Scarborough: ‘Orwellian’ DHS ‘lying nonstop’ about fatal shootings
Political commentator Joe Scarborough on Tuesday slammed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for “lying nonstop” about two fatal shootings of U.S. citizens involving federal officers in Minneapolis, calling it “Orwellian.” “The repeated lies, and people use the word ‘Orwellian’ … they overuse the word,” the host of MS NOW’s “Morning Joe” told co-host Jonathan…
‘Latinas for Trump’ co-founder: Trump ‘will lose the midterms because of Stephen Miller’
Florida state Sen. Ileana Garcia (R), co-founder of Latinas for Trump, blasted President Trump’s immigration crackdown, warning that he “will lose the midterms” because of homeland security adviser Stephen Miller. “I do think that he will lose the midterms because of Stephen Miller,” Garcia told the New York Times in an interview published Tuesday. Though…
Collins asks Noem to pause ICE operations in Maine, Minnesota
Maine Sen. Susan Collins (R) said Tuesday she asked Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to pause Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in her home state and in Minnesota. “I asked her to pause the operations in both Maine and Minnesota so that they could be reviewed and far more targeted in their scope,” Collins,…
Alex Pretti broke rib in clash with federal agents a week before death: CNN
Alex Pretti, the man fatally shot by a Border Patrol agent on Saturday, suffered a broken rib during a confrontation with federal immigration officers a week before his death, CNN reported Tuesday. Pretti, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen, was shot and killed in Minneapolis by a Border Patrol agent. An intensive care nurse at the Department…
Former NSC senior director: Trump ‘will have to do something militarily’ in Iran
Former senior director of the National Security Council Michael Allen said Monday that President Trump will “have to do something militarily” in Iran as the scope and scale of the regime’s bloody crackdown on protests has begun to emerge. More than 6,000 people, mostly protestors, have been killed since mass demonstrations erupted across the country…
Trump on Alex Pretti shooting: ‘You can’t walk in with guns’
President Trump said Tuesday that Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot by a Border Patrol agent on Saturday, should not have carried a firearm on him. “You can’t have guns. You can’t walk in with guns,” Trump told reporters before departing the White House for Iowa. The president went on to call the incident “very…
Fox News host presses DHS spokesperson on ‘domestic terrorist’ label on Alex Pretti
Fox News host Dana Perino on Tuesday pressed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin on labeling Alex Pretti, the second Minneapolis resident shot and killed by federal immigration enforcement officers this month, as a “domestic terrorist” after administration officials differed on using the term. Perino played a clip of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem…
Jeffries joins call for Noem’s firing, threatens impeachment proceedings
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) threatened to lead impeachment proceedings against Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem if President Trump does not fire her amid turmoil over immigration enforcement tactics in Minnesota. “Donald Trump must fire Kristi Noem immediately,” Jeffries wrote Tuesday in a post on the social platform X. “Or Democrats…
Carney says he told Trump he meant what he said at Davos
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney doubled down on his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, last week, during which he backed Greenland’s sovereignty and pushed back on President Trump’s tariff agenda. “To be absolutely clear, and I said this to the president, I meant what I said in Davos,” Carney told reporters…
Watch live: Trump gives remarks on economy from Iowa
President Trump is traveling to Iowa on Tuesday to tout his economic agenda ahead of the 2026 midterms. The visit to Des Moines is the latest on Trump’s tour, after he spoke in Detroit and Pennsylvania in recent months. The president has seen falling approval ratings amid rising concerns over inflation and affordability — which…
Trump endorses challenger to ‘pathetic RINO’ Jim Buck in Indiana
President Trump on Monday endorsed Indiana state Senate candidate Tracey Powell (R), making good on his threat to endorse challengers to Republicans in the state who blocked redistricting efforts last year. Powell is running to replace incumbent state Sen. Jim Buck (R), who has represented the Hoosier State’s 21st District in the state Senate since…
Walz meets with Homan, agrees to ongoing dialogue
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) said he met with Border Czar Tom Homan on Tuesday and tha tthe two agree to an “ongoing dialogue” after two residents of Minneapolis were killed over the last month in separate altercations with federal law enforcement officials sent to the state as part of President Trump’s deportation crackdown. “Governor…
TikTok explodes with complaints of anti-ICE censorship
Whether this was a technical failure, algorithmic chaos or something more intentional, the damage is the same. People don’t trust what they’re seeing — or not seeing.
