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Jul 26 2023
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Judiciary GOP torn on Mayorkas impeachment as conference eyes other options
House Judiciary Republicans appeared split in their appetite for impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Wednesday, with many largely refraining from discussions of booting him from office.
Democrats went into Wednesday’s hearing expecting the unofficial kickoff of an impeachment inquiry into Mayorkas.
But they were met with a more muted GOP as the party
The HillJan 30 2020
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President Trump Signs USMCA At White House
On Wednesday, President Trump signed the trade agreement with Mexico and Canada known as the USMCA. Democrats helped draft and pass the accord in both the House and the Senate.
No Democratic members of Congress attended the signing of the USMCA, which Trump says will strongly benefit American farmers.
Los Angeles Times Daily Mail The HillJul 18 2023
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Tlaib labels Israel an ‘apartheid state’ in impassioned floor speech
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) harshly denounced a House resolution supporting Israel in a floor speech on Tuesday, the day before Israeli President Isaac Herzog will address a joint meeting of Congress. “Israel is an apartheid state. To assert otherwise, Mr. Speaker, in the face of this body of evidence, is an attempt to deny the reality and an attempt to normalize violence of apartheid,” Tlaib
The HillJun 24 2023
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Wagner chief says he ordered his Russian mercenaries to halt march on Moscow and return to Ukraine
The head of the private Russian military force Wagner said Saturday he has ordered his mercenaries to halt their march on Moscow and retreat to their field camps in Ukraine to avoid shedding Russian blood.
The announcement from Yevgeny Prigozhin appeared to defuse a dramatically escalating crisis that represented the most significant challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s leadership in
Associated PressJul 18 2023
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Minneapolis City Council approves alternative downtown site for Third Precinct officers
Minneapolis City Council members on Tuesday unanimously supported moving ahead with a downtown location for police officers whose precinct building was ransacked and burned in the aftermath of George Floyd's murder. At the same time, several council members indicated a desire to bar the dilapidated Third Precinct in south Minneapolis from ever again housing police operations. Many questions
Star TribuneJul 20 2023
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Updated trans student policies and more Virginia headlines
• The Virginia Department of Education released updated policies concerning transgender students, requiring students to use bathrooms matching their biological sex and hampering student pronoun and name changes in schools.–Washington Post • The state’s Department of Housing and Community Development is administering a public survey to get a clearer idea of how Virginians access and use the
Virginia MercuryApr 15 2023
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Rutgers Strike Halted, Agreement 'Framework' Announced
The strike is currently suspended while an agreement is finalized, labor union representatives said. Good morning @RutgersU We have reached a tentative framework for a contract & the strike is *suspended while a TA is finalized. The wins that will come in this contract are owed to the amazing & powerful work of member organizers on the ground. You all deserve a restful weekend —
Patch.comJul 21 2023
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Penn State ratifies tuition rates for next two years in new budget package
Penn State trustees have approved a two-year plan for tuition that will see Pennsylvania resident undergrads at University Park facing 2 percent increases in 2023-24 and 2024-25, but rate freezes for in-state students attending any of the university’s branch campuses.
Taken together with room and board rates contained in a new, two-year budget, the total cost of tuition, typical housing
The Patriot-NewsJul 21 2023
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Grad student no longer allowed to teach after leaving threatening voicemail
A graduate student at Louisiana State University (LSU) will no longer be allowed to teach at the university after leaving a threatening voicemail message on a Republican Louisiana state Senator’s phone, according to an LSU spokesperson. Graduate student Marcus Venable is under investigation by the Louisiana State Police after leaving a threatening message on Republican Louisiana state Senator
WNDJul 21 2023
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Election interference grand jury heard testimony on Trump's state of mind
Prosecutors from special counsel Jack Smith’s office questioned former White House aide William Russell about then-President Donald Trump’s state of mind during and after the 2020 election period, a source familiar with the matter told NBC News. Russell — who was with Trump for some of the day on Jan. 6, 2021 — testified for hours Thursday before the federal grand jury deciding whether to
NBC News (Online)