higher than originally thought, with a new estimate putting the figure at over 30,000. Beginning on Dec. 28, large protests broke out across Iran in response to deteriorating economic conditions, soon transforming into a protest against the Islamic government itself. The protests grew significantly over the […]
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) predicted that “Democrats are not going to fund” the Department of Homeland Security as an appropriations bill looms. Schiff appeared on NBC News’s Meet the Press on Sunday to answer questions about how he will vote on the DHS funding bill. It is one of six appropriations bills to fund the […]
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) defended the “Constitutionally protected God-given right” to carry a firearm after a Minneapolis protester carrying a handgun was shot by a Border Patrol agent on Saturday. The Trump administration is defending federal law enforcement after a shooting left Alex Pretti, 37, dead, with video showing he was disarmed before being shot […]
Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote to Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) on Saturday outlining how to “bring an end to the chaos” amid the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, including demands for access to voter rolls and an end to the state’s sanctuary city policies. The conditions Bondi demanded on Saturday are likely nonstarters […]
A U.S. district judge ruled in favor of Minnesota agencies requesting access to evidence in the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti on Saturday. Pretti, 37, was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent on Saturday morning, the second fatal shooting by federal law enforcement in Minneapolis since Renee Good’s shooting death on Jan. 7. […]
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) was reportedly caught criticizing President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance to donors in secret recordings. In comments made to donors at two separate meetings last year, Cruz had choice words for Trump and Vance, markedly different than the praise he usually heaps on them publicly. Two secret recordings of […]
Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Gregory Bovino defended law enforcement agents on Sunday after an agent shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretty in Minneapolis on Saturday. The agent shot Pretti on Saturday after the Department of Homeland Security said Pretti approached agents armed with a handgun, though video reviewed by the Washington Examiner shows Pretti holding his […]
Washington, D.C.’s delegate to Congress, Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), ended her reelection campaign on Sunday. The development was revealed in a Federal Election Commission filing, which included descriptions of her campaign’s finances. Norton, 88, ended her campaign after heavy scrutiny surrounding her age, health, and mental acuity. Norton had previously weathered the reckoning around elderly members of […]
