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Today's Top Political and Coronavirus News Compilation - Saturday, September 25, 2021

Sep 25

Below are some of the top political news stories of the day:

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Haitian migrants cleared from camp at Texas border but controversy continues
After more than a week of growing controversy, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas confirmed Friday that the migrant camp formed in Del Rio, Texas, has been cleared out -- but he said that more than 17,400 migrants -- mostly Haitians -- remain in the United States.

Biden decides it would be inappropriate to assert executive privilege in January 6 investigation

President Joe Biden generally does not expect to assert executive privilege to shield Trump-era records from being seen by a congressional committee investigating the January 6 insurrection attempt, the White House said on Friday.

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Oregon school board ban on anti-racist, LGBT signs draws ire

NEWBERG, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon school board has banned educators from displaying Black Lives Matter and gay pride symbols, prompting a torrent of recriminations and threats to boycott the town and its businesses.

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Five takeaways from Arizona's audit results

The Arizona Senate on Friday heard testimony from the firm it hired to conduct a so-called audit of more than 2 million votes cast in Maricopa County during the 2020 elections, the latest in a cavalcade of election disinformation spread at th

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‘The No. 1 issue’: Trump whips up election falsehoods after flawed Arizona report

The Arizona election review took months and millions of dollars, but it's just the beginning of growing GOP efforts to revisit 2020.

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AP FACT CHECK: Pro-Trump auditors spin election falsehoods

A group hired by Trump-friendly Republicans to examine the results of the 2020 election in Arizona’s largest county spun falsehoods about deleted data, double voting and other malfeasance in a report that ignored basic facts about how elections are run.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene's Chief Of Staff Announces His Resignation

The Republican congresswoman's top aide, Patrick Parsons, says it's "time to move on."

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Arizona Senate refers Maricopa election audit to state attorney general for further investigation

The GOP-led Arizona Senate referred the findings of its 2020 election audit in Maricopa County to the state's attorney general.

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10 years after ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell,’ cadets see progress

NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — Kelli Normoyle was nervous as she arrived at the Coast Guard Academy campus in Connecticut in 2008. She had come out as a lesbian to a few friends near the end of high school, but she faced a military environment where “don’t ask, don’t tell” was still the policy...

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Biden likely won't shield Trump records from Jan. 6 investigators, White House says

Biden "concluded that it would not be appropriate to assert executive privilege" on Trump's behalf, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said.

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Neo-Nazis are still on Facebook. And they’re making money

Dozens of far-right extremists use Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter to promote their brands, new research shows

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China releases Canadians it accused of spying after U.S. agrees to drop charges against top Huawei executive

Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were released from prison and flown out of China, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.

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Even Biden caught off guard by his administration's foreign policy crises

When French officials erupted in anger last week after being left out of a US-led security pact with Australia and the UK, much of Washington was caught off guard -- including President Joe Biden, according to people familiar with his reaction.

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Numbers game: 10,000 Del Rio migrants processed — leaked figures show how many were released

DEL RIO, Texas — More than 10,000 migrants who were camped under a bridge have been processed by Border Patrol agents since last Saturday as the Biden administration moves to clear out the site, the Washington Examiner has learned.

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The GOP’s election review in Arizona is over. Its influence is just beginning, experts say.

As similar efforts spread around the country, they "give oxygen to things that are untrue,” and erode trust in the U.S. election process, observers say.

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House lawmakers ask Cyber Ninjas CEO to testify on Arizona audit

Key House Democrats are asking Cyber Ninjas CEO Doug Logan to testify on the company’s role in the Arizona election audit.

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Jan. 6 committee seeks testimony from riot defendants who pleaded guilty

About 60 of the 600-plus rioters charged with storming the Capitol have pleaded guilty to participating in the riot.

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Beto O'Rourke rips Biden response to Haitian migrant crisis in scathing op-ed

Democratic former Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke ripped the Biden administration’s decision to expel thousands of Haitian refugees in a scathing op-ed on Friday, accusing the president and his advisors of failing to anticipate a crisis that was “years in the making."

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First Afghan refugees have arrived in Oklahoma, Catholic Charities of OKC says

The first Afghan family was met at Will Rogers World Airport by staff members from Catholic Charities and CAIR-OK.

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County officials in Texas say they are in the dark following 'audit' announcement

A day after a press release obliquely announced that a "full forensic audit" was already underway in a handful of Texas counties, officials in many of those counties told CNN they're still in the dark about the audit plans.

