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Fox News
07-07-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Border czar Homan demands Democrats stop comparing ICE to 'Nazis' after officer shot by detention facility
Border czar Tom Homan demanded Democratic politicians tone down their rhetoric against immigration officials after a Texas police officer was shot outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center over the weekend. "The rhetoric against the men and women of ICE is skyrocketing, especially by members of Congress," Homan told "America's Newsroom" on Monday. "We have senators, we have congresspeople [who] compare ICE to the Nazis, compare ICE to racists, and it just continues. So the public thinks, well, if a member of Congress can attack ICE, why can't we?" The rhetoric "has to stop," he warned, "or it's a matter of time one of the ICE officers goes down or a criminal goes down. We've already seen an officer go down." The officer was shot Friday night near the Prairieland Detention Facility in Alvarado, Texas, authorities said. The Department of Homeland Security said that more than a dozen agitators slashed the tires of federal vehicles and damaged security cameras at the ICE facility. The attack follows ongoing protests outside a DHS detention facility in Portland amid backlash against President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement agency. Homan said that attacks against ICE officers and federal agents conducting immigration enforcement are up nearly 700% compared to the same time last year. Democratic Rep. Stephen Lynch of Massachusetts and Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz were criticized by conservatives in June after they compared federal immigration operations to "the Gestapo," a police force in Nazi Germany. Homan called on blue state politicians to be more responsible in their criticism of immigration officials, reminding them that these officers have families too. "We're talking about life and death here. These men and women of ICE, the men and women of border patrol, they're mothers and fathers too. They don't hang their heart on a hook when they go to work," he said. The Trump official also told protesters to "go protest Congress" if they don't like the country's immigration laws. The attack on law enforcement followed Trump signing his $3.3 trillion "big, beautiful bill" into law on Friday. The bill adds 10,000 ICE agents and directs $46.5 billion for border wall construction, $45 billion to expand immigration detention capacity, $30 billion for ICE hiring and training and $6 billion for border technology and surveillance. Homan said the additional funds will help immigration officials be more efficient in their operations and "make America safer." "We have less than 5,000 deportation officers at ICE. We have over 20 million illegal aliens in this country," he said of the challenge agents are dealing with.
E&E News
26-06-2025
- Politics
- E&E News
Robert Garcia elected to lead House Oversight Democrats
California Rep. Robert Garcia will be the next top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee after beating Massachusetts Rep. Stephen Lynch in a 150-63 caucus vote Tuesday. Garcia, 47, won a first-ballot majority after winning the backing of the caucus' powerful Steering and Policy Committee on Monday evening. Serving just his second term in Congress, Garcia has quickly risen through the ranks. He's currently a member of Democratic Caucus leadership and served as a co-chair of Kamala Harris' 2024 presidential campaign. Advertisement In a contest that had tested House Democrats' desire to set aside its penchant to reward seniority in favor of promoting younger voices, Garcia had pitched himself to his colleagues as a consensus candidate with managerial experience as a former mayor of Long Beach.
Washington Post
24-06-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
Rep. Robert Garcia elected top Democrat on Oversight panel, setting new path for party's opposition
WASHINGTON — Rep. Robert Garcia was elected the top Democrat on the powerful House Oversight Committee on Tuesday, charting a new direction for the party's opposition to congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump's administration. Garcia, of California, won the job overwhelmingly in a closed-door vote of the House Democratic caucus. He beat out Rep. Stephen Lynch of Massachusetts, 150-63.
Associated Press
24-06-2025
- Politics
- Associated Press
Rep. Robert Garcia elected top Democrat on Oversight panel, setting new path for party's opposition
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Robert Garcia was elected the top Democrat on the powerful House Oversight Committee on Tuesday, charting a new direction for the party's opposition to congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump's administration. Garcia, of California, won the job overwhelmingly in a closed-door vote of the House Democratic caucus. He beat out Rep. Stephen Lynch of Massachusetts, 150-63. Afterward, Garcia thanked colleagues who also sought the top job and promised the Democratic side of the committee would be focused on rooting out government corruption and increasing government efficiency. 'Efficiency is not DOGE,' Garcia said, referring to the Department of Government Efficiency. 'Efficiency is actually making government work better for our constituents across the country, and that's what we're going to focus on.' House Oversight is among the most prominent committees in Congress — and one of its most consistently partisan. As the top Democrat, Garcia will be thrust into the spotlight as Republicans conduct several high-profile investigations, including the unfolding inquiry into Democratic President Joe Biden's health in office. Garcia said the committee's Democratic staffers are 'ready for consistent leadership' and promised 'to get immediately to work.' The ranking Democrat spot opened up after Rep. Gerry Connelly of Virginia died in late May following treatment for esophageal cancer. Other Democrats who ran for the job included Lynch, Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas and Rep. Kweisi Mfume of Maryland. Crockett and Mfume dropped out of the race after Garcia on Monday won the support of the Democrats' steering committee, which sets party priorities. Garcia will be the first Latino and openly gay person to serve as the committee's ranking member. His election comes at a time of generational change for Democrats, with internal debates raging over how to fix what went wrong in the elections last year. Democrats made a different choice last December, when Connolly defeated Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, one of the party's progressive stars, for the Oversight ranking member job in a race that also featured heavy debates over generational change. This time around, many senior Democratic lawmakers expressed openness to reassessing seniority as the main consideration for top committee posts. Lynch has served on the Oversight panel for 14 years, while Garcia has served on it for two. 'I think what's important is that this party and us at this moment is looking at expanding the tent,' Garcia told reporters. 'And I think experience is incredibly important. I think I can bring that experience. I feel ready. But I also think it's an opportunity to bring in newer voices to the leadership and to this committee.' Garcia had pitched himself as a compromise candidate to colleagues. He emphasized his experience as mayor of Long Beach, California, as a reason that he would be skilled at steering the party's conversation on government reform and efficacy. And he stressed to lawmakers that combating potential government corruption in the Trump administration would be both good governance and a winning political message. Multiple Democratic members in competitive districts were persuaded by his pitch to not stake out positions that would hurt the party's broader brand and thus chances of winning back the majority.
