Politics

EXCLUSIVE: A Democratic lawmaker sponsoring legislation aimed at disincentivizing private equity and large investment firms from buying up single-family homes and driving working people out of the market is calling on President Donald Trump to back her proposal, as the president prepares to unveil his own response to the crisis during appearances at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week.Trump recently posted to Truth Social his concern that homebuying […]

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., acknowledged on Monday that the Biden administration "screwed up" when it comes to securing the southern border while also criticizing the Trump administration for arresting mostly migrants who have no criminal record.During an appearance on Fox News' "Special Report," Warner was asked if he agreed with new Virginia Rep. Abigail Spanberger’s move to end state law enforcement collaboration with ICE to capture illegal immigrants with criminal […]

President Donald Trump says there is too much media attention on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minnesota and not enough scrutiny of what he calls widespread corruption and stolen taxpayer money in state government.Trump argued on Truth Social that the imbalance in coverage reflects misplaced priorities, saying the focus on immigration enforcement distracts from what he described as more consequential allegations of corruption and misuse of public funds by […]

A Maryland Democrat is pushing to strip anonymity from ICE agents accused of violent or unconstitutional misconduct, proposing a new "digital unmasking" process that he says would preserve identifying data, so victims can pursue accountability in court.The bill is being introduced by Maryland State Delegate David Moon, a Democrat and longtime Judiciary Committee leader, who says the measure is designed to ensure victims can identify federal agents accused of serious […]

United Nations (U.N.) Chief António Guterres warned that the U.S. has sidelined international law in favor of raw power — a sharp critique delivered in a BBC interview as President Donald Trump continues to question the value of such global institutions.Guterres told BBC Radio 4 that U.S. foreign policy reflects what he described as a belief that "the power of law should be replaced by the law of power," arguing […]

Prominent Catholic Bishop Robert Barron is speaking out against a mob of agitators who stormed a church service in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Sunday to protest ICE.Barron, who leads the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, just southeast of St. Paul, and is the founder of "Word on Fire" Ministries, called the disruption "unacceptable.""I don’t care what is animating or annoying you, I don’t care what your political persuasion might be, invading […]

Florida Attorney General James Uthemeier issued an opinion in which he declared that state laws that call for race-based discrimination are unconstitutional and will not be enforced by his office."Racial discrimination is wrong. It is also unconstitutional. Yet Florida maintains several laws on its books that promote and require discrimination on its face," Uthmeier asserted in the opinion."The question of law presented here is: Are Florida laws that mandate discrimination […]

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass, and other Democratic senators have spearheaded an investigation into the role major U.S. banks will play in assisting the Trump administration sell Venezuelan oil.  The inquiry comes after President Donald Trump announced that Venezuela's interim government would hand over up to 50 million barrels of oil to the U.S. and that the oil would be sold "immediately." While Trump has said that he would control the proceeds of […]

The Trump administration extended invitations to Russia and Belarus to join a proposed Gaza "Board of Peace," officials in both countries said Monday. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in Moscow that Russian President Vladimir Putin is reviewing the invitation."President Putin has indeed received an offer through diplomatic channels to join this Board of Peace. We are currently studying all the details of this proposal," Peskov said, according to Russian state […]