Republicans in Texas just got a reminder that complacency at the ballot box has consequences. In a special election that was supposed to be a relatively routine affair, Democrats pulled off an upset that is now reverberating from the state capitol to Washington. What had been a reliably Republican district flipped, handing a win to … Read more
A federal judge on Saturday declined Minnesota’s bid to temporarily stop the Trump administration’s large-scale immigration enforcement operation in the state, rejecting the request for an immediate pause as the lawsuit moves forward. Minnesota, along with the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, filed the lawsuit in federal court, seeking a preliminary injunction to halt … Read more
President Donald Trump just made one thing unmistakably clear: federal law enforcement will not be used as a political prop for mayors and governors who refuse to govern. Trump issued a direct order to Kristi Noem, instructing the Department of Homeland Security not to intervene in city riots or large-scale unrest unless local or state … Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court announced it will hear arguments on April 1 in a case challenging birthright citizenship, the constitutional principle that grants U.S. citizenship to nearly all children born on American soil. The case centers on a statutory and constitutional question over whether the 14th Amendment’s Citizenship Clause applies to children born in the … Read more
Georgia state Sen. Greg Dolezal released new information this week alleging widespread irregularities in voter registrations in deep blue Fulton County, raising renewed questions about the accuracy of the county’s voter rolls. Georgia law requires voters to register using their primary residential address and prohibits the use of P.O. boxes, commercial mailboxes or nonresidential locations. … Read more
The Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives narrowed further this week after Democrat Christian Menefee won a special election in Texas’s 18th Congressional District, reducing the GOP’s slim margin in the chamber. Menefee, a former Harris County attorney, secured the seat in a runoff election to fill a vacancy that had stood for … Read more
Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., appeared at an anti-ICE protest in downtown Los Angeles on Friday, chanting “ICE out of L.A.” hours before the demonstration descended into violence and police made multiple arrests. “What I see here at the detention center are people exercising their constitutional rights,” Waters said while standing in front of officers wearing … Read more
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday directing federal agencies to organize an IndyCar race on the streets of Washington, D.C., as part of the America250 celebrations marking the nation’s 250th anniversary. Trump made the announcement in the Oval Office alongside IndyCar owner and chairperson Roger Penske, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, and Transportation Secretary … Read more
President Donald Trump and the White House are strongly defending Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem as Democrats intensify their calls for her removal over the handling of recent immigration enforcement operations and fatal shootings in Minneapolis. “I think she’s doing a very good job,” Trump told reporters last week. “The border is totally secure. You … Read more
Canadian officials are moving to defuse a trade dispute with Washington after President Donald Trump threatened to impose a 50% tariff on aircraft sold from Canada to the United States and to decertify new Canadian planes amid ongoing certification delays for Gulfstream jets. Canadian Industry Minister Mélanie Joly said Saturday that Transport Canada is working … Read more