The Trump administration has been on defense over its immigration enforcement operations since the shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who was killed during an altercation with Border Patrol agents. But, after a second video was released showing Pretti in an earlier incident with immigration enforcement officials, Republicans are divided over whether to […]

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) was adamant that the Department of Homeland Security will have to be “dramatically reformed” before the House passes funding for the agency. Jeffries appeared on ABC News’s This Week on Sunday, days after the start of a partial government shutdown. The appropriations bill for DHS was the only one […]

President Donald Trump announced that the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., will temporarily be closed starting this summer in order to speed up renovations and construction projects for the building. Trump said the closure will begin on July 4, 2026, and last “approximately” two years, after which there will be a “Grand Reopening that will […]

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was optimistic that he can unite his caucus and quickly pass the amended appropriations legislation to end the partial government shutdown that took effect late last week. The Senate managed to pass the spending bills that cleared the House earlier this month, with the exception of one funding the Department […]