De La Cruz pushes for quicker approval of religious worker visas

via BorderReport — U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R-Texas, is asking the Department of Homeland Security to prioritize the processing of religious worker visa applications and renewals. The request, written in a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, comes after the recent arrests of two pastors and a Catholic nun by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the Rio Grande Valley.

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What to know as Senate panel sets vote to hold Fauci in contempt

via The Hill News — The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) is set to vote Thursday on a resolution to hold former top health official Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress, a week after he pleaded the Fifth Amendment in refusing to answer questions. The move raises questions about how broader GOP support and the legal risks Fauci may face should the Justice Department (DOJ)…

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Salvadoran man complained of access to medication before dying at ICE facility, family says

via BorderReport — Family members of a Salvadoran man who died at a New Jersey immigration jail are demanding an independent investigation into his death, alleging he was denied proper medical care inside a facility that has become a flashpoint for protests against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

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Trump team pushes to block court order giving BBC access to financial records

via US news | The Guardian — President has sued the broadcaster for $10bn, claiming a documentary on 2021 Capitol attack led to financial harm Donald Trump’s legal team is making an 11th-hour attempt to block a court order that would grant the BBC access to the president’s financial records, as part of his multibillion-dollar lawsuit against the British broadcaster. Trump claims that the BBC’s 2024 documentary on the January 6 attacks have damaged the president’s business interests. In July, a Miami-based judge ruled that t

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Trump revamps White House helipad, then tears it up

via The Hill News — Construction on a new helipad went through a restart as crews demolished a granite seal that would be the landing spot for Marine One, as work on new changes to the helipad requested by President Trump rolls along. Construction workers on Wednesday used jackhammers to remove the seal, The Associated Press reported. It is unclear why workers removed…

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UK’s new foreign minister ignores questions about calling Trump ‘racist’

via The Hill News — U.K. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband ignored questions from reporters about his past criticisms of President Trump ahead of a meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington. After Trump’s first election victory in 2016, Britain’s new top diplomat called him a “racist, misogynistic self-confessed groper” and later said Trump had “lowered the bar for…

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Judge rules New York can’t ban federal agents from wearing face coverings

via BorderReport — NEW YORK (AP) — New York can’t ban federal agents from wearing face coverings or require that they wear visible identification, a federal judge ruled Monday. The ruling comes after a federal judge earlier this year blocked a similar law in California that was enacted after the Trump administration aggressively worked to increase immigration arrests. For the Northern [...]

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Senate confirms Trump pick Erica Schwartz as new CDC director

via US news | The Guardian — Schwartz, president’s third pick to lead top US public health agency, confirmed in 51-44 Senate vote Dr Erica Schwartz was confirmed by the US Senate as director ‌of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a rare win for the Trump administration after a string of failed attempts to fill senior health posts. Schwartz was confirmed ⁠51-44 by senators. She is Donald Trump’s third pick to run ​the CDC. Continue reading...

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450K student loan borrowers eligible for debt relief after court ruling

via The Hill News — The Education Department will erase roughly $11 billion in federal student loan debt owed by more than 170,000 borrowers after a federal appeals court rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to delay relief for students who claimed they were defrauded by their schools. The July 17 ruling stems from a years-long class-action lawsuit over the federal…

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US to shut five consulates as critics fear China could fill diplomatic vacuum

via US news | The Guardian — State department informs Congress of planned closures in Canada, Grenada, Japan, Indonesia and Cameroon The US state department is to shut five foreign consulates and missions across Asia, Africa, North America and the Caribbean, drawing criticism that it is leaving a diplomatic vacuum at risk of being filled by China. The US Congress has been served notice of the impending closures, which are being justified on cost grounds and follow a reassessment of the US’s bilateral relationships with a ra

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New Mexico suing DOJ, Blanche for access to unredacted Epstein records in Zorro Ranch investigation

via The Hill News — New Mexico is suing the Department of Justice (DOJ) for access to a set of unredacted Jeffrey Epstein records, alleging the agency is withholding documents that could aid the state’s investigation into the convicted sex offender’s alleged crimes at a remote ranch outside Santa Fe. The 40-page complaint, which also names acting Attorney General Todd…

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Top Democrats set aside qualms and embrace progressive Abdul El-Sayed

via US news | The Guardian — Democrats ‘united by a common purpose: putting a check on Trump’, Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand say Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate primary What we learned from midterm primary elections Leading Democrats quickly papered over whatever qualms they had about progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed after his win in the Michigan Senate primary was confirmed on Wednesday, instead welcoming the former public health official as their champion against the Republican nominee, Mike Rogers. The sta

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WATCH LIVE: Trump talks about the economy in Las Vegas

via PBS News Hour - The Latest — The Republican president has struggled to connect with voters on the economy as elevated inflation and Americans' feelings of uncertainty have overshadowed the stock market gains he often cites along with a low national unemployment rate.

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When a President Promises a Massacre

via The Intercept — Harkening back to colonial massacres, Trump abandons the premise of proportionality for butchery in Iran and beyond. The post When a President Promises a Massacre appeared first on The Intercept .

