U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem attends a House Homeland Security hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 11, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters A U.S. appeals court on Jan. 28 ruled that the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’s) move to end deportation protection for tens of thousands of Venezuelan nationals was illegal. A three-judge panel
Diana Buttu, who teaches courses on negotiation skills and female leadership, has praised Hamas in the past Diana Buttu (Al Jazeera English/YouTube) A Harvard lecturer who writes a column for Zeteo, the anti-Israel blog of former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan, is slated to speak at a conference in Qatar next month with a top Hamas
Senator Amy Klobuchar attends a field hearing at the Minnesota Senate Building in St Paul, Minn., on Jan. 16, 2026. Jim Vondruska/Getty Images Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) has officially announced she is running for governor of Minnesota, saying in a video posted online that “these times call for grit and resilience” and urging voters to
Border czar Tom Homan speaks during a news conference about ongoing immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis, Minn., on Jan. 29, 2026. Scott Olson/Getty Images White House border czar Tom Homan said on Jan. 29 that he has made significant progress during his meetings in Minneapolis, allowing for the drawdown of federal agents and the conduct
People hold a banner during a demonstration against the presence of federal immigration agents in Minneapolis on Jan. 28, 2026. Seth Herald/Reuters A federal judge on Wednesday blocked a Trump administration policy initiative to reconsider the legal status of the roughly 5,600 lawful refugees living in Minnesota. In a court order, Minneapolis-based U.S. District Judge
Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing to examine U.S. policy towards Venezuela on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 28, 2026. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Technical discussions between the United States, Denmark, and Greenland on improving Arctic security have begun, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents confront protestors in front of the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis on Jan. 12, 2026. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times A federal judge in Minnesota on Wednesday canceled a scheduled contempt of court hearing for acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Todd Lyons after the agency complied