Trump Administration

President Trump has given Sen. Lindsey Graham the green light to advance a bipartisan Graham–Blumenthal bill that would impose steep tariffs on Russian energy exports—aimed largely at buyers such as China and India—and a White House official says Trump supports the measure. GOP leaders are squabbling over procedure, with John Thune arguing budget rules mean the package must originate in the House (so Speaker Mike Johnson would need to carry or move a companion bill), and lawmakers say floor timing is uncertain amid other priorities, including an imminent DHS‑linked partial government shutdown.

Sen. Mark Warner, D‑Va., told Fox News’ 'Special Report' that the Biden administration 'screwed up the border' while also asserting that roughly 75% of people arrested by ICE in Virginia have no criminal record beyond entering illegally, despite federal claims that agents are targeting the 'worst of the worst.' Asked whether he supports new Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s move to end state law‑enforcement collaboration with ICE on criminal cases, Warner said he backs focusing on migrants with criminal records but argued that is not what is actually happening under President Trump’s mass‑deportation agenda. He linked his concerns to recent incidents, including the fatal ICE shooting of U.S. citizen Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis and a separate shooting of an alleged undocumented immigrant, and criticized masked ICE agents for grabbing parents at school drop‑offs and work sites in ways he says are destroying trust and leaving children stranded. Warner added that, based on what he has seen in Minnesota, there is 'virtually no collaboration' between local police and ICE, and he blamed federal tactics for that breakdown. His comments put a prominent centrist Democrat on record critiquing both the prior Democratic administration’s border failures and the current Republican administration’s enforcement approach, underscoring how volatile ICE’s role has become in national politics.

Rep. Angie Craig, a Minnesota Democrat, likened recent ICE raids to actions in 1930s Germany and said cutting ICE funding or even a shutdown were options, asserting that "nothing should be off the table" to stop the operations. Other Democrats, including Sen. Ruben Gallego — who told CNN ICE should be "totally torn down" and rebuilt to focus on criminals rather than aggressive tactics — have echoed calls for major changes, prompting the White House to accuse Gallego of pandering to the "radical left" and defend ICE as removing "rapists, murderers, and other criminals."