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Republican Gov. Jeff Landry of Louisiana appeared on Fox News to offer up the stalest defense of President Donald Trump’s lethal immigration policy. “I mean, I'd like to go and ask those same Democrats if they like their communities to be dangerous or they want their streets safe,” Landry said during the Thursday interview. “Do they want their children to be able to walk to school, or do they wan…

Don’t worry, Fox News is still keeping busy pretending that President Donald Trump isn’t royally screwing up everything he touches. On Thursday, the right-wing propaganda network minimized a recent poll showing widespread dissatisfaction with Trump’s handling of the economy, with contributor Charles Payne arguing that the public simply doesn’t understand Trump’s brilliant work thus far. President…

Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky admitted his eyesight is good enough to see that Immigration and Customs Enforcements agents’ fatal shooting of Alex Pretti was not justified. During a Thursday appearance on Newsmax, he criticized the Trump administration’s characterization of the slain intensive-care nurse as an “ assassin ” and a “domestic terrorist,” saying it made the situation worse. “A…

A new government report explodes one of the key promises in President Donald Trump’s tariff policy. Last April, Trump announced a slew of tariffs that would hit nearly every country on earth—a move he said would stop companies from importing goods, bring manufacturing jobs back to the United States, and lower the trade deficit. But the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis on Thursday released its mon…

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Democrats voted to block legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security and several other agencies Thursday as they continued to negotiate with Republicans and the White House on new restrictions for President Donald Trump’s surge of immigration enforcement. Thursday’s 45-55 test vote came as Democrats have threatened a partial government shutdown when money runs out on Friday. But Trump…

Donald Trump’s border czar threatened Minnesota with the continued presence of federal troops—despite the recent killings of state residents. Tom Homan issued the threat as part of a presentation on Thursday morning touting purported adjustments to the administration’s mass deportation program. Homan is replacing beleaguered Border Patrol leader Gregory Bovino as the face of the Trump administrat…

Trump is leaving no part of the White House unmolested by his terrible taste. This time, it’s not just his fondness for tacky gold-plated decorations or his penchant for slapping his name on everything. Instead, what’s on display is his fondness for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. Yes, visitors who walk through the Palm Room, which connects the West Wing to the White House residence, will be gre…

Friends, family remember Pretti after federal agents shot and killed him. By Alyssa Chen for The Minnesota Reformer Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, was an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs hospital before he was shot and killed by federal agents Saturday morning on Nicollet Avenue. Family and friends, as well as former coworkers and teachers, described him as generous and kind-hearted. “Thro…

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Remember the Epstein files? Those were top of mind two months ago, before the Trump administration invaded Minnesota, but have since fallen by the wayside. Never fear, though. The administration is totally planning to release them soon. No, you can’t know how soon. Just trust them. In a Tuesday filing , the Department of Justice told the judges overseeing U.S. v. Epstein and U.S. v. Maxwell , the…