Megyn Kelly says she doesn’t feel sorry for Alex Pretti: ‘He was not there to help’
Conservative commentator Megyn Kelly on Monday said she doesn’t feel sorry for Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot by a Border Patrol agent in Minnesota on Saturday. “I know I’m supposed to feel sorry for Alex Pretti, but I don’t. I don’t. Do you know why I wasn’t shot by Border Patrol this weekend? Because…
Composer Philip Glass cancels Kennedy Center performance
Renowned composer Philip Glass has withdrawn his newest symphony from the Kennedy Center, becoming the latest artist step away from the venue in protest of President Trump’s takeover of the performing arts center. The National Symphony Orchestra was set to premiere Glass’s Symphony No. 15 “Lincoln”, a 40-minute work based on former President Lincoln’s 1838…
More than 6,000 people killed in Iran crackdown, activists say
More than 6,000 people have been killed amid the Iranian government’s crackdown on recent protests in the country, an activist group said Tuesday. The protests began on Dec. 28 in response to the plummeting value of the rial, Iran’s currency. The government responded to the protests with the bloodiest crackdown in several decades in the…
Homeland Security Democrats: Noem will be impeached if she is not fired, resigns
House Homeland Security Committee Democrats have threatened to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem if she does not resign or is not fired, following backlash over the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good by federal immigration authorities.
Newsom launches review of TikTok over claims of suppressed Trump criticism
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said Monday he is launching a review of TikTok following allegations that the app’s new owners were suppressing content critical of President Trump. Newsom’s office said it had received reports and “independently confirmed instances” of content being suppressed. “It’s time to investigate,” the governor wrote on the social platform X….
Martha Stewart speaks out against immigration crackdown after text from granddaughter
Martha Stewart has waded into the debate over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown after receiving a not-so-subtle push from her granddaughter. The award-winning TV personality shared an Instagram post on Monday featuring a text her granddaughter, Jude, sent her following the fatal weekend shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis by a U.S. Border Patrol…
Holocaust Museum: Walz’s Anne Frank comparison ‘deeply offensive’
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) is facing criticism from the U.S. Holocaust Museum after he compared Anne Frank hiding from the Nazis in Germany to the current experience of children in Minnesota amid Operation Metro Surge. “Anne Frank was targeted and murdered solely because she was Jewish. Leaders making false equivalencies to her experience for…
Biden: Minnesotans ‘have suffered enough at the hands of this Administration’
Former President Biden on Tuesday praised Minnesotans protesting federal immigration enforcement operations in the wake of two recent shootings. “What has unfolded in Minneapolis this past month betrays our most basic values as Americans,” Biden wrote in a statement on the social platform X. “We are not a nation that guns down our citizens in…
Doomsday Clock moves closer to zero-hour
The world slipped further toward the abyss over the past year, with the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists on Tuesday moving the hands of the famed Doomsday Clock four seconds closer to midnight, at 85 seconds. The 80-year tradition of the Doomsday Clock is meant to serve as an urgent call to action for populations to…
Hannity: ICE raids at Home Depot not ‘good idea’
Fox News host Sean Hannity said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials should not be conducting raids at Home Depot or other businesses. “Now, is ICE perfect? They’re not. Can they do a better job? They can,” he said during an episode of “The Sean Hannity Show” on Monday. “Do I think that, you know,…
Greenland minister: Trump push to acquire bases as sovereign US territory a ‘red line’
A senior Greenlandic official dismissed President Trump’s desire for the U.S. to gain sovereignty over the land on which its military base sits. Naaja Nathanielsen, Greenland’s minister of industry, raw materials, mining, energy, law enforcement and equality, told USA Today on Sunday that the president’s proposal is a “red line.” Trump claimed to the New…
House Democrat: ICE ‘cannot exist’
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), slammed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Monday, saying the agency “cannot exist” and “needs to be abolished” after tensions between the Trump administration and local leaders in Minnesota escalated following the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti. “As you probably know and folks should know, ICE and the [Department of Homeland…