Squad-backed ‘Tennessee Three’ lawmaker wins House primary in newly redrawn district

Squad-backed Tennessee state Rep. Justin Pearson, District 86, part of the trio of lawmakers in his state referred to as the “Tennessee Three,” won the Democratic primary Thursday in Tennessee’s newly redrawn 9th Congressional District. Pearson defeated state Sen. London Lamar, District 33, community activist Marion LaTroy Alexandria-Williams and attorney Jim Torino. He will face … Read more

Primary showdown: Polls close in Tennessee as conservative firebrand eyes governor’s office

The polls have closed in Tennessee as conservative firebrand Sen. Marsha Blackburn aims to change her work address from Washington D.C., to Nashville. The former longtime congresswoman and two-term senator with a robust national profile thanks to her regular cable news appearances is considered the front-runner in Thursday’s Republican gubernatorial primary, in the race to … Read more

EXCLUSIVE: Michigan House speaker calls for answers over $300M taxpayer-funded Rx Kids program

The Republican leader of Michigan’s House says a state-funded maternal health initiative has become something far different than lawmakers were promised, accusing Democrats of using more than $300 million in taxpayer funding to advance a broader guaranteed-income agenda. Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall made the remarks in an interview with Fox News Digital as House … Read more

ICE is now tracking nearly 54,000 immigrants via ankle monitors

Shift in monitoring methods has led to revenue boost for Geo Group, a private prison firm, that also makes the device The US is tracking nearly 54,000 immigrants through GPS-enabled ankle monitors as part of a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) electronic surveillance program, according to private prison corporation The Geo Group. Early last … Read more

Airline workers reportedly decline to help US agents as Trump migrant crackdown accelerates

Expansion of immigration enforcement at US airports puts employees at odds with agents seeking 2,000 daily arrests A dramatic increase in immigration enforcement at US airports has reportedly placed the airline industry at odds with the Trump administration as workers decline to help federal officials arrest their targets – many of whom have pending applications … Read more

Fact checking Trump’s birthright citizenship claims

President Trump signs new executive orders aiming to impose further restrictions on birthright citizenship, despite a recent Supreme Court ruling upholding the law. NBC News’ Yamiche Alcindor joins Meet the Press NOW to fact check the president’s claims.

Trump signs new orders targeting birthright citizenship

Executive orders come after supreme court rejected president’s first bid to restrict guarantee enshrined in US constitution Donald Trump on Thursday signed two executive orders that the White House said aims to restrict eligibility for birthright citizenship and ban “birth tourism”. The ‌orders come just over a month after the United States supreme court rejected … Read more