Debates over the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement agenda have led to a partial government shutdown affecting agencies under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) umbrella. Among the agencies affected is the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), which went into shutdown on Feb. 14, creating uncertainty for air travelers. We had a problem loading this article. Please
Minnesota Rep. Angie Craig (D) spoke out after a memorial dedicated to Renee Good was set ablaze Tuesday evening. “Renee’s family and the Minneapolis community deserve the chance to mourn her,” Craig wrote on the social platform X on Wednesday. “This is unacceptable and we must hold anyone involved in this hateful incident accountable.” Minneapolis…
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a news briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington on Feb. 18, 2026. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The White House on Feb. 18 dismissed a Democratic counterproposal to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as “very unserious,” as the
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) slammed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for deporting a 2-month-old and his family. On Tuesday afternoon, Castro wrote on the social platform X that 2-month-old Juan Nicolás and his mother were detained at Dilley Immigration Processing Center in South Texas. “Juan has bronchitis—according to his mom—and at some point in the…
The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) latest disclosure under the Epstein Files Transparency Act — a long list of names as disparate as Janis Joplin, Julian Assange and former Vice President Dick Cheney — has sparked an outcry on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers are accusing the DOJ of failing to comply with its final obligation under…
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) warned Lone Star State Republicans against nominating state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) in the GOP primary. “If Ken Paxton is the nominee, we could well experience a massacre, and the first Democrat elected since 1994 in the state of Texas,” Cornyn told supporters in Fort Worth, Texas, according to NBC…
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speaks at a press conference in Washington on Nov. 10, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) traveled to the Maryland State House on Wednesday to personally lobby the state’s Senate president to hold a floor vote on a new congressional map, but left without a