Trump lays out Venezuela oil strategy, plans to meet with Machado in Washington

President Trump said on Truth Social Wednesday that Venezuela will use the money that it draws from a recent oil sale deal with the U.S. on “ONLY American Made Products.” Those purchases could include agricultural products, medicines, medical devices and equipment needed to fix the country’s beleaguered electrical grid, Mr. Trump wrote. “In other words,

5 states sue Trump administration for freezing social services funding

Attorneys general in five Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Trump administration after it said it would freeze money for several public benefit programs, citing concerns about fraud in the programs designed to help low-income families. The states — California, Colorado, Minnesota, Illinois and New York — called the move an unconstitutional abuse

ICE officer who shot woman in Minneapolis was dragged by a car in June incident

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good during an immigration operation in Minneapolis Wednesday was assigned to an enforcement and removal operations special response team, known as ERO SRT, and he was previously dragged by a car when trying to arrest a man in Bloomington, Minnesota, six

Mayor says ICE seeks to cause “chaos and disruption” in Minneapolis

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey indicated Thursday that the city is united in the wake of Wednesday’s shooting of a 37-year-old woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in a residential neighborhood. “What I appreciate about this situation right now is we in Minneapolis are all singing with one accord,” Frey told “CBS Evening News”

White House says it wasn’t economical to save East Wing amid ballroom construction

The White House said Thursday that it was not feasible to save the building’s East Wing because of structural issues, past decay and other major concerns, as officials shared details of President Trump’s planned ballroom at a public meeting of the planning commission charged with approving it. It was the most comprehensive explanation to date