With the Oregon National Guard’s deployment into Portland now expected to begin later in the week, protests outside the city’s ICE facility have continued. The demonstrations, which officials say have frequently included noise disturbances and projectiles, have drawn frustration from nearby residents as well as DHS and ICE personnel. This is what happens when Democrats … Read more

Ian Andre Roberts, the superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools, isn’t just accused of breaking immigration law—he’s also been a registered Democrat voter in Maryland for over a decade, despite overstaying a student visa from 1999. Roberts was arrested by ICE late last week, and the revelations about his active Democratic voter registration since 2012 … Read more

Vice President JD Vance is putting Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on the defensive, resurfacing decades-old remarks from Schumer to argue that Democrats have abandoned their own past positions in the fight over the latest government shutdown. The standoff centers on a continuing resolution meant to keep federal agencies funded. While the House passed … Read more

Homeland Security agents arrested more than 800 illegal immigrants in Illinois during “Operation Midway Blitz,” with officials confirming that the large-scale raids will continue even as the federal government remains shut down. According to DHS, those taken into custody included rapists, repeat drunk drivers, and individuals who had already been deported and reentered the United … Read more

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez denied during an MSNBC interview Tuesday evening that she was responsible for Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer’s decision not to support a GOP stopgap funding measure, allowing the federal government to shut down. She did, however, step up to support Democrats who have demanded an extension of Obamacare subsidies to the tune … Read more

Federal officials announced this week that nearly half of all immigrants in the greater Minneapolis area were found to have committed some form of immigration fraud. The findings came during a September enforcement sweep and included cases involving sham marriages, falsified death certificates, and other schemes, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Joseph … Read more

Lorenz Kraus, 53, a former fringe Democratic presidential candidate, admitted in a televised interview that he killed his parents nearly a decade ago and buried their bodies in the backyard of their Albany home. The confession came during an on-camera interview with CBS6 anchor Greg Floyd on Thursday, one day after police recovered the remains … Read more

The first federal government shutdown in seven years began at midnight Tuesday, with both parties trading blame as negotiations collapsed. Neither President Donald Trump and the Republican majority in Congress nor Democratic leaders agreed to compromise, resulting in a lapse in funding. The shutdown has quickly escalated into a war of words, with each side … Read more

Although Republicans have historically shouldered most of the blame during government shutdowns, the party appears to be gaining ground with the public in the current standoff. GOP leaders have framed the budget impasse as avoidable and have argued that Democrats are insisting on funding healthcare benefits for immigrants in the country illegally, Just the News reports. … Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that the Veterans Court does not have to re-examine all evidence when reviewing disability benefits denials. It can only overturn a decision if there is a clear mistake. This standard was questioned by two veterans, Norman Thornton and Joshua Bufkin. Thornton, who served in the Gulf War, said that … Read more