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    US House backs bid to block Canada tariffs in rebuke of Trump

    Republicans join Democrats in objecting to national emergency US president declared to impose tariffsThe US House on Wednesday voted to rescind tariffs that Donald Trump imposed on Canada last year, a rare bipartisan rebuke of the White House’s trade policy as the president threatened electoral retaliation against any Republican who defied him.The largely symbolic resolution to disapprove of the national emergency Trump declared to impose tariffs on Canada passed 219 to 211, with six Republicans – Don Bacon of Nebraska, Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Kevin Kiley of California, Dan Newhouse of Washington and Jeff Hurd of Colorado – voting with all Democrats except Jared Golden of Maine, who voted against it. Continue reading… More

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    Border patrol chief praised federal agent who shot US citizen in Chicago

    New evidence shows Gregory Bovino hailed agent who fired at Marimar Martinez five times in her carNewly released evidence has shown that Gregory Bovino, a border patrol chief who was the face of the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts until last month, praised a federal agent who shot a Chicago woman during an immigration crackdown last year.
    Marimar Martinez, a US citizen, was shot five times by a border patrol agent in October while in her vehicle. She was charged with a felony after officials at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) accused her of trying to ram agents with her vehicle. But the case was abruptly dismissed after video evidence emerged showing that an agent had steered his vehicle into Martinez’s car.Lawyers for Martinez have pushed to make evidence in the dismissed criminal case public, saying they were especially motivated to do so after a federal agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis under similar circumstances. Continue reading… More

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    House passes Save America Act, Trump-backed bill to impose new voting rules

    Bill that requires proof of citizenship and would limit mail-in voting passes 218-213 but faces uphill battle in SenateThe House on Wednesday passed the Save America Act, which would dramatically change voting regulations by requiring proof of citizenship at voter registration and significantly curtail mail-in voting.The legislation, which passed 218 to 213, faces an uphill battle in the Senate, close observers say. Continue reading… More

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    Pam Bondi defends DOJ handling of Epstein files in heated House hearing – video

    The US attorney general, Pam Bondi, appeared before a House judiciary committee hearing on Wednesday to defend the justice department’s handling of files involving the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. During the hearing, there were several heated exchanges between Bondi and Democrat lawmakers who questioned her about the DOJ’s handling of the release of the Epstein files.  Pam Bondi hurls insults at Democrats during Epstein hearing: ‘You’re a washed-up loser lawyer’ Continue reading… More

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    Trump’s racist post about the Obamas was a wake-up call for some. Why did it take so long? | Jamil Smith

    The racism was not new. What was new was the inability to look past it. For a moment, at least, the blinders were offJohn from New Mexico, a self-professed lifelong Republican, called into C-Span’s Washington Journal earlier this month with penitence on his mind.“I voted for the president and supported him,” he began. “But I really want to apologize.”Jamil Smith is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading… More

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    Why has Maga lost its mind over Bad Bunny? | Moustafa Bayoumi

    It’s not virtue signaling. It’s vitriol signaling about their own perceived persecutionCan someone explain to me why Megyn Kelly is so angry? In an interview with Piers Morgan, the political commentator began ranting so hard about Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl half-time show that I was starting to worry about her health.“I’m sorry Piers. To get up there and perform the whole show in Spanish is a middle finger to the rest of America!” she roared. “We don’t need a Spanish-speaking, non-English performing performer, and we don’t need an ICE- or America-hater featured as our primetime entertainment.”Moustafa Bayoumi is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading… More

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    The secretive, destructive work of an ICE attorney: ‘My job is to do what I’m told’

    ICE lawyers in New York City earn more than $100,000 a year, enjoy generous benefits and post about rich social lives. Their work is vital to Trump’s deportation agendaOne morning last June in an immigration courtroom in New York City, a lawyer named Estefani Rodriguez looked as if she was on the verge of a nervous breakdown. She was a prosecuting attorney for the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE). Her job was to present immigration judges with motions to kick non-citizens out of the United States – to switch on the deportation machine.Rodriguez is in her late 30s, with long hair and full cheeks. According to the website of the Dominican Bar Association, her parents are immigrants from the Dominican Republic. In online photos, she sports a wide smile. But on this day, as she covered one of some 60 immigration courtrooms housed in labyrinthine federal buildings in lower Manhattan, she seemed to churn with angst. Repeatedly she touched her hands to her mouth, then under her glasses, then back to her mouth, and then she rubbed and rubbed her eyes. Continue reading… More