By Caden Pearson A Texas federal judge on Thursday struck down a Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) rule that allows illegal immigrant spouses of U.S. citizens to apply for residency. The ruling sets aside a “parole in place” process announced in August that would have meant the illegal immigrant spouses of U.S. citizens could apply […]
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Republicans Win Control of the Senate
By Arjun Singh WASHINGTON—The Republican Party gained control of the United States Senate in the 119th Congress by winning key battleground races in the 2024 election, an outcome that will substantially influence U.S. politics over the next two years, regardless of who wins the presidential election. The Associated Press has projected that GOP winning 51 […]
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RFK Jr. Says Trump Would Push to End Adding Fluoride to Drinking Water
By Jack Phillips Former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that former President Donald Trump will seek to end public water fluoridation if he’s elected president. “On January 20, the Trump White House will advise all U.S. water systems to remove fluoride from public water,” Kennedy, who Trump said will be part of […]
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JP Morgan Chase Sues 4 Customers Over Alleged Fake Check Fraud Scheme
By Chase Smith JP Morgan Chase has filed lawsuits against four customers, accusing them of bank fraud linked to large, unauthorized withdrawals. The so-called “infinite money glitch,” as it became known on the social media platform TikTok, instructed users to write large checks to themselves and attempt to immediately withdraw all or part of the […]
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US Issues Multi-State Health Alert Over Illegally Imported Meat
By Naveen Athrappully The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a public health warning for meat products imported from Burma (also known as Myanmar). The alert applies to various meat and poultry products that were illegally imported from the Southeast Asian nation. “FSIS is continuing to investigate how these products […]
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Republicans Gain Early-Vote Leads in at Least 4 Battleground States: Election Lab
By John Haughey Republican voters appear to be running up big leads during the opening stages of early voting in at least four of seven battleground states, in some cases not only chipping into mail-in ballot advantages that Democrats have built over the past few election cycles but surpassing them. Overall, nearly 33 million Americans […]
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Key Moments From Trump’s Candid Conversation With Joe Rogan
By Caden Pearson and Jacob Burg Former President Donald Trump sat down with podcast host Joe Rogan on Friday for a nearly three-hour interview. Trump candidly spoke on a wide array of topics. The episode, recorded in Austin, Texas, and published Friday night, had already been viewed more than 10 million times within the first […]
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American Airlines Fined $50 Million Over Treatment of Passengers With Disabilities
By Matt McGregor The U.S. Department of Transportation has levied a $50 million fine against American Airlines in a settlement over the Texas-based company’s alleged violations of disability laws that took place between 2019 and 2023. The department said the landmark penalty sets a precedent being “25 times larger” than its former record settlement. “The […]
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Nantucket Residents Rattled by Arrest of 5 Illegal Immigrants for Violent Sex Crimes
By Allan Stein NANTUCKET ISLAND—The 30-mile journey by high-speed ferry from Hynannis to Nantucket Island takes about an hour over idyllic waters off the geographic elbow of Cape Cod in Massachusetts. Nantucket Harbor in early October is as pretty as an autumn postcard as the boat pulls into the slip. A line of passengers disembarks, […]
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Three States Renew Lawsuit Against FDA Over Abortion Pill Regulations
By Matthew Vadum Missouri, Idaho, and Kansas renewed their lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over the abortion pill mifepristone months after the Supreme Court refused to invalidate approval of the pill. Access to abortion is a political issue in the current election cycle. Abortion-related initiatives are on the ballot next month […]
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A Look at the Legal Issues Surrounding the 2024 Election
By Sam Dorman The run-up to the 2024 election has seen a number of consequential court cases and rulings related to how voters cast their ballots and how governments process the election results. Some of the cases remain ongoing, and if 2024 is anything like 2020, the nation could see a flurry of lawsuits after […]
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Unprecedented Surge in Chinese Illegal Immigration Raises Security Concerns
By Simon Hankinson This is a lightly edited excerpt from Simon Hankinson’s testimony before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability at a hearing on “Security Risk: The Unprecedented Surge in Chinese Illegal Immigration” on May 16. I served as a foreign service officer in seven countries. I have adjudicated thousands of visa […]
