Nogales, Arizona — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visited the U.S.-Mexico border this week, praising Department of Homeland Security and border agents for reduced encounters and outlining prior investments. Noem cited a 95 percent drop in daily encounters and an average apprehension decline from 5,100 to under 250 per day,...
MINNEAPOLIS — Federal border czar Tom Homan announced Wednesday that the administration will immediately withdraw 700 immigration enforcement officers from Minnesota after state and local officials agreed to transfer custody of arrested immigrants to federal authorities. Homan said roughly 3,000 agents had been deployed in recent weeks across Minnesota amid...
Atlanta — Fulton County filed a federal motion this past week seeking immediate and complete return of ballots and other records seized by the FBI on Jan. 28 from a warehouse near the county’s Union City elections facility. The filing asks a judge to unseal the law enforcement affidavit used...
Annapolis, the Maryland House of Delegates passed a bill Monday to redraw the state's congressional map, shifting boundaries to make all eight districts more favorable to Democrats. It passed 99–37 after hours of debate and came at the urging of Governor Wes Moore, who formed a redistricting advisory committee earlier...
WASHINGTON Every Homeland Security officer in Minneapolis will receive body-worn cameras, DHS Secretary Krisi Noem announced Monday, following the fatal shootings of two protesters on Jan. 7 and Jan. 24. Noem said the program will expand nationwide as funding permits. Democrats in the House have demanded body cameras, bans on...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said this week that Republicans should nationalize voting in at least 15 unspecified places, repeating baseless claims that widespread fraud marred the 2020 election. He spoke on a podcast with former FBI deputy director Dan Bongino and offered no details about locations or legal mechanism....
Washington, House Oversight Committee Chair Rep. James Comer on Monday rejected an offer from Bill and Hillary Clinton to provide a transcribed interview and a sworn declaration in the committee's Jeffrey Epstein probe, saying he requires sworn depositions. The committee notified the Clintons that a Jan. 31 proposal would not...
Washington, President Donald Trump announced on Monday a trade-energy agreement with India that reduces U.S. reciprocal tariffs on Indian goods to 18% and removes a 25% punitive duty tied to Russian oil purchases. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he would halt purchases of Russian crude and increase energy imports from...
Washington, US President Donald Trump spoke with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, ahead of External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s visit to US beginning February 2. Jaishankar will travel from New York to Washington to attend the inaugural Critical Minerals Ministerial convened by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Secretary of State Cord Byrd announced Sunday that all 22 citizen initiative petitions, including a recreational marijuana amendment, failed to meet Florida legal requirements to appear on the 2026 ballot. Campaign organizers from Smart & Safe Florida said they submitted more than 1.4 million signatures and called...
