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

The three major Democratic candidates vying to succeed retiring U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin clashed Monday night over who would be the strongest opponent to President Donald Trump and his aggressive deportation enforcement operations, each vowing to varying degrees to end the current tactics of his federal immigration agents.

The hourlong debate, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A compromise spending package would solidify the Trump administration’s drastic cuts to oversight components at the Department of Homeland Security at a time when clashes with the public have raised concerns about the policies involved in massively expanded immigration enforcement.

The Homeland Security portion of the measure ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A proposed 5% raise in Coast Guard discretionary funding in fiscal 2026 hangs in the balance amid a congressional fight over funding for the Department of Homeland Security.

Last week, the House passed the six fiscal 2026 spending bills that cover most federal spending but have yet to become law. These include the Defense and DHS...Read more

WASHINGTON ― Facing opposition from key Republican senators, President Donald Trump's nominee to be ambassador to Kuwait instead has taken a job with AmeriCorps in Washington.

Former Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib said he started Monday as senior adviser for strategic partnerships at AmeriCorps, where his role will include working with local ...Read more

President Donald Trump threatened to hike tariffs on goods from South Korea to 25%, citing what he said was the failure of the country’s legislature to codify the trade deal the two nations reached last year.

Trump in a social media post on Monday said the new rate would apply to autos, lumber, pharmaceutical products and “all other ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The killing of a second U.S. citizen by federal agents in Minneapolis is deeply complicating efforts to avert another government shutdown in Washington as Democrats — and some Republicans — view the episode as a tipping point in the debate over the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement policies.

Senate Democrats ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The fatal shooting in Minnesota over the weekend has stirred up two extreme I-words in Congress: impeachment and insurrection.

In response to an immigration enforcement agent shooting and killing a citizen, Alex Pretti, in Minneapolis on Saturday, some House Democrats are renewing a push to impeach Homeland Security Secretary ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Senate inched closer to triggering a partial government shutdown Monday as GOP leaders pushed forward with a $1.33 trillion funding package that includes a Homeland Security bill Democrats vowed to oppose.

With only four days left before current funding for most federal agencies runs out, both parties sought to find an exit ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is finally experiencing some serious pushback after nearly a year of the world largely bowing to his every desire.

It started with skeptical American oil executives. Then came fed-up European and Canadian leaders. And now even Republican lawmakers are expressing frustration with the administration following...Read more

Apple CEO Tim Cook is being excoriated online for showing up at the White House Saturday night — hours after Border Patrol agents killed a Veterans Affair nurse in Minneapolis — to party with Donald and Melania Trump at an intimate, black-tie screening of Melania Trump’s controversial documentary.

Calls to boycott Apple products also ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The killing of a second U.S. citizen by federal agents in Minneapolis is sharply complicating efforts to avert another government shutdown in Washington as Democrats — and some Republicans — view the episode as a tipping point in the debate over the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement policies.

Senate Democrats ...Read more

A federal government shutdown was looming larger Monday as Senate Democrats vowed to block a sprawling spending package that includes new funding for President Donald Trump’s controversial immigration crackdown.

Democratic senators say they will not allow passage of one of six funding bills that bankrolls the Department of Homeland Security, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — As Capitol Hill digs out from the weekend snow this week, the Senate is setting up for another standoff over government funding after federal agents shot and killed a Minneapolis resident on Saturday.

The bipartisan path forward for a package of six appropriation bills, including funding for the Department of Homeland Security, ...Read more

A long-shot effort to restore the full federal tax deduction for gambling losses fell short on Capitol Hill this week.

The House Rules Committee declined to advance an amendment to a larger spending bill that would restore a gambler’s ability to deduct 100 percent of losses on annual tax filings.

U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., whose ...Read more

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s approval ratings saw a slight dip in several polls conducted over the weekend, pointing to the riskiness of her decision to call a snap election in early February.

The polls paint an early picture of how voters are viewing the election that Takaichi announced last week as she seeks a mandate backing ...Read more

PALM SPRINGS — At an upscale bistro in Palm Springs, Rita Aikey had just written a $500 check for a congressional candidate who hails from more than a hundred miles away from the Coachella Valley.

For more than an hour, Aikey and her spouse, Jim Fitzjames, had listened to San Diego City Councilmember Marni von Wilpert make her stump speech to...Read more

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s approval ratings saw a slight dip in several polls conducted over the weekend, indicating the riskiness of her decision to call a snap election in early February.

The polls paint an early picture of how voters are viewing the election that Takaichi announced last week as she seeks a mandate backing her...Read more

Senate Republican leaders plan to reject Democratic demands to split off funding for the Department of Homeland Security and pass the rest of a giant funding package needed to avert a partial government shutdown this week, a Senate GOP aide said.

While some Senate Republicans have insisted on a full investigation after Border Patrol agents ...Read more