Homan: ICE and CBP crafting ‘drawdown plan’ in Minnesota, admits ‘improvements’ needed

Border czar Tom Homan speaks during a news conference about ongoing immigration enforcement operations, in Minneapolis, Jan. 29, 2026. Scott Olson | Getty Images U.S. border czar Tom Homan on Thursday said federal immigration enforcement agencies are working on a plan to reduce their massive presence in Minnesota, while broadly acknowledging problems with the Trump … Read more

Canada’s Carney to Trump: ‘I meant what I said in Davos’

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Jan. 27, 2026. Patrick Doyle | Reuters Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday denied Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s claim that, in a private call with President Donald Trump, he had backtracked on some … Read more

Greenland PM: Don’t know details of Trump-NATO deal framework, but sovereignty is a ‘red line’

Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen holds a press conference in Nuuk, Greenland, Jan. 22, 2026. Marko Djurica | Reuters Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said in a press conference Thursday that he doesn’t know what’s in the “framework” deal that President Donald Trump announced after meeting with NATO’s leader a day earlier. But Nielsen emphasized … Read more

Trump to speak at Davos as his Greenland push, tariff threats take center stage

President Donald Trump is set Wednesday to speak at the World Economic Forum, directly addressing an audience that has been put on edge by his intensifying aggression toward the allied territory of Greenland. Trump’s speech is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. ET. The address will be bookended by meetings with other world leaders attending … Read more

Labor Dept. accused of echoing Nazi slogan in social media post

A sign is displayed at the Department of Labor Frances Perkins Building on June, 2025, in Washington. Kevin Carter | Getty Images A controversial social media post from the Department of Labor has poured gasoline on already smoldering accusations that the Trump administration is amplifying rhetoric and imagery linked to extreme right-wing ideologies. The video … Read more

Trump to pardon ex-Puerto Rico governor Vázquez in campaign finance case, official says

Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vazquez speaks at a news conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico Jan. 19, 2020. Ricardo Arduengo | Reuters President Donald Trump plans to pardon former Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez, a White House official said Friday. Vázquez pleaded guilty last August to a campaign finance violation in a federal case that authorities say … Read more

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announces he will not seek reelection

Tim Walz, governor of Minnesota and Democratic vice-presidential nominee, watches as US Vice President Kamala Harris, not pictured, speaks at Howard University in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. Kamala Harris has called Donald Trump to concede the election to the President-elect, a senior aide to the Vice President told Bloomberg. Al Drago … Read more

Ilya Lichtenstein, Bitcoin hacker behind massive crypto theft, credits Trump for early prison release

The Russian-U.S. national who hacked crypto exchange Bitfinex and stole nearly 120,000 bitcoin said he has been freed from prison early thanks to the bipartisan prison-reform law signed by President Donald Trump. Ilya Lichtenstein, 38, had been sentenced in November 2024 to five years in prison after pleading guilty to a money laundering conspiracy charge … Read more

Trump’s first vetoes of his second term hit bipartisan infrastructure projects, draw accusations of retribution

President Donald Trump issued the first vetoes of his second term Tuesday, blocking bills that would support a pair of bipartisan infrastructure projects in Colorado and Florida.  Trump’s veto of the Colorado bill, the Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act, which Congress unanimously approved earlier in December, enraged the state’s lawmakers. The bill would reduce … Read more

Crypto laments loss of key ally on Capitol Hill after Lummis announces retirement

Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) listens during a panel titled ”Make the Greatest Economy in the World Work for All Americans” at the America First Policy Institute America First Agenda Summit in Washington, July 26, 2022. Sarah Silbiger | Reuters The cryptocurrency industry is mourning the loss of its fiercest advocate on Capitol Hill after Sen. … Read more