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Commentary: Supreme Court may want to check the Bible on citizenship and rights
President Donald Trump claims that birthright citizenship isn’t that: a birthright. He wants the authority to revoke the citizenship of U.S.-born children of immigrants here illegally and visitors here temporarily.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on birthright citizenship this spring. It will likely hand down a ruling by summer. Before ...Read more
Editorial: Clintons arrogantly ignore subpoena; face contempt charges
It should come as little surprise that Bill and Hillary Clinton have defied subpoenas to testify in the U.S. House probe of Jeffrey Epstein. But the fact that even many Democrats have criticized their failure to appear should be a warning to the power couple.
Bill Clinton has a history of thumbing his nose at the legal process. In 1998, he ...Read more
Colorado Sens. John Hickenlooper, Michael Bennet call for ICE reforms as funding standoff looms
Colorado Sens. John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet said Tuesday that they wanted several reforms to federal immigration authorities’ practices ahead of a U.S. Senate funding showdown as the backlash to a fatal shooting in Minneapolis intensifies.
Hickenlooper said he hoped Republicans would agree to the reforms, which include prohibiting ...Read more
Trump signs executive order to 'preempt' permitting process for fire-destroyed homes in LA
LOS ANGELES — President Trump has announced an executive order to allow victims of the Los Angeles wildfires to rebuild without dealing with "unnecessary, duplicative, or obstructive" permitting requirements.
The order, which is likely to be challenged by the city and state, claimed that local governments have failed to adequately process ...Read more
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar sprayed with substance during town hall attack
MINNEAPOLIS — A man appeared to spray a substance on Rep. Ilhan Omar during her town hall in Minneapolis’ North Side on Tuesday.
In prepared remarks, Omar was calling for the abolishment of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency and the resignation of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem when she was ...Read more
Back on campaign trail in Iowa, Trump bets big on tariffs and blaming Biden
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday kicked off his midterm campaign schedule in Iowa with a pair of messaging gambles, touting an economy on which many voters have soured and urging farmers to give his global tariffs more time.
Standing behind signage that read “Lower Prices” and “Bigger Paychecks,” Trump didn’t begin the...Read more
Bay Area attorney enters race to replace Swalwell with $1 million war chest
FREMONT — A Fremont lawyer with a million-dollar war chest is challenging five other candidates in the race to fill U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell’s open East Bay congressional seat.
“My goal is to get more people involved in the process,” Rakhi Israni told Bay Area News Group on Monday. “People want fresh thinking in Congress.”
Israni, ...Read more
Lawmakers in talks to avoid partial US shutdown, Thune says
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader John Thune said the two parties are in talks with the White House over U.S. government funding as Democrats threaten to force a partial U.S. government shutdown following a mounting public backlash over President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota.
The fatal shooting of Minnesota nurse Alex...Read more
Trump backs Noem after sending border czar to revamp Minnesota deportation effort
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he was looking to “de-escalate” in Minnesota with a reshuffle of the leadership running his deportation effort in the state following widespread outcry over the killing of two U.S. citizens by federal agents.
Still, the president denied he was pulling back his immigration crackdown and said that ...Read more
Peters eyes DHS reforms to hold federal agents to same standards as local police
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, the top Democrat on the Senate panel that oversees the Department of Homeland Security, is looking to impose reforms on the department after its agents' shooting deaths of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis this month amid demands for accountability.
Peters told The Detroit News that Democrats on the Senate ...Read more
Nicki Minaj set to appear at summit promoting 'Trump accounts'
Nicki Minaj is continuing her support of the MAGA movement with the recent confirmation that she will appear at the president’s summit this week promoting his “Trump accounts.”
The rapper is scheduled to be one of several speakers at the event organized by the Treasury Department and scheduled for Wednesday.
“The summit marks a key ...Read more
New York on track to lose 2 House seats after 2030 census
NEW YORK — New York is on track to lose two seats in the House of Representatives after the 2030 census as population growth in several Democratic-leaning states lags far behind the rest of the country, a new population report predicted on Tuesday.
The Empire State’s delegation would have just 24 seats, down from the current 26, a dip that ...Read more
Florida Rep. Vern Buchanan announces retirement after 10 terms in Congress
WASHINGTON — Florida Rep. Vern Buchanan, a longtime member of the Ways and Means Committee, announced Tuesday that he will not seek reelection this year after nearly two decades in Congress.
Buchanan, 74, joins a growing list of Republicans departing the House, including fellow Floridians Neal Dunn and Byron Donalds, who is running for ...Read more
Crowded race to succeed Eleanor Holmes Norton as DC delegate includes 2 of her former staffers
WASHINGTON — As they run for the same seat in Congress, Robert White and Trent Holbrook know all too well the power of a vote.
Why? They’ve lived it as former staffers to Democrat Eleanor Holmes Norton, the District of Columbia’s nonvoting delegate — a role that lacks a final say on the House floor.
“These are not normal times. We ...Read more
Lawmakers again challenge limits on ICE detention facility visits
WASHINGTON — House Democrats again asked a federal judge to block the latest policy from the Department of Homeland Security requiring a seven-day notice for members of Congress to visit immigration detention facilities to conduct oversight visits.
The request for a temporary restraining order was filed Monday with more than a dozen sworn ...Read more
Trump signs executive order to 'preempt' permitting process for fire-destroyed homes in LA
LOS ANGELES — President Donald Trump has announced an executive order to allow victims of the Los Angeles wildfires to rebuild without dealing with "unnecessary, dupicative, or obstructive" permitting requirements.
The order, which is likely to be challenged by the city and state, claimed that local governments have failed to adequately ...Read more
Trump, again, gushes over NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani despite criticism over ICE, Minneapolis
President Donald Trump once again is showering NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani with compliments, even after the mayor issued sharp attacks on Trump’s actions publicly and directly to the president.
In a Tuesday morning appearance on right-wing radio host Sid Rosenberg’s morning show, Trump acknowledged his political differences with Mamdani, but ...Read more
Repeated government lying, warned Hannah Arendt, makes it impossible for citizens to think and to judge
In Minneapolis, two recent fatal encounters with federal immigration agents have produced not only grief and anger, but an unusually clear fight over what is real.
In the aftermath of Alex Pretti’s killing on Jan. 24, 2026, federal officials claimed the Border Patrol officers who fired weapons at least 10 times acted in self-defense...Read more
'It's time to investigate': California Gov. Gavin Newsom slams alleged suppression of anti-Trump TikTok content
LOS ANGELES — California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he is investigating reports that TikTok is suppressing anti-Trump content days after the platform averted a nationwide ban by finalizing a U.S. ownership deal backed by Donald Trump.
"Following TikTok's sale to a Trump-aligned business group, our office has received reports — and ...Read more
Minnesota raises unprecedented constitutional issues in its lawsuit against Trump administration anti-immigrant deployment
A federal judge heard arguments on Jan. 26, 2026, as the state of Minnesota sought a temporary restraining order to stop the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operation in the state. The administration has sent some 3,000 immigration agents to Minnesota, and attorneys for the state have argued, in part, that it amounts to an ...Read more
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