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A new Economist/YouGov poll found that 46 percent of respondents support abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), with 43 percent opposed to getting rid of the agency. The poll, released Tuesday, found that 35 percent of respondents strongly support eliminating the agency, while 1 in 10 somewhat support such a move. Just over 30 percent…

Iran on Tuesday allowed citizens to call internationally after days of phone and internet outages amid violent protests.  More than 2,000 Iranians have been killed amid antigovernment protests, activists told The Associated Press. Some in Tehran told the newswire they were able to call abroad for the first time Tuesday but could not receive international…

Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen on Tuesday said his people “choose Denmark” and “choose NATO” instead of the United States, amid President Trump’s calls for the island territory to be annexed into the union. “If we have to choose between the United States and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark,” Nielsen said at a…

The MS NOW host on Monday ran through a lengthy series of recent court cases that didn’t go the president’s way.

Former White House attorney Ty Cobb said Tuesday that Secretary of State Marco Rubio has seemingly “sold his soul” and is influencing President Trump on foreign policy. “When I was there, you had people like Gen. [John] Kelly, Gen. [James] Mattis, Nikki Haley, other people who could say no and say no effectively. And you…

A new survey from Quinnipiac University found that over 80 percent of respondents have seen video of a federal immigration officer fatally shooting 37-year-old Renee Good, with a majority believing it was not justified. The poll, released Tuesday, found that 82 percent of respondents have seen footage of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer…

Podcaster Joe Rogan expressed sympathy with Americans who have expressed anger and frustration at the way President Trump’s administration has conducted immigration enforcement during his first year in office. “You don’t want militarized people in the streets just roaming around, snatching up people — many of which turn out to be U.S. citizens that just don’t…

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday decried the news that the top prosecutor in the federal investigation into the state’s social services fraud scandal has resigned.  The New York Times first reported that Joseph H. Thompson resigned from his position as the First Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of…

President Trump is again slamming New York City’s congestion pricing program, calling it “a disaster.” “Congestion Pricing in Manhattan is a DISASTER for New York. It’s got to be ended, IMMEDIATELY! It’s never worked before, and it will never work now,” the president, who is originally from the Big Apple, said in a post on…

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus will speak with reporters Tuesday afternoon on their push for reforms within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The pressure comes less than a week after 37-year-old Renee Good was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in Minnesota. Protests…

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday said the Iranian government could soon cripple following the wave of national protests in the country against poor economic conditions. “If a regime can only keep itself in power by force, then it’s effectively at the end,” Merz said Tuesday in Bengaluru, India, according to The Associated Press. “I…

Former Defense Secretary William Cohen, who served in the Clinton administration, warned on Tuesday that bombing Iran could risk rallying its civilians to support the regime. In an interview on CNN’s “The Situation Room,” Cohen urged President Trump to consider relying on allies in the region, rather than taking unilateral action, to help bring down…

Experts in gender studies and mental health break down why it’s crucial that Trump’s latest remarks do not go unchallenged.

Preliminary numbers on Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace plan enrollment shows a noticeable drop when compared to last year’s figures, an early indication that allowing the enhanced premium tax subsidies to expire caused people to defer signing up for health insurance. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reported on Monday that 22.8 million…

More than 600 people have been killed during nationwide protests, and Iran has cut all internet communication.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) warned that President Trump’s proposal calling for a one-year 10 percent cap on credit card interest rates could have “negative secondary effects.” Johnson told reporters on Tuesday that the proposal is one that the House “ought to think about and investigate.” “Like everything else we, you know, you would need legislation to do…

Former British Ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson has apologized over his links with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “I did not want to be held responsible for his [Jeffrey Epstein’s] crimes of which I was ignorant, not indifferent, because of the lies he told me and so many others,” Mandelson told the BBC’s “Newsnight”…

Two cases before the court could affect laws in 27 states that bar trans athletes from women’s sports.

Trump going after Powell does feel like a pretext, and really about their larger conflict, not about the one construction project unfortunately exceeding its price tag. 

12:30 Report is The Hill’s midday newsletter. Subscribe here. It’s Tuesday. In today’s issue: 🗺️ NEWS What do you mean, ‘help is on its way …?’: President Trump said he canceled meeting with Iranian officials, telling protesters that “HELP IS ON ITS WAY.” He also called on demonstrators to “take over” Iranian institutions this morning,…
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Contempt against the Clintons could be a welcome distraction for Republicans weary of questions about President Donald Trump’s ties to Epstein.

President Trump will give remarks from Detroit on Tuesday afternoon as he seeks to sell his economic agenda amid concerns over rising costs and questions over high health care premiums. Trump has largely blamed Democrats and his predecessor for the country’s economic anxiety while touting his own policies, pointing to efforts to boost domestic manufacturing…

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a close ally of President Trump, told Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin to “go to hell” on Monday, following a series of social media posts in which Martin compared the U.S. to Iran, accusing both governments of demonstrating “authoritarian behavior.” “Ken Martin is a worthless piece of crap,” Graham…

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) acting Director Joe Lyons on Monday downplayed Minnesota’s lawsuit to block the statewide surge of federal immigration enforcement officers, dismissing its allegations as “just very sad.” “So there’s a lot that I don’t think they understand about what ICE is doing,” Lyons said on Fox News. “And the allegations are…
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Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) went after tech billionaire Elon Musk on Monday over a social media post he made targeting her and Somalis in Minnesota. Musk responded to a post from another user on the social platform X promoting theories about immigrants being used to secure political power. “This has been happening for years. Ilhan…