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MINNEAPOLIS — White House border czar Tom Homan said Thursday that a plan is in the works to reduce the number of federal agents in the area, after conversations with numerous political and law enforcement leaders in Minnesota. That drawdown, Homan added, will require the cooperation of Minnesota law enforcement and political leaders with ICE and Customs and Border Protection. “As we see that ...

The risk of U.S. power outages is worsening due to a changing mix of electricity supplies and rapidly growing demand in the winter months, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation said on Thursday.

President Donald Trump’s efforts this week to “de-escalate” controversial deportation tactics in Minnesota in the face of widespread public dismay have caused a new wave of blowback from his base of hard-line anti-immigration advocates.

The brown teddy bear smelled like oil and jet fuel. It was tucked inside the pink backpack of 11-year-old Alydia Livingston, along with her headphones, journal and a pencil topped with a rubber unicorn. The backpack and its contents came home to her grandparents in Richmond. Alydia didn’t.

A faster way to get through airport security may be coming to an airport near you. TSA PreCheck Touchless ID, a new program that uses facial recognition, is expanding to 65 airports this spring. The expansion will prioritize 2026 World Cup host cities, where travel is expected to surge, said Transportation Security Administration spokesperson R. Carter Langston.

The Trump administration defended Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s participation in an FBI raid of a Georgia county election office to investigate the 2020 election, while senior Democrats raised concerns about her involvement.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has reshaped a key federal autism advisory board, appointing members who have echoed his controversial views, including promoting debunked claims linking vaccines to autism.

Doctors in Chicago saved the life of a young Missouri man with a rare infection that had liquefied his lungs, hooking him up to what they have called a total artificial lung. The patient, whose name was not released, survived on the lung for 48 hours, and then received a lung transplant.

 Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar launched her campaign for Minnesota governor on Jan. 29, seeking to protect her party’s hold on the office after Tim Walz abandoned his bid for a third term.

U.S. life expectancy rose to a record high of 79 years in 2024, an increase of six months from the previous year, reflecting a sharp decline in deaths from COVID-19 and drug overdoses, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Thursday endorsed a spending deal negotiated by U.S. Senate Republicans and Democrats that would stave off a government shutdown while lawmakers continue negotiating guardrails to rein in immigration agents, though he acknowledged a shutdown could still occur.

Shirley Raines, a beloved advocate for the homeless who used social media to amplify her message of respect and dignity for people on Los Angeles’ Skid Row and beyond, died Tuesday. She was 58.

The two federal immigration agents involved in the shooting of Alex Pretti have been placed on administrative leave, per standard agency protocol, according to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesperson.

The FBI has taken the lead in the criminal investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar being sprayed with a liquid as she spoke Tuesday at a town hall meeting in Minneapolis, a police spokesman said.

The Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday is expected to decide whether it will consider the unprecedented removal of a living person from the Nevada Gaming Control Board’s List of Excluded Persons.

The federal government Wednesday inched closer to a shutdown as the Senate remained deadlocked over a spending bill that would fund Immigration Customs and Enforcement amid the agency’s deadly clashes with protesters in Minneapolis.

WASHINGTON – The FBI searched an election office in Georgia’s Fulton County outside Atlanta on Wednesday, pursuing President Donald Trump’s false claims that his 2020 election defeat was the result of widespread voting fraud.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday rolled out his government-supported investment accounts for babies in the United States and urged American businesses to contribute to employees' family accounts.

For months, Gregory Bovino has been the public face of President Donald Trump's sweeping immigration raids across U.S. cities.