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Trump: US Should Have World's Lowest Interest Rates
President Donald Trump sharply criticized Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Truth Social Thursday, accusing him of failing to cut interest rates and arguing that current policy is harming the U.S. economy and national security.
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Greenland Inuit Reject Trump's Idea of Buying Land
President Donald Trump talks about Greenland as a strategic asset that could be bought by Washington, while Denmark asserts its legal sovereignty over the island. For the Inuit people, who have lived here for centuries, no one owns the Arctic land.The concept that ownership...
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Homan: Sanctuary States Are Sanctuaries for Criminals
Sanctuary cities are "sanctuaries for criminals" who endanger communities, President Donald Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, said Thursday morning in his first press conference after arriving in Minneapolis.
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Rep. John Rose to Newsmax: Splitting DHS Funding Risks Shutdown, Hurts Americans
Separating Homeland Security funding from appropriations would send the wrong message to the American people, Rep. John Rose, R-Tenn., told Newsmax on Thursday.
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Dem Sen. Klobuchar Launches Minnesota Governor Bid in Video
In a video announcement released Thursday, Sen. Amy Klobuchar launched her campaign for Minnesota governor, urging voters to reject being "rubber stamps" for President Donald Trump while promising to bring unity...
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Report: Saudi, Israeli Officials Hold Iran Strike Talks in Washington
The Trump administration is hosting senior defense and intelligence officials from Israel and Saudi Arabia for talks on Iran this week as President Donald Trump considers military strikes, Axios reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Reuters could not...
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Rubio Hints at Preemptive Strike Option Against Iran
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, while testifying before the Senate, hinted that the United States could take preemptive action against Iran and told lawmakers that Tehran's leadership is at its weakest point in years.
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FEMA Has Funds for Winter Storm Despite Shutdown Risk
The Federal Emergency Management Agency would have enough money to respond to the massive winter storm still impacting large swaths of the U.S. even if a partial government shutdown begins at midnight Friday, experts and former FEMA officials said, despite Trump...
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Appeals Court: Noem Illegally Ended Venezuelan Protections
A federal appeals court ruled late Wednesday that the Trump administration acted illegally when it ended legal protections that gave hundreds of thousands of people from Venezuela permission to live and work in the United States. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit...
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Remembering Former Gov. James Hunt: Almost to the WH Instead of Clinton
When James B. Hunt, Jr. died on Dec. 18, mourning in North Carolina for the genial, magnetic and brainy Democrat who served non-consecutive terms as governor was nearly universal.
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Italy's Olympic Security Plan Keeps ICE in Advisory Role
Italy has detailed a sweeping security plan for the Winter Olympics, stressing that it will keep command of all operations after news emerged that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement staff would be assisting the U.S. delegation.
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Trump, Schumer Move Toward Deal to Avert Govt Shutdown
President Donald Trump and Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., moved on Wednesday night to reach an agreement to negotiate new restrictions on federal immigration agents, potentially averting a government shutdown early on Saturday
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Tim Walz: 'Will Never Run for an Elected Office Again'
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, describing himself as a political "lightning rod," said on Wednesday he would never run for elective office again.
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Sen. Collins: ICE Ends Enhanced Enforcement Activities in Maine
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has ended its enhanced operations in Maine, its Republican Sen. Susan Collins said on Thursday, citing a conversation with the head of the Department of Homeland Security.
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Homan to Speak in Minneapolis as ICE Eases Tactics
U.S. border czar Tom Homan, newly installed as commander of President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis, planned to address the media on Thursday amid mixed messaging and an apparent shift in both tactics and focus of the deportation...
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Bessent: Trump Accounts May Be His Most Lasting Legacy
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent praised President Donald Trump's Trump Accounts initiative during an interview Wednesday, calling the program a transformative effort to bring millions of American families into the nation's investment economy.
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White House Hopes Homan Can Prevent Shutdown
The White House hopes that sending border czar Tom Homan to Minneapolis will give Democrats an incentive to fund the government and thus avert a shutdown.
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Sen. Paul to Newsmax: Probe Needed in Pretti Shooting to Restore Trust
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., told Newsmax on Wednesday that an independent investigation is needed into the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by a federal law enforcement officer in Minneapolis on Jan. 24.
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Plane Spotter Turned Activist Tracks Minn. 'ICE Air' Flights
The surge of immigration detention flights at Minneapolis-Saint Paul airport spurred plane spotter Nick Benson to shift from tracking rare and unusual aircraft to cataloging the removal of detainees from Minnesota.
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House Dems Advised to Skip Minnesota Protest Visits
House Democratic leadership has privately advised members not to travel to Minnesota this week to show solidarity with anti-ICE protests, according to an internal email obtained by Axios on Wednesday from a senior staffer for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
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Rep. Hunt to Newsmax: 'Sick of This Both Sides Argument'
Political violence in the U.S. is being falsely framed as a "both sides" issue, but attacks and threats are overwhelmingly directed at Republicans and federal law enforcement officers, Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, said Wednesday.
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Kari Lake to Newsmax: Rep. Omar Spray Attack 'Seems Suspicious'
Kari Lake, the acting CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, cast doubt on the liquid-spraying attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., on Newsmax on Wednesday, calling the episode "suspicious" while also saying no elected official should be attacked.
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Gov. Walz Rips Trump WH Inquiry Into Pretti Shooting
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday slammed the Trump administration for being the ones investigating the deadly shooting of Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents Saturday in Minneapolis."Wrong on so many levels," Walz, a Democrat, said in an interview with NBC News. "It's...
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Trump Taps Top Prosecutor to Lead National Fraud Fight
President Donald Trump on Wednesday named seasoned federal prosecutor Colin McDonald to lead the Department of Justice’s new National Fraud Enforcement Division, a role designed to aggressively tackle large-scale fraud affecting federal programs.
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US, Greenland, Denmark Start Diplomatic Talks to Ease Tensions Over Trump Goal
Talks involving the United States, Greenland and Denmark began on Wednesday, the Danish foreign ministry said, as the three parties seek to resolve a diplomatic crisis over President Donald Trump's insistence that the U.S. take control of Greenland territory.The diplomatic...