Monday marks one year since Dennis Coyle, a 64-year-old academic from Colorado, was taken by force from his Kabul apartment by the Taliban. His abduction came just six days after another American, Ryan Corbett, was released at the start of President Trump’s second term. Coyle, who spent nearly two decades in Afghanistan conducting language research,
Gov. Tim Walz says that he and President Trump shared a phone call Monday morning, during which he says the president agreed to consider a reduction of federal immigration enforcement forces in Minnesota following the second fatal shooting of a resident by federal agents. A spokesperson for Walz’s office said the governor “made the case
The Department of the Treasury said Monday that it is canceling all contracts with Booz Allen Hamilton after a former contractor who worked for the consulting firm leaked tax information belonging to thousands of people, including President Trump. In 2024, former IRS contractor Charles Edward Littlejohn of Washington, D.C. — who worked for Booz Allen
Soon after Minneapolis ICU nurse Alex Pretti was shot and killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent, top Trump administration officials made sweeping, categorical statements about the deadly shooting before a full investigation had begun. The Department of Homeland Security said the Border Patrol agent fired “defensive shots,” fearing for his life because Pretti had
Washington — The threat of a partial government shutdown looms large this week after Senate Democrats came out against a funding package in the wake of the deadly shooting of a Minneapolis man by federal agents, with just days until the deadline to fund the government. For weeks, lawmakers in both parties and across both
Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations branch is leading the federal investigation into the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, FBI Director Kash Patel said. HSI will be assisted by the FBI, according to multiple U.S. officials briefed on the investigation. U.S. Customs and Border Protection is also conducting an internal administrative review
Since federal agents shot and killed a Minnesota ICU nurse in south Minneapolis on Saturday, top administration officials have made claims about the encounter that are contradicted by bystander video and witness testimony. Those officials — including a Cabinet secretary, a top White House official and top law enforcement officials — have alleged that 37-year-old