Trump news at a glance: Tulsi Gabbard faces mounting questions over handling of intelligence intercept

Highly sensitive communique has roiled Washington over the past week – key US politics stories from Saturday 7 February at a glance National intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard is facing growing questions about her handling of a report about an intercepted phone call between an individual associated with foreign intelligence and a person close to Donald … Read more

Federal appeals court upholds Trump mass detention policy for illegal immigrants

A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the Trump administration’s mass detention policy, allowing illegal immigrants to be detained without bond. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) can lawfully deny bond hearings to immigrants arrested nationwide under the Constitution and federal immigration law. Attorney General … Read more

Tulsi Gabbard denies wrongdoing over delayed whistleblower complaint referral to Congress members: ‘Baseless’

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard denied any wrongdoing on Saturday as Democrats question why a whistleblower complaint filed against her last May took nearly a year before it was referred to Congress. “[Virginia Democrat] Senator Mark Warner and his friends in the Propaganda Media have repeatedly lied to the American people that I or the ODNI … Read more

Minneapolis protesters arrested during one-month anniversary of Renee Good’s death

Several demonstrators taken into custody Saturday after marking killing of Minnesota woman by immigration officer Police arrested several demonstrators Saturday outside a federal building just south of Minneapolis, breaking up a protest marking the one-month anniversary of a Minnesota woman’s death at the hands of an immigration officer. Renee Good was killed on 7 January … Read more

Nicki Minaj fans say they’re leaving Democrat Party as rapper’s politics spark backlash and praise

Nicki Minaj’s recent embrace of President Donald Trump, including her support for voter ID laws and public praise for the president, is now sparking a fresh wave of political reaction online with some fans saying they are leaving the Democrat Party and aligning with Republicans. The fan posts, first reported by Newsweek on Saturday, surfaced … Read more