Lauren Irwin

1 week ago | thehill.com | Lauren Irwin

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem is calling for the death penalty against two Mexican nationals charged with human smuggling after a boat capsized near San Diego, killing three people and leaving seven others missing. “Yesterday, off the coast of southern California, a panga-style boat capsized that was operated by Mexican nationals attempting to smuggle 14 aliens into the U.S.,” Noem said in a statement Wednesday.

1 week ago | thehill.com | Lauren Irwin

Denmark has said it will summon the acting U.S. ambassador after it was reported that U.S. intelligence agencies have been ordered to increase spying on Greenland. Danish foreign minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen told reporters Wednesday he was going to call in the ambassador “for a discussion at the foreign ministry to see if we can confirm” the reporting, Reuters reported.

1 week ago | thehill.com | Lauren Irwin

A group of Republicans have asked President Trump in a letter to implement “immediate, decisive action” ahead of wildfire season. Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) is leading the group of GOP lawmakers to request Trump take action as the May-to-November wildfire season begins, noting that fires have already impacted communities and the environment across the country. The letter, signed by Sheehy and 16 other Republicans, was first reported by Semafor.

1 week ago | thehill.com | Lauren Irwin

A group of 14 news organizations on Tuesday asked the federal court overseeing Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case to unseal the court records regarding the Maryland man’s possible return to the United States. The media outlets made the request as filings about Abrego Garcia’s detention in a Salvadoran prison have been increasingly closed to the public, The Washington Post reported. The Post is one of the outlets seeking the unsealing of records.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Lauren Irwin

A group of 14 news organizations on Tuesday asked the federal court overseeing Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case to unseal the court records regarding the Maryland man’s possible return to the United States. The media outlets made the request as filings about Abrego Garcia’s detention in a Salvadoran prison have been increasingly closed to the public, The Washington Post reported. The Post is one of the outlets seeking the unsealing of records.