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Liz Cheney discusses her re-election prospects on 60 Minutes

The embattled Wyoming Republican speaks with Lesley Stahl, Sunday.

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Fighter jet escorts aircraft that entered restricted airspace during UN gathering

A fighter jet escorted an aircraft that entered restricted airspace during this week’s gathering of the United Nations General Assembly, according to multiple reports.

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Back in Haiti, expelled migrant family plans to flee again

The U.S. has expelled some 2,000 migrants to Haiti this week via more than 17 flights, with several more scheduled in upcoming days

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Julian Castro knocks Biden administration over refugee policy

Former Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro on Friday knocked the Biden administration over its refugee policy.

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Canadian PM Trudeau says Kovrig, Spavor have left China

Kovrig and Spavor were picked up in December 2018 for alleged spying but critics call it ‘hostage diplomacy’.

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'Truth is truth': Trump dealt blow as Republican-led Arizona audit reaffirms Biden win

Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden in Arizona's most populous county, a review of results by his allies in the Republican Party has reaffirmed, capping a widely panned effort spurred by Trump's false claims of voter fraud.

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Whose debt is it anyway? Partisan claims fly as lawmakers face off over the debt ceiling

Legislation that determines spending and revenue has already been approved, while raising the debt ceiling is about paying those bills.

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Fact-checking partisan claims on government spending under Trump

Once again, lawmakers are in a fight over the debt limit. Democratic leaders have called for suspending the debt ceiling through 2022 in order to keep the government open but Republicans staunchly oppose the legislation.

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Congress, court pressure New York City to fix jails crisis

New York City faced mounting pressure Friday to solve its spiraling jail crisis, with members of Congress calling for a federal civil rights investigation and a court-appointed monitor blasting the city for a failure of leadership amid staggering violence, self-harm and the deaths this year of...

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Iran remains ready to return to nuclear talks 'very soon,' says new Iranian foreign minister

In an extended version of an interview that ran on NBC Nightly News and Andrea Mitchell Reports, Iranian foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian talks about the possibility of a prisoner swap, the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and how sanctions on Tehran are a “negative sign.”

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US police departments clamoring for de-escalation training

SACO, Maine (AP) — Angry over being fired, a former employee slashed the tires of his boss’ vehicle and still held the knife when police officers arrived. Three officers positioned themselves at a safe distance as the man yelled and ranted.

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La Niña is about to take the Southwest drought from bad to worse

Though summer rainfall brought some relief to the Southwest, the unrelenting drought there is about to get worse with La Niña on the horizon.

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Appeals court declines to take up Dylann Roof's death sentence challenge

A federal appeals court has declined to take up Dylann Roof’s challenge to a three-judge panel’s decision to uphold his conviction and death sentence in the 2015 killings of nine

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PG&E Is Charged With Manslaughter In A California Wildfire That Killed 4

If the utility were convicted of manslaughter, it would be fined for each person killed in the Zogg Fire last year near the city of Redding. The fire also destroyed destroyed hundreds of homes.

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EXPLAINER: Medication abortion becomes latest GOP target

Medication abortion accounts for about 40% of all abortions in the U.S. The increasingly common method relies on pills rather than surgery, opening the possibility for abortions to be done in a woman’s home rather than a clinic

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GOP senators demand ex-Border Patrol chief Rodney Scott testify before Congress

Five Republican senators demanded Friday that former U.S. Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott be allowed to testify before Congress regarding a letter he wrote blistering the Biden administration for the border crisis.

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Analysis: Senate Republicans just got some great 2022 news

Before most of you were up on Friday morning, Senate Republicans got a very good piece of news: Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley announced he was running for an eighth term.

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Oklahoma man took beer during Capitol riot, pleads guilty

An Oklahoma man who took part in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection and took a beer from a refrigerator in the building has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor

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Today's Top Political and Coronavirus News Compilation - Friday, September 24, 2021

Sep 24

Below are some of the top political news stories of the day:

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Draft election audit report: Joe Biden won in Maricopa County by more votes than originally tallied
PHOENIX - A draft report of the election review in Arizona’s largest county by supporters of former President Donald Trump found that President Joe Biden did indeed win the 2020 presidential contest there, an embarrassing end to a bizarre quest to find evidence supporting Trump’s false claim that he lost because of fraud.