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Trump is pioneering the role of commentator-in-chief when issues grow thorny

via US news | The Guardian — The president is constantly assigning motives, identifying heroes and villains, and telling his audience what to think This was originally published in This Week in Trumpland. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Wednesday From Charles Barkley to Thierry Henry to John McEnroe, the path from the arena to the commentary box is well trodden , and plenty of politicians have made the transition from elected office to the TV studio. One man, however, insists on doing both at the same time. Donald

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‘I’m not done!’ Jake Tapper presses Max Miller over abuse claims

via The Hill News — In an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper, Miller rejected calls to resign and compared his political future to that of President Trump. That comparison says as much about today's Republican Party as it does about Miller himself.

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Abdul El-Sayed offers a template for Democrats to defeat Trumpism | Peter Beinart

via US news | The Guardian — The candidate has crafted a progressive nationalism and shown his party how to turn Republicans’ financial advantage against them Every now and then, a Senate race sets the direction for an entire party. In 1991, a state official named Harris Wofford – advised by a foul-mouthed Cajun named James Carville – upset his far better-known Republican opponent to win a special election in Pennsylvania. He did it by promising to expand access to healthcare – and thus created a template for Bill Clinton’s

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Abdul El-Sayed’s win proves change is possible for Democrats. His next fight may determine their future

via US news | The Guardian — If the progressive wins Michigan’s general election, it could redefine the 2028 presidential contest. If he fails, the establishment will call him a cautionary tale US politics live – latest updates In the final stretch of the state’s Democratic primary for US Senate, Abdul El-Sayed challenged voters at a small event in rural Michigan to think about the message they could send the rest of the country when they cast their ballots. “Who are we? Who do we want to be?” El-Sayed said. “Do we want a s

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Patel, Blanche announce new action against Mexican cartel

via BorderReport — President Trump designated the JNGC a foreign terrorist organization last year.

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Trump-backed candidate in battleground Michigan district loses to opponent who dropped out

via Politics — Amir Hassan lost to Tom Smith, who had suspended his campaign but is now jumping back into the race for the purple 8th District.

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China targets US firms, drone exports ahead of Xi visit

via The Hill News — China’s Commerce Ministry announced a new slate of sanctions against the United States and some of its firms on Wednesday in response to a recent moves by two U.S. agencies that targeted China, over a month before Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to visit President Trump. In the latest move by China, it would…

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We’ve Filed More Than 50 Legal Claims Over Abuse by Federal Immigration Agents. Here's Why.

via American Civil Liberties Union — The claimants detail being unlawfully detained, denied medical care, or targeted simply for speaking out or recording what they saw. Their experiences reveal a dangerous pattern of abuse that threatens the rights and safety of us all.

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Fauci had every right to take the Fifth

via The Hill News — Public criticism of Fauci's decision to invoke the Fifth Amendment has been conspicuously silent on whether he reasonably believed that he would otherwise be vulnerable to a vindictive prosecution by Trump's Department of Justice.

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Trump is failing the vibe-check for voters

via The Hill News — Republicans aren’t just fighting stubborn inflation and a slowing economy, they are contending with voters who feel worse about their lives across almost every category pollsters can measure.

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FAA investigates air ‘safety incident’ involving Trump’s Marine One

via US news | The Guardian — Controllers allegedly failed to halt flights, leading to a ‘loss of separation’ with a departing passenger jet An air “safety incident” in which Donald Trump ’s Marine One helicopter came closer than permitted to another aircraft over Washington DC is under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Air traffic controllers are believed to have mistakenly failed to halt commercial flights at Ronald Reagan national airport in northern Virginia on Tuesday afternoon when the militar

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Venezuela is still wearing the face of an old dictatorship

via The Hill News — The Trump administration succeeded in capturing and extraditing one of Latin America’s most brutal dictators; now, it is time to finish the job.

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Trump’s university ‘compact’ is gone. That doesn’t mean the assault on education is over | Kenneth Roth

via US news | The Guardian — The administration’s proposed agreement met a scathing response. But universities must remain vigilant The Trump administration has quietly abandoned the poisonous deal it tried to foist on American universities. Under its so-called Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education, the administration offered select universities privileged access to federal grants if they agreed to conform with Donald Trump’s ideology on how they should be run. Universities widely pilloried the proposal, demon

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White House declassifies info on secret FBI probe into Trump's firing of Comey

via Home - CBSNews.com — The White House has declassified information claiming the FBI probed whether President Trump acted as a Russian asset when he fired James Comey, a theory an administration official said wasn't backed up by evidence.

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RFK Jr has a new cooking show. Are any Trump officials doing their actual jobs? | Arwa Mahdawi

via US news | The Guardian — Shouldn’t the health secretary have his hands full with the cyclosporiasis outbreak, measles or rabbit fever? Not when there are crispy salmon cakes to prepare … The US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has got his work cut out for him. A cyclosporiasis outbreak linked to iceberg lettuce has the entire country playing salad roulette: one bad leaf and you could become very unwell. The condition isn’t normally deadly, but, on Monday, officials in Michigan confirmed the first two fatalities. Mea

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‘They’re selling the safety of the traveling public’: TSA workers decry Trump privatization push

via US news | The Guardian — Union exploring options to oppose program that would put US airport screening into hands of private contractors The labor union representing workers at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is raising alarms over a new program that will expand privatizing security checkpoints at three airports. The agency informed the union last month of plans to enact the TSA Gold+ program, which would shift security and control of the screening technology into the hands of private contractors at air

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