Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has posted on social media: “I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. “The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.” One person has died after a…
A federal judge barred immigration agents from using tactics such as pepper spray and arrest against peaceful protesters in Minneapolis. In a preliminary injunction issued Jan. 16, U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez of Minnesota gave local demonstrators some reprieve as they’ve protested against the Trump administration’s surge of thousands of federal immigration agents to the…
Nov 6 (Reuters) — U.S. airlines were scrambling on Thursday to rejig schedules and fielding a flood of customer queries after the U.S. ordered flight cuts at some of the nation’s busiest airports, the latest travel disruption from the prolonged government shutdown. On Wednesday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he would order steep cuts citing air traffic…
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday weighs a challenge to a Hawaii gun restriction dubbed the “ vampire rule “ because, as with the fictional creatures in folk tales and the novel “Dracula,” people carrying firearms are required to seek permission before entering private property. The justices will weigh whether the requirement, enacted in 2023 as…
The lapse in benefits could be temporary if the Trump administration complies with a recent court order requiring them to use emergency money to fund SNAP. Nearly 42 million Americans lose their food stamp benefits The lapse in benefits could be temporary if the Trump administration complies with a recent court order requiring them to…
On a steamy August night in 2013, Melissa Rocuba was airlifted to a hospital still clinging to life with a bullet wound to her head. Her then 22-year-old daughter Chelsea Cicio, who lived next door, was already there when the helicopter arrived. Chelsea Cicio: I had no idea how I got down there. … I was…
They are highly likely to elect a new Democratic House member in a special election Tuesday. That would-be lawmaker, Adelita Grijalva, told POLITICO she plans to become the 218th and clinching supporter of a bipartisan effort to force public disclosure of federal investigative files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. It’s a controversy that Johnson…
1. What’s Actually Going On Let me start by laying out the solid facts, and then we’ll unpack what remains murky. What We Know What We Don’t Know (Yet) 2. The Context To understand why Trump made this move, we need to see where things stand already. U.S.–Venezuela Tensions Recent Military Strikes 3. Why This…
Californians will head to the polls on Tuesday to decide on Proposition 50, a ballot measure of national significance that could play a major role in determining which party controls the US House of Representatives after the 2026 midterms. If voters approve the proposal, the state will halt the work of its independent redistricting commission…
Here’s the latest • US President Donald Trump hailed a “dawn of a new Middle East” in remarks before the Israeli parliament on Monday after Hamas freed all living hostages and Israel released Palestinian prisoners under the US-brokered ceasefire deal. Trump has arrived in Egypt for a summit with world leaders on Gaza’s future. • The 20 remaining…