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Aug 12 2014
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Watchdog: 600-plus ‘criminal’ illegal immigrants released amid 2013 budget cuts
More than 600 illegal immigrants with criminal convictions were released by federal authorities in early 2013 in advance of the "sequester" budget cuts, according to a government watchdog report obtained by FoxNews.com.
The report by the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General showed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement released "criminal aliens" from jails all
Fox News (Online News)Aug 09 2014
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With No Plan From Congress, Homeland Security Improvises
Congress left Washington without agreeing on a funding plan for the unaccompanied minors coming over the Southern U.S. border, so the Obama administration's Department of Homeland Security is creating one on its own.
"I have been left with no choice but to reprogram money away from other homeland security missions," Secretary Jeh Johnson said in a statement.
A total of $405
NPR (Online News)Apr 01 2015
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Iran talks in overtime as nuclear deal proves elusive
Blowing through a self-imposed deadline, negotiators from Iran, the U.S. and five allied powers labored into the night trying to hammer out an outline toward a final deal to curb Iran’s nuclear programs, but Obama administration officials said talks will carry on into Wednesday in the hope that a stalemate can be broken on “several difficult issues.”
State Department spokeswoman Marie
Washington TimesNov 14 2019
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Public Impeachment Hearings Begin in the House
This Abridge News topic aggregates four unique arguments on different sides of the debate. Here are the quick facts to get you started:
THE QUICK FACTS
Wednesday was the first day of public impeachment hearings against President Trump in the U.S. House. The day featured testimony from two career diplomats: George Kent, a senior State Department official in Abridge NewsMay 14 2019
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Rosenstein Blasts 'Partisan Pundit' Comey in Speech
Rod Rosenstein didn’t waste any time since stepping down as deputy attorney general to open up about his time at the Justice Department, which included a biting criticism of the FBI’s ex-director, James Comey.
Speaking to the Greater Baltimore Committee on Monday, only two days after formally leaving his post at the DOJ, Rosenstein defended the decision to fire Comey, whom he said
TownhallOct 17 2020
Analysis
It’s the world according to Trump: Could Biden turn back the clock?
When former Vice President Joe Biden used the first presidential debate to tout his plan for a $20 billion international fund to encourage Brazil to preserve its endangered rainforests, it was a shoutout to a bygone era of robust, American-led multilateralism.
But when Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro lost no time in condemning Mr. Biden’s idea as an arrogant stab at national
Christian Science MonitorMar 26 2015
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Everything you need to know about our polarized politics (in the palm of your hand)
In Jonathan Chait’s interview with departing White House adviser Dan Pfeiffer in New York magazine, Chait describes how the Obama administration “lost its illusions” about overcoming partisan polarization.
“I think [Obama] believes, and I certainly believe, that while we can always do better, this is a case where structural forces are the large actor here,” he told me. Pfeiffer cited
Washington PostApr 19 2023
Headline Roundup
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee Holds Hearing on UFO Reports
The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities held a hearing Wednesday addressing reports of unidentified flying objects (UFO), officially labeled unidentified aerial projectiles (UAP) by the Department of Defense.
Details: The hearing featured one witness, Sean Kirkpatrick, director of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), an office in the
Fox News (Online News) ABC News (Online) NewsNationDec 01 2014
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Feds urge US military members to scrub social media accounts over ISIS attack concerns
Federal officials are warning U.S. military members to scrub their social media accounts of any material that could make them a target for the Islamic State, the most recent in a series of alerts about potential attacks against service members.
The warning was sent Sunday in a joint bulletin by the FBI and Department of Homeland Security, law enforcement and homeland security sources
Fox News (Online News)Jul 29 2014
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The knock-down, drag out fight that led to a VA deal
Top negotiators on a deal to reform the Department of Veterans Affairs turned to an unusual strategy that helped them arrive at Monday’s agreement: knock-down, drag-out arguing. Just last week, talks appeared on the verge of collapse as the leaders of a conference committee — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Jeff Miller (R-Fla.) — publicly slugged it out over differences on how to pay for
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