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Jun 23 2021
News
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner distance themselves from the former President and his constant complaints
With each passing day away from Washington, former President Donald Trump's grievances continue unabated. And those complaints appear to be driving away two of the people who were closest to him during his White House tenure: his daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
Sometimes the former President complains for several hours about the "stolen" 2020 election. Other times,
CNN (Online News)
Aug 27 2021
Fact Check
Fact-Checking Donald Trump’s Claim About Afghan Refugees
In a statement on Tuesday, former President Donald Trump claimed that there is “NO VETTING” of refugees coming to America from Afghanistan. He went on to ask: “How many terrorists will Joe Biden bring to America? We don’t know!”
A State Department spokesperson tells The Dispatch Fact Check: “We are working with our interagency partners to complete security screening of travelers.”
The Dispatch Fact Check
Dec 03 2020
News
U.S. Imposes Severe Travel Restrictions On Chinese Communist Party Members
The Trump administration is imposing sharply tighter restrictions on travel to the United States by Chinese Communist Party members and their families, a move Beijing describes as part of a "deep-rooted Cold War mentality."
The restrictions target holders of business (B-1) and tourist (B-2) visas, reducing the travel documents' maximum validity to one month, down from the current
NPR (Online News)
Apr 28 2021
News
The Isolation of Grief in the Pandemic
Many people adopted a pet during the COVID-19 pandemic. My wife and I just lost one.
Gouda, our eight-and-a-half-year-old exotic shorthair cat, died on April 16th. We rushed him to the hospital the previous morning after he spent another night vomiting. The doctors weren’t sure what was wrong, but, over the course of 24 hours, signs pointed to fatal kidney disease. We made the difficult
The Verge
May 18 2021
News
District Attorney says deputies who fatally shot Andrew Brown Jr. were justified
District Attorney Andrew Womble said Tuesday that the deputies who fatally shot Andrew Brown Jr. last month were justified in using deadly force, saying Brown "recklessly" drove at the officers on scene while trying to flee arrest.
"Mr. Brown's death, while tragic, was justified because Mr. Brown's actions caused three deputies to reasonably believe it was necessary to use deadly force
CNN (Online News)
Feb 18 2021
News
Biden immigration plan speeds legalization, lags on border security
President Biden‘s immigration bill cancels penalties for future illegal immigrants, speeds legalization of those already here and increases legal immigration levels. But the bill, which lawmakers will officially introduce on Capitol Hill on Thursday, backtracks on new border security and worksite enforcement compromises that have long been seen as key parts of any serious attempt to overhaul
Washington Times
Aug 18 2020
Fact Check
Michelle Obama and the kids in ‘cages’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama assailed President Donald Trump on Monday for ripping migrant children from their parents and throwing them into cages, picking up on a frequent and distorted point made widely by Democrats.
She’s right that Trump’s now-suspended policy at the U.S.-Mexico border separated thousands of children from their families in ways that had not been done before.
Associated Press Fact Check
Nov 11 2021
News
Death threats, tweets jolt GOP infrastructure supporters
The last time Congress approved a major renewal of federal highway and other transportation programs, the votes were 359-65 in the House and 83-16 in the Senate. It was backed by nearly every Democrat and robust majorities of Republicans.
This year’s $1 trillion infrastructure bill easily cleared the Senate 69-13 with GOP support, but crawled through the House last week by 228-206 with
Associated Press Fact Check
Sep 14 2021
News
U.S. poverty declined overall last year due to pandemic relief, Census says
The number of Americans living in poverty declined overall during the Covid pandemic due to the massive stimulus relief measures Congress enacted at the beginning of the crisis, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday.
The official poverty rate rose slightly in 2020 to 11.4 percent, up from a record low 10.5 percent in 2019, the U.S. Census reported, but that figure mostly reflects cash
NBC News (Online)
Jun 04 2021
News
Pence: 'Black Lives Saved,' Not 'Endangered,' by Police
Former Republican Vice President Mike Pence said that police ''save'' Black lives rather than ''endanger'' them as crime nationwide increases and police departments shrink following racial unrest from the George Floyd murder last year.
''Democrat efforts to defund the police, withdraw support for law enforcement, has set off a violent crime wave that’s wreaking havoc in families across
Newsmax (News)