DHS funding lapses as Democrats demand ICE reforms

Funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ran out at midnight, marking the third — but smallest — government shutdown of President Trump’s second term as Democrats demand reforms to immigration enforcement practices. The shutdown is likely to last longer than the four-day partial shutdown that ended last week, as the White House, Republicans…

Ocasio Cortez says ‘unconditional’ US aid to Israel ‘enabled a genocide in Gaza’

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Friday said that “unconditional” U.S. aid to Israel in its war with Hamas “enabled a genocide in Gaza,” criticism that implicates the Biden administration’s Middle East policy. Ocasio-Cortez was answering a question from a Haaretz reporter while attending the annual Munich Security Conference regarding whether a presidential candidate in 2028…

Blanche says Khanna named ‘random people’ in House speech on Epstein files

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on Friday accused two congressmen of revealing the names of “completely random people” in relation to the Justice Department’s (DOJ) investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) have been at the forefront of a bipartisan push to release all of the files…

Democrats launch investigation into DOJ tracking of lawmakers’ Epstein files searches

House Judiciary Committee and Oversight Committee Democrats launched a joint investigation into the Justice Department on Friday after Attorney General Pam Bondi was spotted reviewing a summary of a lawmaker’s searches of the unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files. The letter demands the Department of Justice (DOJ) “immediately cease tracking Members’ review of the Epstein files” and…

Ocasio-Cortez takes progressive vision to Munich: ‘We are ready for the next chapter’

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Friday called for leaders around the world to champion the working class and knocked the Trump administration’s foreign policy moves, bringing her progressive vision to the global stage at the annual Munich Security Conference as chatter builds about her political future. The New York congresswoman took part in a panel…