White House press secretary Carolyn Leavitt said Monday that three separate federal investigations are underway following the shooting death of Alex Pretti by a Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agent in Minneapolis on Saturday. “As President Trump said yesterday, the administration is reviewing everything regarding the shooting, and we will investigate… Source link
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer (NY) announced on Monday that Senate Democrats are prepared to rapidly pass five government funding bills – but not funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) – to avoid a massive government shutdown that could end at the end of the week. “Senate Democrats have made it clear… Source…
Democrats should use the January 30 defunding deadline to demand a complete freeze on ICE funding as a bridge to its eventual dismantling, providing Republicans an off-ramp from the policy of blind support that is dragging down their approval ratings. Source link
What happened to Alex Pretty forces us to confront a deeply uncomfortable truth: When the official story collapses under the weight of video evidence, accountability becomes the true test of democracy. Source link
President Trump said he closes his eyes during Cabinet meetings because they are “extremely boring”, but added that this is not a reflection of his health. “It’s extremely boring, I’m walking around a room, and I have 28 people – the last one was three and a half hours. I have to sit back and……
The fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by a Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agent in Minneapolis on Saturday led to the postponement of the Minnesota Timberwolves game that evening, and prompted a pair of NBA icons to reflect on the latest conflict between residents there and federal law enforcement. “It’s very sad, man,” NBA analyst……
Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) said Sunday that President Trump should consider withdrawing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel from Minnesota, a day after a Border Patrol agent shot and killed a U.S. citizen. “If I were President Trump, I would almost think, ‘Okay if the mayor and the governor are going to put our ICE……
A growing number of Republican lawmakers are calling for an impartial investigation into the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by a Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agent in Minneapolis on Saturday. Senator Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) wrote on the social platform X on Sunday that the investigation into the incident should be “thorough and impartial,” adding…
One must question what standards, if any, are being applied to the most comfortable, best-paid jobs in media. Source link
Leaders We Deserve, the political group co-founded by former Democratic National Committee vice chair David Hogg, announced Monday that it is endorsing Democratic candidate Patrick Roth, who is challenging incumbent Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.) in Massachusetts’s 8th congressional district. “When my dad was sick with Parkinson’s, the Affordable Care Act provided care for him and…
