GOP senator, Minnesota AG clash at Capitol Hill hearing: ‘Sit there and smirk, it’s sick’

A Republican senator accused Minnesota’s attorney general of flashing a “despicable” smirk Thursday following a tense exchange at a hearing on Capitol Hill, — a reaction the Democrat in turn described as a “nice theatrical performance.”  Tensions escalated at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs oversight hearing after Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., alleged Minnesota … Read more

Anthropic to donate $20m to US political group backing AI regulation

Move puts AI firm in opposition to ChatGPT maker OpenAI, which has advocated for less stringent AI regulations Anthropic will spend $20m to back US political candidates who support regulating the AI industry, according to a company statement released on Thursday. Anthropic’s donation puts it in opposition to the ChatGPT maker OpenAI, which has advocated … Read more

Federal judge orders deported Venezuelans to be returned to US

A U.S. federal judge has ordered the Venezuelan men that the Trump administration deported to El Salvador early last year be returned to the United States, stating that they did not receive due process in some cases. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg issued the order to bring back 137 Venezuelans on Thursday, citing as precedent … Read more

US federal immigration officer charged with harboring undocumented person

Officer alleged to have had ‘romantic relationship’ with ‘daughter’ of man ‘listed as his brother’ in investigation A federal immigration supervisor who allegedly lived with his undocumented girlfriend has been charged with harboring an undocumented person, Texas federal prosecutors said on Wednesday. Andres Wilkinson’s alleged “romantic relationship” with this woman caught the eye of authorities … Read more

House members seek inquiry into DoJ’s tracking of their Epstein files research

US attorney general displayed records of Congress members’ searches into Epstein files during House hearing Members of Congress are calling for investigations after discovering the Department of Justice created records of their research activities while they dig into files connected to Jeffrey Epstein. Photographs taken by Reuters during a congressional hearing on Wednesday showed the … Read more

Quiet Minnesota suburbs turned into conflict zone by ICE crackdown

Activity of immigration agents has left no part of the state unscathed even as border czar says surge would be ending In one suburb of Minneapolis, the superintendent spends each school day driving to her district’s schools to track federal agents. Across the metro, in another suburb, a Latino church organizes food donations to deliver … Read more

Rep. Steve Cohen tells Pam Bondi that ‘worst of the worst’ are native-born Americans, not immigrants

A House Democratic lawmaker told Attorney General Pam Bondi that the “worst of the worst” targeted by the Trump administration are actually native-born Americans, not illegal immigrant criminals.  Rep. Steve Cohen, of Tennessee, was speaking to Bondi during a combative congressional hearing over the Justice Department’s handling of files related to Jeffrey Epstein when he … Read more

Trump UN aviation ambassador pick faces scrutiny after $426K tax liens missing from ethics filing

President Donald Trump‘s pick to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (U.N.) office focused on aviation is facing heightened scrutiny for hundreds of thousands of dollars in back taxes that were not disclosed in official ethics documents obtained by Fox News Digital.  Jeffrey Anderson, a retired Delta Air Lines captain and U.S. Navy … Read more

Officials announce end of immigration crackdown in Minnesota – video

The White House’s border czar, Tom Homan, announced on Thursday that a significant drawdown of immigration enforcement agents in Minnesota was under way and he had proposed that the surge there should conclude. Tim Walz, the state’s Democratic governor, told reporters that he was ‘cautiously optimistic’ Trump’s border czar says immigration crackdown in Minnesota will … Read more