The U.S. military is claiming to have shot down an Iranian drone that was approaching the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, the USS Abraham Lincoln, along the Arabian Sea. The U.S. Central Command confirmed that the Shahed-139 drone “aggressively approached” the vessel with “unclear intent” as it was navigating through the Arabian Sea, nearly 500 miles […]
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) shared with reporters on Feb. 3 that he’s not in favor of federalizing elections," following recent comments made by President Donald Trump on a podcast where the President suggested that "Republicans ought to nationalize the voting.” During an appearance on former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino’s podcast on Feb. […]
President Donald Trump has signed a nearly $1.2 trillion funding package to end the four-day partial government shutdown on Feb. 3, following the Republican-led House’s passage of the bipartisan bill just hours prior. The measure, which allocates funds for the Pentagon, Treasury, Education, Labor, and State departments until Sept. 30, passed with a vote of […]
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it had withdrawn thousands of files and “media” related to the notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as attorneys told a New York judge that nearly 100 of his victims’ lives have been “turned upside down” due to the agency’s poor redactions in its most recent release of records. […]
Ed Martin, a close ally of President Donald Trump, has been removed from his position as the “captain” of the Justice Department’s (DOJ) “Weaponization Working Group,” a group that has conducted investigations against prosecutors who launched past probes into President Trump and his allies, according to sources familiar with the matter. A DOJ spokesman affirmed […]
President Donald Trump announced on Feb. 2 that the U.S. and India have reached a trade agreement under which the U.S. has agreed to lower tariffs on India to 18%, with India, in turn, agreeing to end its reliance on Russian oil. The deal is aimed at easing economic tensions between the two countries. President […]
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, advised that any strike against his country by the United States would ignite a “regional war” in the Middle East, further increasing tensions as President Donald Trump has threatened to militarily attack the Islamic nation in response to its actions amid recent nationwide protests, according to The Associated Press. […]
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) shared this past week that he believes he can garner the Republican votes to end a partial government shutdown within days, with the House debating Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reforms within the following two weeks. "I’m very optimistic that we will get everyone back in town,” Johnson said […]
Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, who were taken into custody by federal immigration agents in Minnesota on Jan. 20 and held in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Texas, have been released following U.S. District Judge Fred Biery of San Antonio’s order against the Trump administration’s […]
President Donald Trump signed an executive order that would impose levies on any goods from countries that sell or provide oil to Cuba, declaring a national emergency toward the island nation. Within the executive order, President Trump said the "policies, practices, and actions of the Government of Cuba constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat," in reference […]
Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez signed into law a reform of the nation’s hydrocarbons legislation, opening the country’s oil industry towards privatization and allowing for more foreign investment. President Rodriguez enacted the reform bill less than a month after the capture of deposed Venezuelan Dictator Nicolas Maduro in a U.S. military operation in Venezuela’s capital, […]
President Donald Trump, Don Jr., Eric Trump, and the Trump organization are suing the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the U.S. Treasury Department for $10 billion over the federal agencies’ failure to prevent alleged leaks of President Trump’s tax information during his first term, which was given to several news outlets. The suit, filed in […]
U.S. "Border Czar" Tom Homan gave his first news conference on Jan. 29, since his arrival in Minnesota, affirming that “massive changes” will be made to federal immigration operations in the state. He pledged to “draw down” the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal officers within the area. “I’m not here […]
The Senate is set to take a procedural vote on Jan. 29 on a bill to fund the remaining government agencies and programs, amid a potential partial government shutdown expected by Jan. 30. Democratic senators met privately on Jan. 28 to discuss a list of demands for reforming the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and […]
A federal judge in Minnesota has temporarily halted the Trump Administration from arresting and detaining resettled refugees in the state, following a suit accusing federal immigration officers of “hunting” them down and transporting them to a detention facility in Texas. U.S. District Judge John Tunheim said federal immigration agencies can continue lawful immigration procedures in […]
An unidentified person was shot and injured in a shooting involving U.S. Border Patrol in Arizona, leaving the individual in critical condition, according to local authorities. The Pima County Sheriff’s Department shared that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) requested it to “lead the use-of-force investigation involving the agent” in Arivaca, an unincorporated neighborhood. “We […]
House Democratic leaders threatened to commence impeachment proceedings against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem if President Donald Trump does not fire her first, indicating a pivotal shift in how party leadership is tackling the Trump administration’s immigration operations. Concurrently, eight Democrats have signed on to an impeachment resolution against Secretary Noem amid the […]
A federal judge in Minnesota ordered the acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director, Todd Lyons, to appear in a Minneapolis court and testify for the agency’s allegedd ongoing violations of court orders tied to immigration enforcement actions. Chief U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz issued a three-page order, accusing federal immigration authorities of failing […]
