(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Embattled Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s $10 million forgivable loan plan for businesses purportedly affected by ICE operations sparked immediate criticism and comparisons to Minnesota’s pandemic-era fraud scandal.
Walz announced the program during a Thursday press conference in response to the Trump administration’s withdrawal of federal agents from the state.
Critics, including...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A group of self-described Colombian nationals said life was better in their home country than in California’s Skid Row, where they now reside in tents.
The individuals were interviewed by 23-year-old independent journalist Nick Shirley, whose videos have gone viral for documenting fraud allegations in Minnesota.
The unidentified interviewees, some...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The DOJ announced Friday the arrest and charges of a top DEA agent accused of accepting bribes in exchange for his assistance in helping foreign nationals obtain U.S. visas during his deployment to the Dominican Republic.
U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro said that DEA Supervisory Special...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A woman was caught on video attempting to burn down a warehouse in Kansas City, Missouri, over claims the building was being converted into an ICE detention center.
The video, published by KMBC 9, showed the unidentified woman pouring an unknown liquid on the warehouse’s windows before...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A graphic showing the percentage of border entries during the Biden administration has gone viral on social media, highlighting that a significant portion of some countries’ populations made their way into the U.S.
The graphic, created by data scientist Jonathan Pallesen and shared Friday via X, shows that between four and six percent of the populations of Nicaragua, Cuba, Honduras, Haiti, Guatemala and Venezuela...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) The U.S. House passed legislation Wednesday night that would implement comprehensive election security reforms nationwide, sending it over to the Senate for approval.
The SAVE America Act would require Americans to present proof of citizenship when registering to vote, necessitate in-person voter registration for federal...
(Headline USA) Former CNN host turned independent journalist Don Lemon is set to be arraigned in federal court in Minnesota on Friday along with four other defendants who were indicted for their alleged roles in disrupting a service at a church where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official was...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Newly sworn-in New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill followed through on her promise to launch a local portal for her administration to track ICE operations across the Garden State.
Sherrill, a Democrat who took office on Jan. 20, formally announced the portal on Wednesday, touting it as a...
(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) White House Border Czar Tom Homan said on Thursday the monthslong immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota will end in the next week.
On Dec. 4, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security sent 2,000 federal agents to the Minneapolis and St. Paul metropolitan areas as part...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) With less than 48 hours until the funding stopgap for the Department of Homeland Security expires, a hyper-partisan Congress faces limited options to avoid a partial government shutdown.
Senate Democrats say they will reject any Homeland Security funding bill – the only fiscal year 2026...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A congressional hearing featuring ICE Director Todd Lyons grew tense after Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., accused him of having “blood” on his hands and asked him what would happen to him on Judgment Day.
Lyons was testifying before the House Committee on Homeland Security on Tuesday when...
(Headline USA) A Mexican cartel drone incursion prompted an hourslong closure of airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas that was lifted on Wednesday morning, the Trump administration said.
Just hours earlier, the Federal Aviation Administration had announced a 10-day closure grounding all flights to and from the airport.
Transportation...