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Man Arrested for Spraying Rep. Ilhan Omar with Apple Cider Vinegar from a Syringe

Man Arrested for Spraying Rep. Ilhan Omar with Apple Cider Vinegar from a Syringe

Representative Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) was addressing a crowd of constituents, calling for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, when the peace of the meeting was shattered. Anthony James Kazmierczak, 55, reportedly walked down the center aisle and lunged toward the...

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ICE Contempt Hearing Looming for Acting Director Todd Lyons

ICE Contempt Hearing Looming for Acting Director Todd Lyons

The judicial bench in Minnesota has become a high-stakes arena where the legacy of conservative jurisprudence is clashing with the modern realities of federal immigration enforcement. As “Operation Metro Surge” continues to draw fire from local leaders, a prominent federal judge’s financial history...

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Federal Agents Kill Minneapolis VA Nurse During Immigration Protest as Video Evidence Contradicts Official Account

Federal Agents Kill Minneapolis VA Nurse During Immigration Protest as Video Evidence Contradicts Official Account

Alex Jeffrey Pretti was an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He spent his career caring for the veterans this country sent to war. Saturday morning, January 24, federal agents shot and killed him on a Minneapolis street. The Department of Homeland Security said Pretti...

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Feds Now Blame Protesters for Destroying Evidence at Scene Where They Shot ICU Nurse

Feds Now Blame Protesters for Destroying Evidence at Scene Where They Shot ICU Nurse

The Deputy U.S. Attorney General blamed protesters Monday morning for destroying evidence at the scene where federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti Saturday. Minnesota blamed federal agents for the same thing. A federal judge already issued a restraining order blocking federal agencies from...

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Federal Judge Weighs Emergency Halt to Trump’s Immigration Crackdown in Minnesota

Federal Judge Weighs Emergency Halt to Trump’s Immigration Crackdown in Minnesota

The frozen streets of Minneapolis have become the epicenter of a historic constitutional collision as the state of Minnesota attempts to legally “evict” thousands of federal agents. In a high-stakes emergency hearing on Monday, lawyers for the state argued that the Trump administration’s “Operation...

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Federal Judge Blocks Deportation of Pro-Palestinian Student Protesters

Federal Judge Blocks Deportation of Pro-Palestinian Student Protesters

A Reagan-appointed judge has officially halted the administration’s efforts to purge college campuses of non-citizen activists, declaring the government’s tactics a “breathtaking” violation of the First Amendment. U.S. District Judge William G. Young has issued a formal order that effectively...

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Over Half of House Democrats Back Impeachment Resolution Against Kristi Noem

Over Half of House Democrats Back Impeachment Resolution Against Kristi Noem

The political atmosphere in Washington has reached a fever pitch as more than half of the House Democratic caucus formally moves to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. This isn’t just a routine policy disagreement – it’s a high-stakes constitutional showdown over the limits of...

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Trump’s Venezuela Gambit Just Rewrote 200 Years of Foreign Policy

Trump’s Venezuela Gambit Just Rewrote 200 Years of Foreign Policy

President Trump calls it the “Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.” The operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro – no congressional authorization, no declaration of war, military force on foreign soil, followed by announced plans to “run the country” – is being framed not as...

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ICE Detention Population Surpasses 65,000 as Arrests of Non-Criminal Migrants Surge Under Trump Administration

ICE Detention Population Surpasses 65,000 as Arrests of Non-Criminal Migrants Surge Under Trump Administration

The scope of the federal government’s immigration dragnet has reached historic levels, with new data revealing a significant shift in who is being targeted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). According to the latest statistics from TRAC and agency reports current as of late November 2025,...

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Senate Democrats Break from Leadership Over ICE Funding

Senate Democrats Break from Leadership Over ICE Funding

The halls of the Senate have become a crucible for the future of American governance as a burgeoning rebellion among rank – and – file Democrats threatens to derail a massive $1.2 trillion funding package. With a January 30 deadline looming , the fragile truce between party leaders is collapsing...

