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ICE and CBP officials grilled on enforcement tactics at hearing on immigration
Rep. Bennie Thompson speaks during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing, Feb. 10, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- A top Democrat said Tuesday's House commit...
Feb 10, 2026
Howard Lutnick, Trump's commerce secretary, says he visited Epstein's island
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick testifies before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 10, 2026. ...
Feb 10, 2026
Democrats reject GOP counterproposal on ICE changes as shutdown deadline nears
U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) (R) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) hold a press conference on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding at the U.S. Capitol on Fe...
Feb 10, 2026
Acting ICE director, CBP commissioner to testify for first time since fatal shootings
Todd Lyons, acting director of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), speaks during a news conference in Nogales, Arizona, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. (Ash Ponders/Bloomberg via Getty Image...
Feb 10, 2026
Howard Lutnick, Trump's commerce secretary, faces calls to resign over Epstein ties
Rep. Thomas Massie arrives for a House vote on the funding bill to reopen the government, February 3, 2026, in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick...
Feb 09, 2026
Trump to exclude Democratic governors from usually bipartisan meeting at the White House
US President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House after arriving on Marine One in Washington, DC, US, early on Monday, Feb. 9, 2026. (Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images)(WAS...
Feb 09, 2026
Maxwell invokes the Fifth Amendment at closed virtual House Oversight deposition
Ghislaine Maxwell October 18, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Jimi Celeste/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted co-conspirator of Jeffrey Epstein, invoked the Fifth Amen...
Feb 09, 2026
Guardsmen ambushed in DC to be awarded the Purple Heart
National Guard members Sarah Beckstrom and Andrew Wolfe. (U.S. Department of Justice)(WASHINGTON) - -The two West Virginia National Guard members shot in November will receive the Purple Heart, Defens...
Feb 06, 2026
Virginia voters considering redrawing congressional districts to favor Democrats
The Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Virginia, US, on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. Abigail Spanberger will face off with Winsome Earle-Sears on November 4, giving the state its first female governor. (Pho...
Feb 06, 2026
White House takes down racist video shared by Trump about Obamas after backlash
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a bill signing in the Oval Office of the White House on February 03, 2026 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump shar...
Feb 06, 2026
