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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.

The mayor of Portland, Maine, said he wants to personally speak with the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as the agency expands operations in his city and state. “That’s a person just like me, nothing special, but we took an oath to be responsible,” Mark Dion, a former county sheriff, told MS…

“Are you a proud American Citizen or does ICE need to come and track you down?” the email said.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Wednesday criticized Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s assertion that the U.S.’s capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro was not an act of war. During testimony in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Rubio reiterated the Trump administration’s position that the mission to capture Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores,…

The FBI is taking over the investigation into the attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) at her town hall event on Tuesday, the Minneapolis Police Department confirmed Wednesday. A spokesperson for the department confirmed the FBI would be taking over but did not provide further comment. The FBI did not immediately respond to a request…

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) drew the president’s ire after calling for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to be fired.

Actor Molly Ringwald condemned Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for “brutalizing people” after the killing of ICU nurse Alex Pretti. “There’s something horrible, horrible going on in our country right now. And we have one of the greatest countries — had one of the greatest countries in the world, and I’ve always been so proud…

President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops across major U.S. cities has cost taxpayers nearly half a billion dollars through the end of 2025, according to a new report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Since June, the administration has deployed the National Guard personnel to six cities — Los Angeles, Chicago, New Orleans, Memphis,…

Rock legend Bruce Springsteen has released an anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) song in the wake of weeks of tension in Minnesota over President Trump’s immigration agenda and two shooting deaths involving federal law enforcement. “I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state…

Stephen Colbert’s crew mocked the suspect coincidence of Fox News telling Trump to send Tom Homan to Minneapolis, only for the president to do so a short time later.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio raised the potential for the U.S. forces to conduct preemptive strikes against Iran and emphasized that the country’s regime is at its weakest point in decades during a Wednesday hearing in the Senate. Rubio told senators that the Trump administration’s buildup of U.S. assets in the Middle East, which was…

The federal agents who fatally shot Alex Pretti were placed on administrative leave Saturday, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official told NewsNation, the Hill’s sister network.  A Border Patrol agent and a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer shot and killed Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday. He was the second person killed by federal…

Barron Trump’s intervention more than a year ago resulted in an assault conviction of Matvei Rumiantsev on Wednesday, who admitted he was jealous of his girlfriend’s friendship with the president’s youngest son.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) warned the Trump administration on Tuesday that the state “will not be intimidated” by the administration’s surge in federal immigration enforcement. “Today, I say to the people of Maine: We will not be intimidated. We will not be silenced,” Mills said during her final State of the State address. “And…

The man accused of spraying Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) with an unknown substance during a town hall in her district on Tuesday has a lengthy criminal history and appeared to show support for President Trump on social media. Anthony Kazmierczak, 55, was tackled to the ground after police said he used a syringe spray an…

A framed photograph of President Donald Trump standing with Russian President Vladimir Putin is hanging on display in the White House, photographs taken inside a newly renovated room show.

The search comes as the FBI under the leadership of Director Kash Patel has moved quickly to pursue the political grievances of President Donald Trump.

Iran’s mission to the United Nations warned Wednesday that it will respond “like never before” after President Trump threatened to attack the nation if leaders in Tehran do not agree to dismantle all nuclear weapons development programs. “Last time the U.S. blundered into wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, it squandered over $7 trillion and lost…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that President Trump misspoke when he referred to Greenland as Iceland multiple times during remarks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this month, contradicting an earlier explanation offered by White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. “He meant to say Greenland,” Rubio told lawmakers on the Senate…

President Trump on Wednesday touted his administration’s new investment accounts for children, which have been dubbed “Trump accounts.” During a Treasury Department event in the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, the president said the accounts will help children get a “real start in life.” “Decades from now, I believe the Trump accounts will be…

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will give remarks Wednesday afternoon after the nation’s central bank opted to keep short-term interest rates steady between 3.5 and 3.75 percent. The move comes after the Fed lowered the rate three times during President Trump’s first year back in office amid pressure from the administration. Powell faced criticism from…

Nicki Minaj is calling herself President Trump’s biggest fan, saying her support for him won’t waiver despite the “hate” from critics.  “I will say that I am probably the president’s number one fan,” the “Starships” rapper told the crowd Wednesday at a Treasury Department-hosted summit in Washington to launch “Trump Accounts” for newborn babies. “And that’s not…

Sen. Tedd Budd (R-N.C.) on Tuesday said the shooting of protester Alex Pretti was a “tragedy” that should have never happened but still supported immigration officials who are doing “incredible work” nationwide. “Alex Pretti’s death is a tragedy that should never have happened. His shooting must be fully investigated. Initial rushes to judgment did not…