House passes bill preserving the right to abortion

The House on Friday passed the Women's Health Protection Act, a bill aimed at preserving access to an abortion nationwide, as abortion rights are being threatened across the country by Republican-led state legislatures.

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Biden: Budget talks hit 'stalemate,' $3.5T may take a while

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Friday that talks over his $3.5 trillion rebuilding plan have hit a “stalemate" in Congress as he made the case for his expansive effort to recast the nation's tax and spending programs and make what he sees as sweeping, overdue investments.

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Trump blames media after Arizona audit finds Biden won

Former President Trump on Friday laid into the news media after a draft report of the 2020 election audit in Arizona reaffirmed

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Pressure rising for Democrats in Virginia governor's race

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Richard Stuart, a longtime Republican state senator in Virginia, got three days' notice this summer to help pull together a weekday campaign event for Glenn Youngkin, the GOP candidate for governor.

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Biden: 'People will pay' for horseback charge on migrants at border

Images of US border agents charging at migrants have sparked outrage among many US lawmakers.

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Harris 'View' interview delayed, hosts positive for COVID-19

NEW YORK (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris' live interview on “The View” was abruptly delayed Friday after two hosts of the talk show learned they had tested positive for COVID-19 moments before Harris was to join them on the set.

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Mystery solved: Biden gets proof of family ties to India

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mystery solved. President Joe Biden sat down with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday for important talks about the Indo-Pacific region. But first, the leaders caught up on the president's own family ties to the subcontinent.

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Pelosi aims to pass infrastructure and safety net bills next week. Democrats are skeptical.

"It would take an awful lot of work," said Rep. Stephanie Murphy, a Democrat who is a leader of the centrist Blue Dog Coalition.

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Judge orders Trump Org. to address subpoenas by New York attorney general for company records

A New York judge has ordered the Trump Organization to submit a report next week to the New York Attorney General in an effort to resolve a long-running dispute over subpoenas for records, according to an unsealed order.

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Greene heckles Democrats and they fire back on Capitol steps

Conservative Rep.

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House votes to protect abortion rights amid state challenges

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed legislation Friday that would guarantee a woman’s right to an abortion, an effort by Democrats to circumvent a new Texas law that has placed that access under threat.

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‘You’ve disgraced this country’: Judge rips Capitol riot defendant

“I find it outrageous that American citizens would do what you did,” George W. Bush appointee Reggie Walton said following a Florida man’s guilty plea.

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Fox News bans Rudy Giuliani from appearing: report

Fox News has banned Rudy Giuliani and his son from appearing on its network, Politico Playbook reported on

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Great Wall of Lights: China’s sea power on Darwin’s doorstep

ABOARD THE OCEAN WARRIOR in the eastern Pacific Ocean (AP) — It’s 3 a.m., and after five days plying through the high seas, the Ocean Warrior is surrounded by an atoll of blazing lights that overtakes the nighttime sky.

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Reps. Greene, Dingell get into shouting match on Capitol steps over abortion bill

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was involved in a shouting match with Democratic Rep. Debbie Dingell on the steps of the Capitol Building over the subject of abortion.

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'Truth is truth': Trump dealt blow as Republican-led Arizona audit reaffirms Biden win

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Texas launches review of 2020 election, hours after Trump call

Since his loss last November, Trump and his allies have been fixated on false claims of widespread electoral fraud.

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As Arizona Senate Republicans prepare to release 2020 ballot review, other states are just beginning

Wisconsin and Pennsylvania Republicans, too, are undertaking reexaminations of the presidential election, though both states certified Biden as the winner.

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More rental aid is reaching tenants to stave off eviction

Almost a month after a federal eviction moratorium ended , the Treasury Department said Friday that states and cities distributed money for nearly 1.4 million payments in August and the pace picked up from the month before.

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DeSantis pulls ahead of 2024 GOP pack as Florida’s Covid cases fall

The Florida governor's fortunes have ebbed and flowed with the pandemic.

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Jitender Maan Gogi: India gangster shot dead in Delhi court

Two men dressed as lawyers opened fire in court on a man police detained on charges of murder and extortion.

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Del Rio camp cleared as last remaining migrants depart

After several days of living in squalid conditions under the Del Rio International Bridge, the last remaining migrants departed a makeshift camp there just before noon local time on Friday.

