Republicans are distancing themselves from President Donald Trump’s call to “nationalize” voting after he floated a federal takeover of elections in more than a dozen states. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) unambiguously rejected the idea of a takeover on Tuesday, telling reporters that he supports stricter voting laws but that the framers were right […]

President Donald Trump is signing a bill to avert a government shutdown. The signing ceremony is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. DEMOCRATS STRUGGLE WITH MIDTERM CREDIBILITY DESPITE ANTI-TRUMP BACKLASH The House voted 217-214 on appropriations legislation that separated full-year funding from Department of Homeland Security funding, which only covers 10 days. The new funding deadline for DHS is […]

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) is urging the Justice Department to open a formal investigation into what he describes as well-funded and professionally coordinated anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement demonstrations that he says are posing public safety and national security risks. In a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday, Hawley argued that recent protests against […]

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s initial declaration that a department agency would oversee the investigation into the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti left current and former senior federal law enforcement officials stunned, according to four sources. A day after Pretti was killed on Jan. 24, when two U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees opened fire […]