Jayapal says Democratic budget package includes amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants
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Jayapal says Democratic budget package includes amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., said on Wednesday that the $3.5 trillion budget proposal by Democrats in Congress will include a number of top liberal priorities – including pathways to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants. Jayapal said during a press call that the resolution will include a pathway to citizenship for “Dreamers, TPS, essential workers,…

AP FACT CHECK: Trump stokes Jan. 6 conspiracy theories

AP FACT CHECK: Trump stokes Jan. 6 conspiracy theories

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is falsely describing the circumstances of Ashli Babbitt’s death as he foments conspiracy theories about the siege of the Capitol on Jan. 6 and all the “love in the air” that day. In comments over the past week, Trump insinuated that a Democratic partisan shot Babbitt — it…

17 GOP-led states defend ban on ‘experimental’ transgender treatments for children
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17 GOP-led states defend ban on ‘experimental’ transgender treatments for children

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall issued an amicus brief Wednesday with 16 other GOP-led states in support of the recent Arkansas ban on ‘experimental’ transition-related care for transgender minors. The brief outlined why top legal officials in 17 states supported the controversial ban implemented in April. “We are filing this brief because, like Arkansas, we…

FBI Used at Least a Dozen Informants in Michigan Kidnapping Case: Filing
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FBI Used at Least a Dozen Informants in Michigan Kidnapping Case: Filing

At least 12 confidential informants helped the FBI build a case against men accused of planning to kidnap Michigan’s governor, according to a new court filing. In the ongoing federal case against five defendants, the government has identified at least a dozen such sources by number, a lawyer for one of the defendants wrote in…

Catherine Lhamon Returns to Form

Catherine Lhamon Returns to Form

Discussing the independent counsel’s office in Morrison v. Olson, perhaps his most famous dissent, Justice Antonin Scalia cautioned that “this wolf comes as a wolf.” On Tuesday, Catherine Lhamon’s confirmation hearing to return as head of the Office for Civil Rights brought Scalia’s memorable line to mind. During Lhamon’s first stint running OCR from 2013…

‘Inconvenient Minority’ author: How are Asian Americans succeeding if US is systemically racist?
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‘Inconvenient Minority’ author: How are Asian Americans succeeding if US is systemically racist?

Asian Americans are an “inconvenient minority” to the critical race theory narrative because their community succeeds based on merit alone, the author of a new book argued Wednesday on Fox News. “Critical race theory asserts that the world and America are divided into a racial caste system, Whites on the top, Blacks on the bottom,”…

Pennsylvania Sen. Mastriano Invited Biden to Meet, Discuss Election Audit
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Pennsylvania Sen. Mastriano Invited Biden to Meet, Discuss Election Audit

In anticipation of President Joe Biden’s Tuesday visit to Philadelphia to discuss voter rights, Pennsylvania state Senator Doug Mastriano, a Republican, sent a letter requesting a meeting with Biden to discuss a full audit of Pennsylvania’s 2020 election. “Millions of Pennsylvanians have serious doubts about the accuracy of the 2020 general election,” Mastriano said in…

Fmr top US general in Afghanistan gets ‘well done’ upon return, as Taliban take key border post with Pakistan
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Fmr top US general in Afghanistan gets ‘well done’ upon return, as Taliban take key border post with Pakistan

Gen. Austin Scott Miller, commander of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan, arrived home in the U.S. on Wednesday to a congratulatory reception, as the Taliban’s momentum grows in the wake of the American withdrawal from the country. Miller, who stepped down from his post on Monday in Kabul, was received by Secretary of Defense…