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February 13, 2026
DHS Shutdown Nears as Immigration Enforcement Talks Stall
Senate Democrats refused to move ahead with a spending bill needed to keep the Department of Homeland Security running because it lacked limits they have demanded on federal immigration agents.
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February 12, 2026
Immigration Officials Set to Testify Before Senate Panel
The hearing comes two days after the officials declined to answer questions from House members about the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
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February 10, 2026
Top Immigration Officials Refuse to Discuss Minnesota Shootings at Hearing
The heads of ICE and Customs and Border Protection told lawmakers that they could not comment on the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti because of continuing investigations.
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February 10, 2026
Maxwell Refuses to Answer Questions About Epstein Crimes in House Deposition
Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime companion of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, invoked her right against self-incrimination in an Oversight Committee deposition.
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February 8, 2026
Talks on Immigration Enforcement Still Stuck as DHS Funding Deadline Nears
Democrats’ demands include that immigration officers be required to show visible identification and have judicial warrants when they enter private property to make arrests.
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February 7, 2026
Officials Pressed Schumer to Help Name Penn Station and Dulles Airport for Trump
Administration officials told the top Senate Democrat the president would release frozen funding for the Gateway project if the transportation hubs were renamed for him.
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February 5, 2026
Senators Clash Over Immigration Enforcement, Risking a D.H.S. Shutdown
With eight days until a deadline to keep the Department of Homeland Security running, bipartisan talks on reining in federal immigration agents’ tactics appeared to sputter before they had even got...
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February 4, 2026
Renee Good’s Brothers Call on Congress to Rein In Immigration Crackdown
At a forum on Capitol Hill held by congressional Democrats, the brothers of the 37-year-old American citizen fatally shot by an ICE agent said immigration enforcement tactics must be dialed back.
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February 3, 2026
Trump Repeats Call to ‘Nationalize’ Elections, as White House Walks It Back
President Trump’s extraordinary comments were the latest iteration of his unsubstantiated claims that U.S. elections are rigged as Republicans face potentially big losses next year.
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January 28, 2026
Republicans Gave ICE a Slush Fund. Democrats Want to Limit It.
The sweeping domestic policy law that Republicans muscled through Congress last year made ICE the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in the country, with no strings attached.
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January 27, 2026
Democrats Push to Impeach DHS Secretary Kristi Noem After Minneapolis Shooting
Following the fatal shooting in Minneapolis, a drive to impeach the homeland security secretary has drawn dozens more Democratic supporters, including the party’s top three leaders.
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January 23, 2026
Democrats Seek Maxwell Prison Visit, Citing Preferential Treatment
House Democrats told the attorney general that more than a dozen whistle-blowers had come forward with reports of Ghislaine Maxwell receiving perks in prison.
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January 11, 2026
After Minnesota Shooting, ICE Again Limits Congressional Visits
The new guidelines for immigration facilities, issued by Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, are virtually identical to a policy that a federal judge halted last month.
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January 6, 2026
Democrats Commemorate Jan. 6, Highlighting Trump’s Role
On Capitol Hill, Democrats spent the fifth anniversary of the riot forcefully rebutting the president’s attempts to rewrite the history of the attack, as he stepped up his false claims.
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January 6, 2026
A Jan. 6 Rioter Returned to the Capitol Seeking Forgiveness
Pamela Hemphill, who said she rejected President Trump’s pardon for her role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, apologized to a Capitol Police officer who was assaulted during the mayhem.
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December 29, 2025
Democrats Aim to Spotlight Republican Efforts to Rewrite the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot
On the fifth anniversary of the attack, which falls next Tuesday, Democrats plan to hold an informal hearing to review President Trump’s clemency for the rioters and G.O.P attempts to sanitize the ...
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December 20, 2025
Lawmakers Criticize Justice Dept. For Not Releasing All Epstein Files
Republicans and Democrats who had been pressing for the disclosure accused officials of failing to comply with a law that requires all material to be released.
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December 18, 2025
From Bravo to Cable News, Garcia Is Pushing Republicans on Epstein
The top Democrat on the Oversight Committee, Representative Robert Garcia has brought aggressive tactics and reality-show flair to investigating Trump.
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December 17, 2025
Republicans Clinch Democrats’ Bid to Force Vote on ACA Subsidies
After the speaker denied them a vote on extending the subsidies, four Republicans from competitive districts joined Democrats’ bid to go around G.O.P. leaders and force action.
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December 12, 2025
Democrats Release New Epstein Photos Documenting Ties to Trump, Clinton and Others
The images, released without context by Democrats on the Oversight Committee, reveal little new about the deceased sex offender’s ties to prominent men in politics, entertainment and finance.
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December 11, 2025
Republicans Undercut Johnson, Circumventing Him to Force Votes
The speaker has repeatedly lost his grip on the House floor thanks to a once rare parliamentary maneuver that G.O.P. members are increasingly using to force action on legislation.
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December 3, 2025
Epstein Files Reveal Private Home Photos in Latest Release by Democrats
In publicizing the photos and videos, Democrats in Congress appeared to be intensifying pressure on the Justice Department to release its files on the Epstein case.
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November 30, 2025
Lawmakers Suggest Follow-Up Boat Strike Could Be a War Crime
Top Republicans have joined Democrats in demanding answers about the escalating military campaign the Trump administration says is aimed at targeting drug traffickers.
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