National Politics

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Attorney General Chris Carr has secured a sweeping victory in defense of Senate Bill (SB) 202, Georgia’s Election Integrity Act, against a non-governmental organization (NGO) known as the Coalition for Good Governance. The NGO’s mission is to engage in litigation based on issues of elections, government accountability, due process, and equal protection of the law. […]
An unidentified person was shot and injured in a shooting involving U.S. Border Patrol in Arizona, leaving the person in critical condition, according to local authorities. The Pima County Sheriff’s Department shared that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) requested it to “lead the use-of-force investigation involving the agent” in Arivaca, an unincorporated neighborhood. “We […]
House Democratic leaders threatened to commence impeachment proceedings against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem if President Donald Trump does not fire her first, indicating a pivotal shift in how party leadership is tackling the Trump administration’s immigration operations. Concurrently, eight Democrats have signed on to an impeachment resolution against Secretary Noem amid the […]
A federal judge in Minnesota ordered the acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director, Todd Lyons, to appear in a Minneapolis court for the agency’s ongoing violations of court orders tied to immigration enforcement actions. Chief U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz issued a three-page order, accusing federal immigration authorities of failing to adhere to […]
Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) has called out the leading Republican Senatorial candidates over the recent shooting in Minnesota involving the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency. The candidates include Representative Buddy Carter (R-GA01), Representative Mike Collins (R-GA10), and political outsider Derek Dooley. Specifically, Ossoff questioned why none of them have called for an independent and […]
U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he’s raising tariffs on imports of South Korean goods due to the country’s legislature’s failure to approve a trade deal with the U.S. that both countries agreed to in October 2025. “Because the Korean Legislature hasn’t enacted our Historic Trade Agreement, which is their prerogative, I am hereby increasing […]
U.S. Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino is reportedly leaving Minneapolis this week along with several other federal agents, according to a White House official and a source within the Trump administration familiar with the exit. Bovino’s departure comes as President Donald Trump dispatched "Border Czar” Tom Homan to Minnesota to lead the current Immigration and […]
In the wake of recent violent incidents involving the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency and leftist protesters in Minneapolis, Georgia Democrats have called for ICE to be heavily restrained and even completely defunded. They’ve also heavily criticized the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Secretary Kristi Noem, calling for her impeachment and defunding the […]
Representative Buddy Carter (R-GA) recently published an opinion piece in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution calling for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency to establish a stronger presence in the metro Atlanta area of Georgia. Rep. Carter’s argument is based on the arrest of dangerous criminals by ICE in Atlanta, and he cites examples listed […]
President Donald Trump threatened to impose a 100% tariff on goods sold from Canada if the country proceeds and strikes a trade deal with China. "If Canada makes a deal with China, it will immediately be hit with a 100% Tariff against all Canadian goods and products coming into the U.S.A. Thank you for your attention […]
The prospect of a partial U.S. government shutdown increases as Democratic senators vow to reject a funding package for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) following the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Minnesota resident Alex Pretti by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent. The Senate is expected to vote on a large House-approved $1.2 trillion […]
A Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and killed a 37-year-old man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24, according to federal and local officials, further escalating tensions within Minnesota following the fatal shooting of activist Renee Good and the recent detainment of school children in the region, including the apprehension of a 5-year-old. State […]
The House voted against an appropriations amendment this week that would block funding for a provision in federal law that implements a “kill switch” in automobiles. The “kill switch,” which some Republicans have raised concerns over, is billed as a lifesaving, anti-drunken driving technology. In a 268-164 vote, the House rejected Rep. Thomas Massie’s (R-KY) […]
Derek Dooley, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, announced this week that his "Georgia First" campaign raised over $1.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2025 and a combined $3 million for his first five months in the race to defeat Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA). Dooley’s campaign argues that this fundraising number not only proves […]
Public school district officials in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, claim that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have taken four students from the Minneapolis suburb in recent weeks, including a 5-year-old boy heading home from school. According to the lawyer of the 5-year-old’s family, the child and his father were both taken to an ICE detention […]
President Donald Trump inaugurated the founding charter of his “Board of Peace” at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The treaty will aim to maintain a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza, in what is described as a new international system to oversee postwar stabilization in the war-torn strip. “This isn’t the United States, this […]
Former Special Counsel Jack Smith testified before the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee about his investigations into President Donald Trump and the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, asserting that his team had gathered enough evidence for indictments. "Our investigation revealed that Donald Trump is the person who caused Jan. 6, that it was […]
House Democratic leadership spoke out against a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in a closed-door caucus meeting, affirming that they will vote against it due to concerns about the Trump administration’s failure to check Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to sources who were present. "In the last 24 hours, we've […]

