Vermont Gov. Phil Scott (R) on Sunday railed against the fatal shooting of protester Alex Pretti, who was killed by federal agents in Minnesota while attending a demonstration against the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. Pretti was shot with a phone in his hands; the administration says he approached agents with a 9mm handgun. “Enough ......
President Trump started 2026 with new fights on many fronts, including one that may even excite the left-wing flank in Washington — a battle with the consumer lending industry. On Truth Social last week, the president declared Americans will no longer be “ripped off” by the credit card industry, endorsing a one-year cap on interest rates at 10...
Glenn Close says she can no longer "sit on the sidelines" after a second fatal shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis, calling out the "inhumanity" and "sickening hypocrisy" of the Trump administration. "Since what happened, again, in Minneapolis, I just feel compelled to say something," the "Fatal Attraction" star said in a video posted to her more...
Columbia University announced on Sunday that Jennifer Mnookin would serve as its next president starting July 1. Mnookin currently serves as the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a school with more than 50,000 students and over 25,000 faculty and staff. She will be the fourth president in two years for Columbia, which has faced a turbulent time...
Top Republicans in Congress are being silenced by President Trump's threats and intimidation tactics, leaving Americans to question if they are being ruled by a mad king.
Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) said Sunday that President Trump should consider pulling Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel from Minnesota, a day after a Border Patrol agent fatally shot an American citizen in Minneapolis. “If I were President Trump, I would almost think about, ‘OK, if the mayor and the governor are going to put...
President Trump announced he is sending White House border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota on Monday evening in the wake of the second fatal shooting of a protester in Minneapolis. “I am sending Tom Homan to Minnesota tonight. He has not been involved in that area, but knows and likes many of the people there,”...
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada has no plans to go ahead with a free trade deal with China in the wake of a tariff threat from President Trump. “We have no intention of doing that with China or any other nonmarket economy,” Carney said Sunday, according to The Associated Press. “What we have done...
As a retired police lieutenant with more than 20 years of experience, it is hard to imagine a worse scenario for our profession at this moment.
A man was arrested for allegedly assaulting Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) during a Friday night party in Park City, Utah. Christian Joel Young, 28, was charged with aggravated burglary and assaulting an elected official, according to the Associated Press (AP). The outlet, citing court records, noted that he was transported to Summit County Jail. Frost...
Another deadly shooting by federal immigration enforcement officials in Minneapolis has shaken the country, and it may push Washington to shut down part of the government later this week. The killing of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by a Customs and Border Patrol agent on Saturday has renewed uproar nationally, and Senate Democrats have said they will...
Europe is not going to take his pressure campaign lying down.
A growing number of Republican lawmakers is calling for an impartial investigation into the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by a Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agent in Minneapolis on Saturday. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) wrote Sunday on the social platform X that the probe into the incident must be “thorough and impartial,” which is...
It’s time to confront some fundamental questions. What kind of country are we, and what do we want to be? Do we really believe that diversity “poisons our blood” rather than gives us strength?
In a recent interview with Florida gubernatorial candidate James Fishback (R), Tucker Carlson allowed a plainly false claim about constitutional law to pass without challenge. Fishback asserted that, under Florida law, public-university students could be disciplined or expelled for criticizing Israel. That claim is not merely controversial; it is factually and legally incorrect. The lapse...
One must question what standards, if any, are being applied to the cushiest, best-paying jobs in media.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Passengers aboard an already-delayed American Airlines flight were stuck for nearly three hours at a Pennsylvania airport, until after 3 a.m., because of an equipment malfunction and an apparent lack of airline staff to help the passengers off the flight another way. "The jetway is not working, and they said there...
In dueling news conferences, federal and state officials offered starkly different messages Sunday about the immigration crackdown that has swept across Minneapolis and surrounding cities, with both claiming the moral high ground in the wake of another shooting death by federal agents.
Leaders We Deserve, the political group co-founded by former Democratic National Committee Vice Chair David Hogg, announced on Monday that it’s backing Democratic candidate Patrick Roath, who’s challenging incumbent Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.) in Massachusetts’ 8th congressional district. “When my dad was sick with Parkinson's, the Affordable Care Act took care of him and kept my family out of debt. I’m beyond proud to endorse...
The Trump administration pulling out of a diversity, equity and inclusion lawsuit against schools this week marks a rare win for a movement that has largely seen the president devastate DEI efforts in the first year of his second term. While the retreat is welcome, advocates say schools have already caved to some of the goals in...
Senate Republicans are divided over Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) tactics, which now threaten to trigger a partial government shutdown after the second fatal shooting in Minneapolis of a protester. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) called the shooting and other events in Minneapolis “incredibly disturbing” and demanded a “full joint federal and state investigation” of the...
All eyes are on the Senate this week as it moves to avert a partial government shutdown. The upper chamber will consider a package of six spending bills passed by the House ahead of a Jan. 30 funding deadline. The package would fund the departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Health...
President Trump’s aggressive moves in the foreign policy arena are hanging over Team USA's trip to Europe for next month's Winter Olympics, raising questions about how American athletes will be received in Milano Cortina while representing their country on the world’s stage. Trump roiled European leaders with a push to acquire Greenland, sparred over trade with Canada and ordered the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, sparking fears of instability in...
A private jet with eight people on board crashed Sunday at Bangor International Airport in Maine, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement. A Bombardier Challenger 600 crashed “as it was taking off” from the airport at approximately 7:45 p.m. EST, according to the FAA. The conditions of the eight people on board were not immediately clear as of Sunday night. ...