Negotiations to avert a partial government shutdown are being complicated by Democratic demands that any changes to Immigration and Customs Enforcement policy be written into law by Congress. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) drew the red line on Tuesday as he called for immigration agents to leave Minneapolis after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti over the […]

Former Washington, D.C., Councilman Jack Evans is launching a comeback bid for the district council six years after his resignation from the governing body. Evans is running for the chairman spot in a direct challenge to current Chairman Phil Mendelson. Evans and Mendelson, both Democrats, were colleagues on the D.C. Council before Mendelson voted unanimously […]

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) became one of the first Republican lawmakers Tuesday to demand the “termination” of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem amid mounting frustration over the fatal shootings of two citizens by federal immigration officers in Minnesota. Tillis, who is not seeking reelection in November, said he’d lost “all” confidence in Noem and has […]

President Donald Trump is jumping into Indiana’s Republican primaries to purge foes of his redistricting push — a show of force inside the GOP even as his administration works to shore up softening public support for its handling of the economy and deportations. The endorsements amount to a test of Trump’s political clout at a […]