Technology that would have allowed air traffic controllers to better track the movement of an Army helicopter before it collided with a passenger jet over the Potomac River last week was turned off at the time of the crash, Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, said in an interview on Thursday. Members of the Senate … Read more
The Justice Department’s newly formed “Weaponization Working Group,” announced in a memo this week by Attorney General Pam Bondi, was purportedly intended to root out “abuses of the criminal justice process” by local and federal law enforcement officers. But a literal reading of its name suggests that the investigative body was also an example of … Read more
In the final days before Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans, local, state and federal officials have described a dash to beef up security plans that were robust even before a New Year’s Day terrorist attack unleashed anguish and alarm in the city. One of the most visible changes is the “enhanced security zone” around … Read more
At least three people in three states have been arrested recently on charges that they had impersonated immigration agents or police officers to threaten others amid mounting efforts by the Trump Administration to increase deportations. On Saturday night, two students at Temple University in North Philadelphia identified themselves as “Police and Ice agents” to security … Read more
A bitter fight over partisan control of the Minnesota House of Representatives ended on Thursday as lawmakers announced a power-sharing deal in which a Republican will serve as speaker for the next two years. Lawmakers agreed that Democrats and Republicans would jointly run committees in the chamber once a special election takes place next month. … Read more
For the second time this week, a federal judge has issued a nationwide preliminary injunction to block President Trump’s effort to end automatic citizenship for babies born on U.S. soil to undocumented immigrants. The decision, handed down on Thursday morning in Seattle, came a day after a judge in Maryland issued a nationwide injunction against … Read more
The banks of the Rio Grande bristle with concertina wire. At intervals, Texas National Guardsmen and other troops sent by President Trump stand guard over the border. And several times a week, the sheriff of Maverick County, Texas, drives back and forth over an international bridge — to do his dry cleaning. “I get my … Read more
The Trump administration filed suit in a Chicago federal court on Thursday, alleging that sanctuary laws in Illinois, Chicago and Cook County are obstructing the federal government’s ability to enforce immigration policies. The lawsuit names Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago and Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois, both Democrats, along with Superintendent Larry Snelling of the … Read more
Jamieson Greer, President Trump’s nominee to be the next U.S. trade representative, defended the president’s plan to impose sweeping tariffs on all imported products and told senators he would work to restructure international trading relationships during his confirmation hearing on Thursday. Mr. Greer, a trade lawyer and former Trump administration official, told the Senate Finance … Read more
President Trump has nominated Anthony J. Tata, a retired brigadier general with a history of Islamophobic and other inflammatory comments, to a senior Pentagon post in charge of jobs and deployments. This is the second time Mr. Trump has nominated Mr. Tata, who once called former President Barack Obama a “terrorist leader,” to a senior … Read more