Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) failed to adequately document the medical necessity of a number of major medical procedures — including at least two hysterectomies — a government watchdog found. The Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General (OIG) launched the investigation after lawmakers raised concerns about whistleblower allegations of “mass hysterectomies” performed on detainees without consent. That whistleblower’s claims, which sparked widespread outrage in 2020 when...

Republican South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace’s former chief of staff has launched a primary challenge against the lawmaker following his departure from her office last month. In a bid to replace Mace as the representative for the Palmetto State’s First Congressional District, Dan Hanlon filed his statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission on Friday. Hanlon joined Mace’s office in 2021 after serving in the Trump administration’s...

Individuals working closely alongside former President Donald Trump reportedly made attempts to recruit a former Democratic presidential candidate to serve as his running mate. Citing a source in Trump’s orbit who is familiar with the matter, the New York Post reported that people close to the former president made “preliminary overtures” to independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy about the possibility of him serving as Trump’s running mate...