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Lawyers Find the Parents of 61 More Separated Migrant Children
Lawyers tasked with reuniting migrant families separated during the Trump administration said in a federal court filing late Wednesday that they have recently contacted the parents of 61 more children, NBC News reports.
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Biden Admin Ditches Trump Plan to Limit Immigration for Those Dependent on Gov't
The Biden administration notified the Supreme Court on Tuesday that it will no longer defend a government policy seeking to impose new limits on the admission of immigrants considered likely to become overly dependent on government benefits. The Department of Homeland Security announced in 2019 that it would expand the definition of “public charge” to be applied to people who could be denied...
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Elaine Chao Used Role at DOT to Promote Family Interests, IG Report Says
A new report shows that the Transportation Department’s watchdog wanted Elaine Chao to be criminally investigated late last year when she was transportation secretary, but was rebuffed.
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Capitol Insurrection: Pentagon Delayed Deployment of National Guard
The commanding general of the D.C. National Guard says military leaders at the Pentagon delayed deployment of his Guardsmen for three hours as Capitol Police begged for help when Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol.
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Dem's Lawsuit Accuses Trump of Inciting Deadly Capitol Riot
The House Homeland Security chairman has sued Donald Trump, accusing him of inciting the deadly insurrection at the Capitol
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Georgia Election Officials Investigate Trump Call
Georgia’s secretary of state’s office has opened an investigation into a phone call between Donald Trump and the state’s top elections official.
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Judge Orders US Officials to Weigh Coal Mine's Climate Costs
A judge says U.S. officials downplayed climate change impacts and other environmental costs from the expansion of a massive coal mine near the Montana-Wyoming border, in a case that could test how far the Biden administration is willing to go to unwind its predecessors’ decisions.
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Trump Defense Takes Shape
The former president’s lawyers will argue his comments leading up to the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol are protected free speech and that the Senate has no jurisdiction to hold a trial now that he’s out of office.
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Trump Lawyers Exit After He Pushed Them to Cite Baseless Voter Fraud Claims
A team of attorneys has parted ways with Donald Trump after the former president asked them to focus on unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud as part of his defense strategy, two sources familiar with the matter told NBC News.
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Pence Plans to Form Fundraising Group as He Moves Beyond Trump, Capitol Riot
Former Vice President Mike Pence is beginning to build a political future without Donald Trump, including making plans to form a policy-focused fundraising committee that would help him maintain a relationship with donors, according to multiple sources familiar with his plans.
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Biden Faces Calls to Secure Release of US Man in Afghanistan
Relatives and supporters of an American contractor who was abducted a year ago in Afghanistan and is believed to be in the custody of a Taliban-linked militant group are pressing the new Biden administration to bring him home
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Trump Travel Ban Takes Effect Thursday
President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban, a tightening of already-tough visa rules affecting citizens and refugees from six Muslim-majority countries, will go into effect Thursday evening. The ACLU is criticizing the Trump administration for pushing on with the ban, citing the chaos that erupted in airports nationwide the first time the ban went into effect.
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Sarah Sanders, Ex-Trump Press Secretary, Running for Arkansas Governor
Sarah Sanders, Donald Trump’s former chief spokeswoman and one of his closest aides, announced Monday she’s running for Arkansas governor, vying for political office even as the former president’s legacy is clouded by an impeachment charge that he incited the deadly siege at the U.S. Capitol
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Political Upheaval Alters Strategies in US Abortion Debate
Anti-abortion leaders who were elated a year ago when Donald Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to appear in person at the annual March for Life are feeling less buoyant now.
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MyPillow Guy Among the Trump Acolytes Picking Up the Torch
Mike Lindell, the businessman better known to the world as the MyPillow Guy, is weighing a run for governor in Minnesota.
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Lawyers Want Giuliani Investigated, License Suspended
The complaint called for the committee to investigate Giuliani’s conduct, including his comments at a rally before rioters stormed into the U.S. Capitol, and to suspend his law license immediately while any investigation is being done.
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Fauci Calls Working for Biden Admin. a ‘Liberating Feeling'
Dr. Anthony Fauci was asked Thursday about his experience working in former President Donald Trump’s administration. “It was really something that you didn’t feel you could actually say something and there wouldn’t be any repercussions about it,” said Fauci. “The idea that you can get up here and talk about what you know, what the evidence, what the science is....
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China Hits Trump Officials With Sanctions on Their Way Out
China has imposed sanctions on nearly 30 former Trump administration officials as they made their way out the door
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Are Presidents Dumbing Down Their Speeches? Some More Than Others
Biden’s performance today was on par for Democrats