EXCLUSIVE — The Trump administration has begun to purge Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in offices in five major U.S. cities and fill some of those top posts with senior Border Patrol agents who will take over interior immigration enforcement in those regions, according to five sources familiar with the plans. ICE leaders in Denver, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, […]

Federal district courts and appeals courts are at odds over the legality of President Donald Trump‘s deployment of the National Guard, as a lower court in Oregon prepares to hear arguments this week over whether Trump can send troops to Portland despite an appeals court ruling multiple times that, at least on a temporary basis, […]

Israel is excluding Turkey from participating in the international force proposed to oversee the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said on Monday. The diplomat cited Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan‘s hostility toward Israel as the primary factor for the Jewish state’s decision. “The reason we oppose their participation in Gaza is […]

Several funding cliffs will hit this week if the federal government shutdown continues, including for food and benefit programs, which are sure to make the lives of many Americans much more difficult. No signs of bipartisan compromise seem to be emerging as Congress moves into its 27th day of the government shutdown. Democrats and Republicans […]