Trump faces growing GOP blowback on issues like immigration and his social media posts
Without Trump at the top of the ticket, Republicans are feeling emboldened to push back on policies that might cost them at the ballot box.
Canadian separatists optimistic after meetings with Trump officials
Leaders of a right-wing separatist movement in Canada say they’ve discussed switching over to U.S. currency and creating a new military in conversations with U.S. officials.
First Thing: Border patrol chief praised federal agent who shot US citizen in Chicago
Gregory Bovino hailed agent who fired at Marimar Martinez five times in her car. Plus, US jobs rise by 130,000 in January Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here Good morning. Newly released evidence has shown that Gregory Bovino, a border patrol chief who was the face of the Trump administration’s … Read more
State Department to pull additional passports from parents who owe child support
The Trump administration is preparing to expand passport revocations for parents who owe significant child support, limiting their ability to travel internationally until their arrears are addressed. The State Department plans to increase enforcement of a 30-year-old federal law that allows the government to revoke U.S. passports for individuals with substantial unpaid child support, according … Read more
Xi Jinping’s Purge and What Trump’s Foreign Policy Means for China
The machinations behind his recent military purge, and whether China sees an opportunity in Donald Trump’s aggression toward Europe.
Why is the Washington Post cratering so spectacularly? | Margaret Sullivan
To understand the change in Washington Post’s fortunes, it is worth comparing its demise to the New York Times’s trajectory Not so long ago – it’s been less than a decade – the New York Times and the Washington Post were almost neck and neck in the race for readers, reputation and scoops. The Times … Read more
‘Utterly evil’: Louisiana pastor sentenced to seven years’ prison for molesting teen girl
Milton Otto Martin III received maximum sentence for indecent behavior inflicted on teenager 15 years ago The Louisiana Pentecostal pastor who repeatedly molested a teenage girl told her that her “world would turn upside down” if she ever reported his crimes, she said in a statement on Wednesday in a suburban New Orleans court. Milton … Read more
A Pochettino-Spurs reunion would need patience from an impatient club
Thomas Frank’s dismissal leaves a desperate Spurs looking to its recent past, among other places, for answers Tottenham Hotspur have tried everything. After sacking Mauricio Pochettino in November 2019 – five months after the club’s first Champions League final, with Spurs sitting 14th in the league and sleepwalking to second place in a weak UCL … Read more
Minivan mom puts Dem incumbent on notice in top GOP target district: ‘She has done nothing for us’
EXCLUSIVE: Carrie Buck, a Nevada state senator, mother and former school principal, is gaining massive momentum in a critical race to oust Democratic Rep. Dina Titus from what the GOP considers a top target seat in the upcoming midterm elections. Titus’ district, Nevada Congressional District 1, has been trending hard towards the GOP for … Read more
White House reaffirms any illegal immigrant can be deported as Trump team zeroes in on ‘worst of the worst’
The Trump White House reiterated that anyone residing in the U.S. illegally is eligible for deportation as its crackdown continues to initially focus on removing “the worst of the worst” violent illegal immigrants. “The president’s entire team, including border czar Tom Homan and Secretary Noem, are on the same page when it comes to implementing … Read more