Senate Democrats dug in Monday with fresh demands for restrictions against federal immigration officers in exchange for passing a tranche of government funding bills following a second deadly shooting in Minnesota by agents. Stipulations from Democrats were abundant, as Congress barrels toward a Friday partial shutdown deadline and Republican leaders rebuffed calls for additional legal […]

The Trump administration was blocked late Saturday from revoking the legal status of thousands of migrants, thanks to a ruling from a federal judge who has frequently thwarted the administration’s immigration policies. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, ruled late Saturday that the Trump administration could not revoke a […]

Democrats in the Virginia General Assembly on Monday advanced legislation that would fundamentally alter the state’s firearm laws by outlawing the future sale and transfer of “assault-style” firearms in the Commonwealth.  The Senate Courts of Justice Committee reported an amended version of Senate Bill 749, sponsored by Democratic state Sen. Saddam Salim, that would ban […]

The White House blamed Democrats on Monday for the fatal shooting of anti-U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protester Alex Pretti in Minnesota, even as President Donald Trump spent much of the last 24 hours trying to calm tensions over the incident. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at the day’s press briefing that […]