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Shirley Raines, the founder of the nonprofit Beauty 2 The Streetz and a prominent advocate for people experiencing homelessness, has died at age 58, her organization and family confirmed this week. Authorities in Henderson, Nevada, found Raines unresponsive at her home on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026, after her youngest daughter requested a welfare check when … Read more
President Donald Trump held a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Thursday as the administration seeks to de-escalate tensions over immigration enforcement activities in Minnesota. There’s also a looming partial shutdown of the U.S. government. Democratic senators are opposed to passing a measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees immigration enforcement. The … Read more
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Monday that the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, known as the SAVE Act, will receive a floor vote in the coming weeks, marking a major step in Republicans’ push to establish proof-of-citizenship requirements for federal elections. The bill, which passed the House in April, would require individuals registering to … Read more
President Donald Trump announced on social media Wednesday that he has created a new position at the Justice Department that will be dedicated to rooting out and prosecuting fraud. The move comes as the DOJ and other members of his administration continue to find ever-widening pockets of fraud mostly in jurisdictions long run by Democrats. … Read more
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar announced Tuesday that she is entering the race for governor of Minnesota, following Gov. Tim Walz’s decision not to seek a third term amid mounting scrutiny over a large-scale fraud scandal involving state-administered programs. Klobuchar, a Democrat who has represented Minnesota in the U.S. Senate since 2007, said her decision was … Read more
Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz was likely caught off guard on Wednesday night in the Andrew Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C., when President Donald Trump joked about nominating him for the U.S. Supreme Court. During remarks promoting the administration’s new Trump Account initiative, Trump praised Cruz as “a brilliant legal mind,” The Daily Mail reported. “He’s … Read more
Two U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Border Patrol agents who fired their weapons during a deadly confrontation with Alex Pretti in Minneapolis were placed on administrative leave, the Department of Homeland Security said, a standard procedure following shootings by federal law enforcement. The agents, who are no longer on field duty pending review, were … Read more
The California Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to review a lower court ruling that struck down a voter identification law adopted by voters in Huntington Beach in March 2024, effectively invalidating the city’s effort to require photo ID for in-person voting and partial Social Security or driver’s license information for mail-in ballots. The law, known … Read more
President Donald Trump sent Border Czar Tom Homan to Minnesota this week following the shooting death of Alex Pretti over the weekend by a federal immigration agent. Now, this has tee’d up a fight this week as the budget for ICE is part of a package of spending bills that must pass in the U.S. … Read more
Minneapolis — A significant protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) erupted Sunday evening outside the Home2 Suites by Hilton in Minneapolis, where demonstrators believe federal immigration agents are staying amid an escalation of enforcement operations in the city. Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the hotel, banging on trash cans, honking horns and chanting … Read more