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Trump Just Kicked Canada Off His “Board of Peace”

Trump Just Kicked Canada Off His “Board of Peace”

President Trump signed his “Board of Peace” into existence Thursday at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The organization was created to oversee Gaza reconstruction. Trump now describes it as an institution to rival the United Nations. By Friday, he’d already kicked one country out. Canada’s...

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Purging the Bench: How the “Rogue Judge” Impeachment Could Break the Judiciary

Purging the Bench: How the “Rogue Judge” Impeachment Could Break the Judiciary

The long – standing tradition of judicial independence is facing its most severe test as the White House signals its full support for a campaign to remove sitting federal judges. By labeling specific jurists as “partisan activists,” the administration is attempting to redefine the constitutional...

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The “Impossible Task”: Why Trump’s One-Year-Old Order Might Be Doomed

The “Impossible Task”: Why Trump’s One-Year-Old Order Might Be Doomed

It sits in legal purgatory, a signature on a page that could fundamentally rewrite the definition of what it means to be an American, waiting for nine justices to finally say the words they have spent a year avoiding. The procedural delays are over , the lower court skirmishes have exhausted...

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Trump Fired a Fed Governor, Now SCOTUS Has to Decide If He Can Actually Do That

Trump Fired a Fed Governor, Now SCOTUS Has to Decide If He Can Actually Do That

President Trump fired Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook on January 21, his first full day back in office. The termination letter cited “poor performance” and “low intelligence.” Cook sued within hours, arguing the president has no constitutional authority to fire Fed governors. Now the Supreme...

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Does the Constitution Protect Voters from Deception? Richmond Governor Campaigned Moderate, Once Elected Governs Hard Left

Does the Constitution Protect Voters from Deception? Richmond Governor Campaigned Moderate, Once Elected Governs Hard Left

The transition of power in Richmond has moved with a speed that has left the Commonwealth’s political establishment breathless. Within hours of her inauguration, Governor Abigail Spanberger moved to dismantle years of Republican policy, triggering a fierce debate over whether her “moderate”...

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Barron Trump’s Bedroom and the FBI: Did the Mar-a-Lago Raid Break Every Rule?

Barron Trump’s Bedroom and the FBI: Did the Mar-a-Lago Raid Break Every Rule?

The quiet intensity of a high-stakes Congressional hearing room was shattered Thursday as the details of a 2022 federal operation were laid bare before the nation. With the former Special Counsel seated just feet away, lawmakers revisited a moment that many consider the most significant stress test...

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Trump Administration Admits DOGE Accessed Private Social Security Data for Political Use

Trump Administration Admits DOGE Accessed Private Social Security Data for Political Use

A startling admission in federal court has shattered the silence surrounding the Trump administration’s most secretive cost-cutting initiative. For the first time, government officials have acknowledged that members of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) bypassed agency protocols to...

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‘Mortal Enemies’: Watch the Moment a Former DC Cop Lunged at an Activist During the Jack Smith Hearing

‘Mortal Enemies’: Watch the Moment a Former DC Cop Lunged at an Activist During the Jack Smith Hearing

You might expect a congressional hearing on legal procedure to be dry, but today’s session with former Special Counsel Jack Smith proved that the wounds from January 6th are nowhere near healed—and they are liable to reopen at a moment’s notice. What started as a standard recess quickly dissolved...

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Ilhan Omar’s Explosive Remarks Ignite Treason Debate Amid ICE Crackdown

Ilhan Omar’s Explosive Remarks Ignite Treason Debate Amid ICE Crackdown

The rhetorical war over the federal enforcement surge in Minnesota reached a fever pitch on Friday when Representative Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) referred to the country as the “U.S. God—- States” during a highly emotional field hearing. Her comments, delivered alongside fellow progressive Rep. Pramila...

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New CNN Poll says Trump is the worst President in history. Do you believe that?

New CNN Poll says Trump is the worst President in history. Do you believe that?

Fifty-eight percent of Americans call Donald Trump’s first year back in the White House a failure. Fifty-five percent say his policies made the economy worse. Sixty-four percent say he hasn’t done enough about the cost of living that actually matters to them. And here’s the number that should...

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