Minnesota killing produces backlash against Trump administration from Second Amendment advocates
Prominent Republicans and gun rights advocates helped elicit a White House turnabout this week after bristling over the administration’s characterization of Alex Pretti, the second U.S. citizen and protester killed this month by a federal officer in
NTSB to highlight what led to a deadly midair collision near Washington, DC, at daylong hearing
WASHINGTON (AP) — A daylong hearing on Tuesday should make clear what factors played the biggest role in causing last January’s midair collision near Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people, and the National Transportation Safety Board will
Opening statements set in sex trafficking trial of 2 real estate agents and their brother
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York jury will hear a prosecutor on Tuesday deliver an opening statement describing evidence to support sex trafficking charges alleging that two sibling real estate agents who catered to the jet-set
Trump administration’s trust and credibility tested in wake of Pretti’s death in Minneapolis
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Bill Cassidy didn’t simply criticize the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis. Following the killing of Alex Jeffrey Pretti by a U.S. Border Patrol officer, the Louisiana Republican warned of broader implications for the federal
Fed expected to keep rates unchanged as Chair Powell pivots back to economics
WASHINGTON (AP) — After two weeks of intense political and legal scrutiny, the Federal Reserve will seek to make this week’s meeting about interest rates as straightforward and uneventful as possible, though President Donald Trump probably still
Federal judge dismisses Justice Department lawsuit seeking Oregon’s voter rolls
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge in Oregon dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit seeking Oregon’s unredacted voter rolls on Monday in another setback to wide-ranging efforts by President Donald Trump’s administration to get detailed voter data
Experts say the divide between Minnesota and federal authorities is unprecedented
A new Minnesota website lays out evidence to counter what officials have called federal misinformation after immigration agents fatally shot two residents during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, deepening an unprecedented divide, experts said Monday. Minnesota also
Trump’s about-face in Minnesota after Pretti’s death is latest in pattern of sudden shifts
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump shifted toward a more conciliatory approach with Democratic leaders in Minnesota on Monday, a sudden change in tack following an outcry over the second fatal shooting of a protester by federal
Republicans appeal decision that threw out NYC’s only GOP-controlled House district
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s congressional redistricting battle is headed to the state’s highest court. Republicans on Monday appealed a judge’s decision to toss the lines of New York City’s only GOP-controlled House seat, asking the
Lawyers accuse Mexico of breaking law in sending cartel members to US without extradition order
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A group of lawyers and family members of important cartel figures accused Mexico’s government on Tuesday of breaking the law by sending nearly a hundred Mexican citizens to the United States without an