The Justice Department has dismissed Michael Ben’Ary, a senior national security prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia, marking the latest in a series of high-profile departures from the office. Ben’Ary, who led the district’s national security unit, was removed from his post on Wednesday, just hours after a conservative commentator highlighted his prior work … Read more
President Donald Trump said Thursday he is meeting with Russ Vought, director of the United States Office of Management and Budget and “of Project 2025 fame,” to discuss eliminating what he called Democrats’ “scam” agencies and weighing whether the cuts should be temporary or permanent. “I have a meeting today with Russ Vought, he of … Read more
President Donald Trump adviser Corey Lewandowski says Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will be in attendance at the 2026 Super Bowl. “There is nowhere that you can provide safe haven to people in this country illegally. Not the Super Bowl and nowhere else,” Lewandowski, an adviser and special government employee in the Department of Homeland … Read more
A U.S. immigration judge has denied a bid for asylum from Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose case has become a proxy for the partisan power struggle over immigration policy. The judge in Baltimore on Wednesday rejected an application to reopen Abrego Garcia’s 2019 asylum case, but that is not the final word. Abrego Garcia has 30 … Read more
Streaming giant Netflix saw its shares drop 2.4% this week, or the equivalent of more than $15 billion in only a few days, following the call for a boycott of the company from Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Forbes reported on Thursday. Musk, billionaire and former White House adviser, urged his 227 million followers on X … Read more
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., blasted Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Thursday, telling Newsmax that Democrats handed President Donald Trump a political victory by forcing a partial government shutdown. “This is insanity on Chuck Schumer’s part. Malpractice really on Chuck Schumer’s part,” Scalise told “The Record with Greta Van Susteren.” “What is … Read more
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