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A masked ICE agent knocks on the window of an observer’s vehicle in Minnesota in January. Some Democratic states want to restrict the actions of federal immigration enforcement officers. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)
An ordinance that prohibits local or federal law enforcement officers from wearing face masks, except in dangerously cold weather, passed the Milwaukee Common Council Tuesday. The measure is part of ...
Pennsylvania
ICE pushback in a key Pa. congressional district after unpaid rent allegation
A sitting county controller and U.S. House candidate maintains that a federal agency hasn’t paid its rent to Lehigh County since 2022, despite occupying office space owned by the government body. ...
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Democracy
Slotkin says she’s target of investigation by federal prosecutors
Updated at 3:17 p.m. U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin says she is the subject of a Justice Department investigation connected to a video in which she and several other Democratic lawmakers urged U.S. ...
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Ohio
In the wake of ICE shooting, protests in Ohio, preparation for more raids
Thousands of protesters turned out across Ohio on Saturday, days after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis shot a protester there in the face, killing her. As the protests ...
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Democracy
Tom Tiffany says Democratic leaders need to calm down about ICE [UPDATED]
Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate and U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-WI) responded to the ICE shooting in Minneapolis by calling for a more calming presence from Democrats in the state.
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Immigration
Tennessee lawmakers to take immigration cues from White House
Tennessee Republicans will be taking orders from the White House when they unveil a slate of bills to crack down on undocumented immigration as the 2026 legislative session opens. House Speaker ...
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Democracy
The country unites to protest ICE, honor Renee Good
Thousands of protesters in major U.S. cities took to the streets over the weekend to oppose the actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after the death of 37-year-old Renee Good in Minneapolis last week.
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Economy
Mariannette Miller-Meeks admits ‘no tax on Social Security’ rhetoric is false
During a telephone town hall held last month, U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) admitted to a constituent that the One Big Beautiful Bill does not fully remove taxes on Social Security.
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Minnesota
Feds oust Minnesota investigators from ICE shooting probe
The Trump administration ousted the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension from the investigation into the killing of 37-year-old Renee Good by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis, the head ...
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Democracy
Federal officials flood the zone with lies about Minneapolis ICE shooting
After a federal ICE agent shot and killed a woman in Minnesota on Wednesday, federal officials — including Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem — have begun spreading demonstrably false statements about the incident.
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Foreign
Miller-Meeks lies about Trump’s Venezuela operation, falsely claims no one was killed (dozens were)
U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) has flagrantly misrepresented the death toll of President Donald Trump’s attack on Venezuela, saying no one was killed when sources say dozens were.
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