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Conservative firebrand launches ‘TruckSafe Tipline’ to report illegal drivers amid spike in highway deaths

February 14, 2026

Amid heightened concern over highway deaths involving illegal immigrant drivers, conservative firebrand Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., is launching a “TruckSafe Tipline” to enable truckers to share concerns about illegals on U.S. roads. “Indiana is the Crossroads of America and Hoosiers are getting killed because drivers who shouldn’t be here in the first place are behind the wheel,” Banks said in a statement shared with Fox News Digital. Through...

‘It’s absurd’: DHS shutdown bears down on US as lawmakers jet off to Europe

February 14, 2026

The government entered a partial shutdown at midnight Friday after Congress failed to reach a funding deal — and some lawmakers’ decision to attend an international gathering in Europe this weekend is drawing criticism from colleagues on both sides of the aisle. “It’s absurd, I hope the American people are paying attention,” Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., told Fox News Digital. The deadline to fund the Department of Homeland...

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The effort, which combines federal, state and local law enforcement, will expand to the Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth and San Antonio metro areas.

The law, which gives state law enforcement and judges a role in immigration enforcement, is set to go into effect in two …