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Jul 12 2012
News
Arizona Immigration Activists Mobilize Latino Vote
For years, Maricopa County, Ariz., has been ground zero in the debate over immigration.
On one hand, the massive county, which includes the state capital of Phoenix, has a growing Latino population. On the other, it's home to publicity savvy Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who has made his name by strictly enforcing, some say overstepping, immigration laws.
Last month, the Supreme Court
NPR (Online News)Sep 18 2019
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Trump plans to revoke a key California environmental power; state officials vow to fight
President Trump is expected Wednesday to revoke a decades-old rule that empowers California to set tougher car emissions standards than those required by the federal government — putting the state and the administration on a path to years of fighting in court.
The move, which has been in the works for much of the last three years, would overturn the foundation for California’s role as
Los Angeles TimesFeb 12 2021
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Biden to begin allowing migrants forced to wait in Mexico to enter U.S.
The Biden administration will soon slowly begin allowing asylum seekers forced to wait in Mexican border towns under former President Trump's "Remain in Mexico" policy to enter the U.S., the Department of Homeland Security announced Friday.
Why it matters: President Biden has promised to end the Trump administration's Migrant Protection Protocols program, as it is formally called, which
AxiosJul 05 2012
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Mitt Romney Sours On Chief Justice John Roberts
Sounds like there's trouble in paradise.
During a Republican debate in December, Mitt Romney was asked his favorite Supreme Court justice. The first name he came up with? John Roberts (skip to 8:40). And on his campaign website, the presumptive Republican nominee vows to nominate justices "in the mold of Chief Justice Roberts."
Now, in the wake of Roberts' key vote to uphold
HuffPostDec 22 2021
Analysis
Federal Involvement in Health Care Drives Treatment Choices
Around the United States, in numerous cases, hospitalized COVID-19 patients have asked for Ivermectin but were denied the drug, and then sought a court order forcing the hospital to provide the requested medication. Ivermectin, which has been used safely in humans since 1985, has shown promise in treating the virus, especially when taken early. Although it is an off-label use and not
The Epoch TimesJun 09 2021
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Following Clarence Thomas’ Lead, Ohio AG Files Lawsuit To Classify Google As ‘Common Carrier’ Or ‘Public Utility’
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has asked the court to legally declare that Google is a “public utility” in a lawsuit filed against the Big Tech giant.
According to Yost, Google should be viewed in the same way as electricity, water, and gas providers, arguing that Google “hurts its rivals by prioritizing its own products and services in search results, displaying them above those of
The Daily WireOct 28 2020
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Jack Dorsey Defends Allowing Iranian Threats to Eliminate ‘Cancerous’ Jews: ‘Respecting Their Right to Speak’
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Wednesday said his platform allows Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to fulminate against “cancerous” Jews because he wanted to “respect” his “right to speak.”
“We believe it’s important for everyone to hear from global leaders, and we have policies around world leaders,” Dorsey said in testimony before the Senate Commerce Committee, responding to
MediaiteOct 29 2018
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Brazil elects anti-establishment candidate Jair Bolsonaro as president
Brazil’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal declared Sunday that anti-establishment congressman Jair Bolsonaro, a champion of traditional Brazilian values, has won the country's election for
Fox News (Online News)Jun 09 2021
Analysis
New York gave every detained immigrant a lawyer. It could serve as a national model.
Biden wants to expand immigrants’ access to legal representation.
Deportation can carry grave consequences. An immigrant might have to leave behind their family, abandon years-long ties to their community, and return to a country where they may have previously faced threats to their life and livelihood — even the kind that might have qualified them for humanitarian protection in the US
VoxJan 12 2022
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Democrats back where they started on voting rights: The Note
"I'm tired of being quiet," President Joe Biden said Tuesday, describing his frustration with private conversations that have failed to change the dynamics around voting rights.
But changing the volume doesn't change votes -- and, tellingly, the president still didn't name names. He raised the stakes -- a "turning point in this nation's history," "not just for the moment, but for the
ABC News (Online)