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Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) on Thursday officially threw her hat in the ring to run for governor of Minnesota. “Minnesotans, we’ve been through a lot,” she wrote on the social platform X. “And I believe this moment calls for grit, resilience, and faith in each other. I believe we must stand up for what’s right….

ICE staffers will only work in U.S. diplomatic offices such as the Milan consulate and “not on the ground” at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games.

The progressive House member’s office confirmed the preliminary finding as to what was used in the assault.

It’s “actually pretty simple,” said the “Daily Show” host.

Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D) is leading a wide-open Democratic primary for Senate in Michigan, new polling shows. A Emerson College Polling/Nexstar Media survey released Thursday found McMorrow with 22 percent support, ahead of Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) and progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed at 17 percent and 16 percent, respectively. Another 7 percent chose…

The first lady was asked on Fox News about a moment involving the president that features in her upcoming documentary, “Melania.”

Multimillionaire Scott Bessent suggested an alternative gift idea for children but critics weren’t buying it.

The “Late Show” host also offered up a new anti-Trump fight song. 

The major voting bloc is saying “no, no, no,” to the president, noted CNN’s chief data analyst.

The Fox News moment went viral on social media for the wrong reason.

The late night host hit back after the president insulted Rep. Ilhan Omar.

The president pushed conspiracy theories in a series of Truth Social posts. 

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) labeled White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller a “hateful bigot” for his role in shaping immigration policy and called into question Miller’s future in the Trump administration. Amid mounting scrutiny of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s handling of the fatal officer-involved shootings of Renee Good and Alex…

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) suggested on Wednesday that President Trump’s “reprehensible rhetoric” on immigration has contributed to an environment in which “right-wing grifters” feel free to “terrorize our community.” Omar spoke at a press conference one day after she was ambushed during a town hall event by a man who shouted at her and sprayed…

The conservative political commentator also argued that the Trump administration didn’t realize how complex the immigration issue would be.

People online criticized the president for his baffling remarks about the attack on the Minnesota representative. Experts in political science weigh in. 

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) fired back at Vice President Vance on Wednesday after he criticized her line of questioning at a Senate hearing, comparing her to the fictional character Forrest Gump, who is portrayed in the film as having a physical and intellectual disability. Duckworth — a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, who lost both…

Kid Rock on Wednesday called for a price cap on resale tickets for live music and sporting events, arguing that fans and artists have been “getting screwed” by a system that drives up prices and offers little benefit to performers. “I’m here because hardworking Americans who love live music deserve better, and artists deserve…

Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) visited a 5-year-old and his father at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Dilley, Texas, where they are both being held following their arrests in Minnesota. “I demanded his release and told him how much his family, his school, and our country loves him and is praying for him,” Castro wrote…

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Wednesday called on President Trump to authorize $34 billion in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) aid to help the California communities ravaged by the Palisades fire recover more than one year after the disaster struck. Blumenthal, a ranking member of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations,…

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico fiercely denied a Politico report that he was “shocked” by President Trump’s state of mind during his visit to Mar-a-Lago this month. Politico, citing five unnamed European diplomats, reported that Fico told EU leaders at a summit in Brussels last week that his meeting with the U.S. president left him…

Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk said her organization will match the federal government’s $1,000 deposits in new “Trump Accounts” for the children of its employees.  Kirk wrote Wednesday on social platform X that her husband, the late conservative activist and Turning Point co-founder Charlie Kirk, “spoke so often about the importance of young families…

Things that make you go, “hmmm.”

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) will speak to reporters Wednesday evening, a day after she was sprayed with an unknown substance during a town hall in her home district. Omar has taken a defiant tone against the Trump administration’s surge in federal agents to Minnesota in the wake of two fatal shootings in Minneapolis involving immigration…

In response to a Reuters request for comment, DHS pointed to previous statements about the incidents involving their officers.