Author: Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner

The first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s second term have been a whirlwind of activity, punctuated by action at the border, tariffs, turbulent markets, DOGE, multiple lawsuits, and constant headlines. This Washington Examiner series, “100-Day Report Card,” will look at six key issues and how they have come to define the early days of…

House Republicans are seeking tens of billions of dollars to carry out the Trump administration’s border security and immigration enforcement priorities, according to newly released funding requests. Funding plans released by the House Judiciary Committee and House Homeland Security Committees on Monday reveal the GOP’s plans to make President Donald Trump’s campaign promises on immigration…

Just one day shy of President Donald Trump’s 100th day in office, top Trump administration officials claimed victory on myriad border and immigration-related promises that Trump made to voters as a candidate. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt touted Trump’s accomplishments during an unusually early morning press conference with reporters at the White House on…

The United States has seen a decline in the number of international tourists visiting the country since President Donald Trump took office, following multiple instances of travelers being detained by customs officers. Since Trump descended on Washington, D.C., in January, his administration has launched a deportation operation targeting immigrants, which has resulted in tourists getting caught up in the efforts at times. The…

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was robbed while treating her family, including her grandchildren, to Easter dinner at a restaurant in Washington on Sunday evening, the Department of Homeland Security told the Washington Examiner. Noem had taken her loved ones out for the holiday dinner in Washington when she was targeted by a thief while…

EXCLUSIVE — The Trump administration will soon deploy the federal government’s first-ever floating buoy wall at the U.S.-Mexico border river with the installation of a 17-mile string of buoys in South Texas, the Washington Examiner has learned. The construction project is scheduled to begin in the coming weeks in the Rio Grande in Texas‘s Rio…

The White House is not under orders to “effectuate” the return of deported Maryland resident and immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia, only to “facilitate” it, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Friday afternoon. Leavitt was asked during a press briefing if Trump wanted Abrego Garcia to accompany Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele during his trip to…

EXCLUSIVE — The Trump administration, backed by a federal court ruling, is warning immigrants illegally residing in the United States to register with the federal government by Friday or face fines and imprisonment. The Department of Homeland Security is reminding all noncitizen residents who have been in the country for more than 30 days to…

President Donald Trump said his administration is close to finalizing a plan that would withhold all federal funding to cities and states that have enacted “sanctuary” zones and do not cooperate with federal immigration authorities. “No more Sanctuary Cities! They protect the Criminals, not the Victims. They are disgracing our Country and are being mocked…

The Trump administration has reinstated a government office for American victims of crimes committed by illegal immigrants that the Biden administration had shuttered. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Wednesday that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement Office, or VOICE, was restored. It will serve American families who lost loved ones…