A group of Republican senators is open to splitting the Homeland Security appropriations measure off from a six-bill government funding package that needs to pass by Friday to avoid a partial government shutdown that would affect the Pentagon and other major departments.
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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.
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The Senate on Wednesday is working to advance a six-bill spending package, despite calls from Democrats to separate out Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding after the deadly weekend shooting of a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis by federal immigration officials.
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President Trump, without evidence, suggested Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) staged an incident during her town hall Tuesday night when a man sprayed her with an unknown substance. Read more. |
Kristi Noem’s continued leadership of the Department of Homeland Security is becoming a major obstacle to getting a bipartisan deal to avoid a government shutdown passed through the Senate. Read more. |
The man accused of spraying Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) with an unknown substance during a town hall in her district Tuesday has a lengthy criminal history and appeared to show support for President Trump on social media.
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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.
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A framed photograph of President Trump standing with Russian President Vladimir Putin is hanging on display in the White House, photographs taken inside a newly renovated room show.
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A high-stakes hearing Friday will bring the immigration crackdown in Minnesota to a head in the courts, as the nation’s top Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official will be forced to take the stand to explain the agency’s aggressive surge.
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