Politics

President Donald Trump on Wednesday nominated federal prosecutor Colin McDonald to serve in the newly formed role of assistant attorney general for national fraud enforcement.McDonald is currently serving as an associate deputy attorney general at the Department of Justice."I am pleased to nominate Colin McDonald to serve as the first ever Assistant Attorney General for National FRAUD Enforcement, a new Division at the Department of Justice, which I created to […]

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., held a press conference alongside her fellow "Squad" lawmaker Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., during which she continued to demand retribution against federal law enforcement in the wake of two agitators in Minneapolis being fatally shot by federal immigration officials.The press conference was held one day after Omar was sprayed with an unknown substance at a town hall event she held Tuesday evening, garnering widespread news attention. In […]

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., on Wednesday blamed President Donald Trump for an attack in which she was sprayed with a substance by a man during a news conference, saying the commander in chief was "obsessed" with her.Speaking at the Karmel Mall in Minneapolis, Omar reiterated calls to abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement the day after 55-year-old Anthony James Kazmierczak allegedly attacked the congresswoman with an unknown chemical spray."I think my […]

While more than half of voters approve of the job President Donald Trump is doing on border security, a new Fox News survey finds a majority disapproves of how he is handling immigration and a growing number view the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency’s tactics as "too aggressive" — including significant portions of the president’s coalition.In addition, there is disagreement about how well ICE is carrying out its core […]

President Donald Trump celebrated the launch of Trump Accounts and issued a challenge to employers across the country to help their workers' children's accounts grow.The event on Wednesday featured a star-studded lineup that included Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary and rapper Nicki Minaj, as well as several CEOs.While speaking at an event celebrating Trump Accounts on Wednesday, the president invited Invest America founder Brad Gerstner and Dell CEO Michael Dell on […]

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that he relayed to NATO allies that the U.S. "may be the richest country in the world, but we don't have unlimited resources." Rubio made the remark at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on U.S. policy toward Venezuela, during which he spoke about the American military operation to capture former dictator Nicolás Maduro earlier this month.  "One of the things we've explained to […]

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, called for impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump as she aims to win a U.S. Senate seat. Crockett, an outspoken critic of Trump and his administration, made her stance clear during Saturday's debate with Texas State Rep. James Talarici, also a Democrat. The pair engaged in an hourlong discussion before hundreds of labor union members at the Texas AFL-CIO political convention.Crockett said she would support impeachment proceedings against […]

A federal judge temporarily blocked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from deporting a 5-year-old boy and his father on Tuesday.Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Ramos, were taken into custody earlier this month in an operation that drew criticism from anti-ICE groups. U.S. District Court Judge Fred Bierym issued an order on Tuesday blocking ICE from deporting either of the pair "until further order from this Court."The […]

New projections of the 2030 U.S. Census indicating a major shift of electoral votes from traditionally blue states to red states could be a "game changer" in the quadrennial battle between Democrats and Republicans for the presidency.Left-leaning California, New York, and Illinois could lose a total of eight congressional seats due to sweeping population shifts this decade, with right-tilting Texas and Florida gaining eight seats, according to an analysis by […]