Democratic strategist David Axelrod on Thursday warned Democratic lawmakers and candidates to avoid calling for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to be abolished on the campaign trail. "Well, you know the problem that we’ve seen before when people said abolish the police or defund the police," Axelrod said after he was asked by CNN's Boris...
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U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and 15 other Senate Democrats sent a letter to the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers rebuking a proposed rule that would limit federal water protections, arguing that it ignores science and threatens drinking water for millions of Americans.
A former Google engineer was convicted Thursday of stealing AI-related trade secrets from the tech giant for Chinese companies, according to the U.S. attorney's office for the Northern District of California. Linwei Ding, also known as Leon Ding, was found guilty of seven counts of economic espionage and seven counts of thefts of trade secrets,...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Thursday filed a civil rights complaint against Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz, claiming he discriminated against Armenians in Los Angeles County by accusing them of hospice fraud. The complaint argues that Oz "spewed baseless and racially charged allegations" that put hospices at risk of...
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) announced Friday afternoon that the Senate is poised to vote on a series of amendments and then pass a massive package of appropriations bills to fund the federal departments and agencies. Thune announced votes on seven amendments, including a proposal by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to repeal $75 billion...
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on Friday defended Tulsi Gabbard’s presence days earlier at an FBI raid at an election office in Georgia, as questions mount over the notable appearance for a director of national intelligence. “Could you please explain Tulsi Gabbard’s role in DOJ [Department of Justice] activity regarding Fulton County?” a reporter asked...
Political commentator Bill O’Reilly said Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) should face federal charges for defying federal immigration laws in the city. “He’s in trouble,” O’Reilly said Thursday on NewsNation’s "Katie Pavlich Tonight," adding, "What you’ve got now in Minnesota is an insurrection, that’s what it is.” Frey is one of two leaders the Department...
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) and state Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) confirmed Friday they will testify on March 4 before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee over the state's welfare fraud scandal. “Americans deserve answers about the rampant misuse of taxpayer dollars in Minnesota’s social services programs that occurred on Governor Walz’s and...
The government is likely to temporarily shut down this weekend after the Senate failed to pass a funding package on Thursday due to challenges from Democrats to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) bill. Here’s what you need to know about the partial government shutdown. Why is the government temporarily shutting down? After federal agents...
