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Two high-profile Democrats are calling for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer involved in a fatal Wednesday shooting in Minneapolis to be prosecuted. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) called the shooting a “murder” and said ICE “has now turned into what our greatest fear is and has been for a long time … that this will be used as an anti-civilian force, that it has no accountability at the end of the day.” “What we saw today is a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted,” she told reporters at the Capitol on Wednesday evening. Rep....

Republican U.S. Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky said he is a "little bit suspicious" of President Donald Trump after his reversal in stance on releasing files connected to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. ... "Well, he got tired of us winning," Massie responded. "He decided to join us. Look, they could have done this four months ago, and instead they fought us every bit of the way. Now they want to be on our side, we'll accept their support, but we're, you know, a little bit suspicious of this sudden turn of events." Massie continued, "So, we'll keep an eye on...

Former President Donald Trump can be sued by injured Capitol Police officers and Democratic lawmakers over the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, the Justice Department said Thursday in a federal court case testing Trump’s legal vulnerability and the limits of executive power. The department wrote that although a president enjoys broad legal latitude to communicate to the public on matters of concern, “no part of a President’s official responsibilities includes the incitement of imminent private violence. By definition, such conduct plainly falls outside the President’s constitutional and statutory duties.” *** The Justice Department wrote that it also...

An image shared on Facebook claims Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), is facing a military tribunal after being arrested.

Obama: 'I'm Scared of My Wife' So I Quit Smoking Daniel Halper September 23, 2013 6:33 PM On a hot mic today at the United Nations, President Obama got caught saying he hasn't smoked in 6 years because "I'm scared of my wife": "No, no, I haven't had a cigarette in probably six years," says Obama. "That's because I'm scared of my wife."