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Biden hosts Indo-Pacific leaders as China concerns grow

WASHINGTON (AP) — Meeting with the leaders of India, Australia and Japan, President Joe Biden declared Friday that the U.S. and other member of the Indo-Pacific alliance known as “the Quad," are showing they “know how to get things done" in an increasingly complicated corner of the globe.

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Biden urges passage of two key bills amid legislative "stalemate"

The president acknowledged deeply divided congressional Democrats are "getting down to the hard spot" in negotiations over passage of his massive social spending plan.

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Cruz, GOP senators press Biden on Afghan 'child brides' among refugees

Cruz, alongside fellow Republican senators Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Kevin Cramer of North Dakota, demanded answers from the president on the reports that “child brides” had evacuated from Afghanistan to the US.

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Draft of Arizona GOP's vote review finds wider Biden win

PHOENIX (AP) — A draft report of the election review in Arizona's largest county by supporters of former President Donald Trump found that President Joe Biden did indeed win the 2020 presidential contest there, an embarrassing end to a bizarre quest to find evidence supporting Trump's false...

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29 members of Congress caught violating a federal law on their stock trades in 2021

Insider has identified numerous members of Congress who've broken the transparency provision of a federal law that requires timely reporting of their stock trades.

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Most rental aid went unspent in August, sparking Treasury warning

About 2.6 million tenants are at risk of imminent eviction without aid, according to the Urban Institute.

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Gunman in deadly mass shooting at Kroger in Collierville, Tennessee, identified as 29-year-old store vendor

One person was killed and 14 others were wounded after a gunman opened fire at a supermarket.

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Biden admin sends "negative sign" with sanctions, Iran's foreign minister says

Iran’s foreign minister says his government will return to nuclear talks “very soon” after it finishes a review of previous negotiations.

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FBI agents question Afghan rescue groups

“Any time you get visited by the FBI or contacted by an entity like that, it's concerning,” one of the members said.

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GOP-backed Arizona election review confirms Biden 2020 win

A late draft of an election audit that will be presented Friday to the Arizona state Senate will confirm that President Biden carried Maricopa County during the 2020 election, and by a wider margin than the final certified results showe

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Trump claims preliminary Maricopa County audit report 'far different' than final report

Former President Donald Trump on Friday reiterated allegations of widespread fraud in the Arizona general election last November, saying news outlets are "lying" about preliminary reports suggesting the long-anticipated Maricopa County audit will confirm President Joe Biden's victory in the county…

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Biden and Harris harshly condemn horseback wrangling depicted in images from US-Mexico border

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday harshly condemned the actions depicted in images showing Border Patrol agents on horseback rounding up Haitian migrant families in Texas after they crossed over from Mexico.

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Kristi Noem's decision to reject girls' sports bill faces new scrutiny amid questions of lobbyist's influence

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is encountering heightened scrutiny over decision to reject women's sports legislation, with many questioning the influence of a longtime advisor – Matt McCaulley – who also has ties to the state's top employer.

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Former Minneapolis officer in George Floyd case to appeal murder conviction

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has filed notice that he will appeal his conviction and sentence for the murder of George Floyd, arguing that the judge in his case abused his discretion and made multiple errors during the trial.

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Mayorkas doubles down on Border Patrol criticism, even as 'whip' narrative crumbles

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas doubled down on his criticism of Border Patrol horse patrol agents who had blocked Haitian migrants from entering the U.S., claiming the images "conjured up" America's history of "systemic racism" – even as the narrative promoted by the White House...

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Groundbreaking for Obama presidential center set for Tuesday

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Barack Obama's presidential center will move another step closer to its brick-and-mortar future next week when ground is broken after years of reviews, other delays and continued local opposition.

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U.S. House passes abortion rights bill, outlook poor in Senate

The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Friday to protect abortion services against growing Republican-backed state restrictions, including a Texas law that imposes a near-total ban on abortion, but the bill is unlikely to pass the Senate.

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Executive privilege fight poses hurdles for Trump

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Former President TrumpDonald TrumpJulian Castro knocks Biden administration over refugee policy Overnight Energy & Environment — League of Conservation Voters — Climate summit chief says US needs to 'show progress' on environment Five takeaways from Arizona's audit results MORE faces significant hurdles in his effort to use executive privilege to block the Jan. 6 committee's subpoenas for executive branch documents and testimony from his former aides.

After the panel issued a new round of subpoenas Thursday night seeking testimony from his former...