Yahoo
24-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
AlphaSense Launches EU Data Residency Region to Help Ensure GDPR Compliance and Data Sovereignty for Enterprise Intelligence Customers
Investment underscores AlphaSense's commitment to EU data residency, privacy, and regulatory compliance NEW YORK, June 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- AlphaSense, the AI platform redefining market intelligence for the business and financial world, today announced the launch of a new data residency region based in the European Union. This strategic investment underscores AlphaSense's commitment to serving the complex needs of enterprise clients across Europe – especially those in Investment Banking, Hedge Funds, Asset Management, and Private Equity. The expansion directly responds to growing demand from financial institutions and corporations that require strict adherence to data privacy and security standards. With the new EU data region, AlphaSense enables customers to meet GDPR compliance and ensures sensitive, proprietary information remains securely within EU borders. This announcement comes amid record growth for AlphaSense's Enterprise Intelligence offering, which has more than doubled its customer base with rapid expansion across key verticals such as financial services, life sciences, industrials, and technology. As market volatility intensifies and decision cycles compress, the world's leading companies are turning to AlphaSense as their Enterprise Intelligence layer – unifying premium business and financial content and internal data to drive faster, more confident decisions. The AlphaSense Enterprise Intelligence platform enables organizations to centralize and act on mission-critical insights from both internal and external sources – transforming fragmented, siloed information into intelligence at scale. By unifying proprietary content with the world's largest premium content library of 500 million documents and powering it through purpose-built Generative AI, AlphaSense delivers unmatched precision and speed. "Launching our EU-based data residency is more than a technical milestone. It's a reflection of our deep, long-term commitment to privacy, compliance, and trust," said Stephen Lynch, EVP & GM of Enterprise Business at AlphaSense. "As the leading AI-native market intelligence platform trusted by the world's largest financial institutions and enterprises, safeguarding customers' proprietary insights is non-negotiable. This offering helps ensure that EU-based enterprises can fully harness AlphaSense's end-to-end intelligence platform – across premium market content and proprietary data – with the confidence that their information remains encrypted, isolated, and compliant with GDPR and local data residency requirements. This is another step forward in delivering secure, high-impact AI for business and financial decision-makers across the globe." With the launch of the new data residency region, AlphaSense is delivering its full suite of secure, AI workflows entirely within the European Union. All customer data remains fully contained in-region, ensuring end-to-end compliance with GDPR and the strictest local data sovereignty standards. Unlike generic AI tools, AlphaSense's AI is purpose-built for business and finance. The platform delivers unmatched accuracy, depth and relevance across high-stakes workflows like earnings analysis, competitive intelligence, corporate strategy, and investor relations. Beyond external content, AlphaSense integrates proprietary data to break down silos – giving companies a unified, secure view of institutional knowledge and market intelligence in one platform. "As European enterprises continue to embrace AI to power critical business decisions, AI platforms that remove friction by helping them also meet the highest standards of security, performance, and compliance are essential," said Lynch. "AlphaSense's AI is designed with these requirements in mind and now, it is delivered on infrastructure purpose-built for the region." About AlphaSenseAlphaSense is the AI platform redefining market intelligence and workflow orchestration, trusted by thousands of leading organizations to drive faster, more confident decisions in business and finance. The platform combines domain specific AI with a vast content universe of over 500 million premium business documents — including equity research, earnings calls, expert interviews, filings, news, and internal proprietary content. Purpose-built for speed, accuracy, and enterprise-grade security, AlphaSense helps teams extract critical insights, uncover market-moving trends, and automate complex workflows with high quality outputs. With AI solutions like Generative Search, Generative Grid, and Deep Research, AlphaSense delivers the clarity and depth professionals need to navigate complexity and obtain accurate, real-time information quickly. For more information, visit Media ContactRemi Duhé for AlphaSenseEmail: media@ View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE AlphaSense