House panel advances $3.5T spending bill

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The House Budget Committee has advanced the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion social spending plan as party leaders set their sights on teeing up the package for a vote in the lower chamber this coming week.

The Democratic-led committee passed the package in a 20-17 vote on Saturday afternoon, piecing together the chunks of legislation approved by 13 House committees earlier this month that make up the spending plan, an essential cornerstone of President BidenJoe BidenFighter jet escorts aircraft that entered restricted airspace during UN gathering Julian...

The Border Is Reopening At Del Rio After The U.S. Clears Migrant Camp

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U.S. officials are reopening an international border crossing in southern Texas that had been closed for more than a week. The port of entry at Del Rio was closed after thousands of migrants set up camp below the international bridge crossing.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a statement outlining plans to allow passenger traffic to resume at 4 p.m. Saturday. Officials say they expect to open the crossing for all cargo traffic on Monday at 8 a.m.

The crossing at Del Rio had been closed since Sept. 17 as thousands of migrants, mostly...

Black Lives Matter leader calls Bill de Blasio's vaccine mandate 'modern day freedom papers'

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A leader within the Greater New York chapter of the Black Lives Matter movement is chastising New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio over a COVID-19 vaccine mandate and vaccine passport process for residents, equating it to "modern day freedom papers."

Chivona Newsome, a co-founder of Black Lives Matter Greater NY who also ran as a candidate for New York’s 15th Congressional District in 2020, spoke out against the "racist" mandate in a statement to Fox News.

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Bonus checks bounce for 50 Florida teachers due to error

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Officials say a banking error caused dozens of state-issued checks to bounce.

Italians come out to demand support for Afghan women

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Thousands of people demonstrated in cities across Italy to support Afghan women.

Hosea Knox, Chicago tombstone maker 'Elmo,' dies at 82

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A well-known Chicago tombstone maker from the city's South Side has died.

Acting CBP chief 'shocked' by images of Border Patrol on horses, as administration doubles down

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FIRST ON FOX: The acting Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) told staff in an email Friday that he is "shocked" by images that show Border Patrol agents on horseback blocked Haitian migrants in Del Rio – just hours after President Biden repeated a false claim that the images show migrants being "whipped" and promised to make them "pay."

"Along with many of you, I was shocked by the images from Del Rio of Horse Patrol Units that have dominated the media in recent days," acting Commissioner Troy Miller said in the email. "What those...

Biden administration has removed just 2K of 30,000 migrants who surged border in Del Rio

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The Biden administration has removed just 2,000 of the more than 30,000 migrants who surged to the border in Del Rio in September, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced on Friday.

Scenes of approximately 15,000 migrants camped under the Del Rio bridge drew national and international headlines, as well as outrage from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. The administration surged resources and Border Patrol to the area, although it subsequently ended horse patrol within days amid debunked allegations that Haitian migrants were...

Six-year-old not strapped into ride before death at amusement park: report

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A 6-year-old girl who fell to her death at an amusement park in Colorado was not buckled into the ride, according to a report from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.

Wongel Estifanos died on Sept. 5 on the Haunted Mine Drop ride at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park after she fell 100 feet.

The report concluded that the employees did not properly check if she was buckled in and did not understand the operations of the ride.

After each ride, all buckles are supposed to be undone, and workers are supposed to ensure that all lap belts...

Govt offices in Kosovo targeted as tensions soar with Serbia

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Kosovo says a public building was set on fire and another was hit by grenades.

Kim's sister: NKorea willing to talk if Seoul shows respect

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Kim Jong Un's sister says her country will try to repair ties with South Korea.

Global Citizen Live: Billie Eilish and Ed Sheeran feature in 24-hour concert

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The Global Citizen: Live festival will see performances from more than 60 artists in six continents.

FBI Investigating Reported Assault of Female U.S. Service Member By Afghan Evacuees

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The FBI says it's investigating the reported assault of a female service member from the Fort Bliss Army base by male Afghan evacuees.

The service member reported that Afghan evacuees staying at the Doña Ana County Range Complex assaulted her, according to local reports. The complex is in New Mexico, about 25 miles north of Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas.

"We received the referral from Fort Bliss and our office is investigating the allegation," the El Paso FBI office said in a statement to NPR on Saturday.

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Driver stabbed, killed on school bus with students aboard

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Police say a school bus driver was stabbed after he had picked up students.

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