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Illinois Gov. Pritzker says Minneapolis shooting fits pattern of ICE ‘breaking their own protocols’
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Sunday that last week’s fatal shooting in Minneapolis is hardly the first time immigration agents have pushed into legally questionable territory. He pointed to the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations in the Chicago area, known as Operation Midway Blitz, that led to the fatal shooting of 38‑year‑old Silverio Villegas Gonzalez…
Read MoreSouthern Poverty Law Center’s hate map survives legal challenge
The Southern Poverty Law Center survived one of its toughest courtroom challenges last week, when a federal judge tossed out a lawsuit accusing the group’s vaunted hate map of libel for describing an immigration crackdown group as “anti-immigrant.” Georgia-based activist D.A. King, who led the Dustin Inman Society, had prevailed at an earlier stage when…
Read MoreJudge blocks Homeland Security from canceling ‘parole’ for migrant family reunification
A federal judge ruled Saturday that the Trump administration can’t shut down “parole” status for some family reunification migrants, saying the Department of Homeland Security failed to properly notify them of their impending loss of status. The Family Reunification Parole program, which had allowed people from certain nations to remain in the U.S. despite lacking…
Read MoreHow Will Prospective Venezuelan Oil Production Affect the U.S. Petroleum Market? | National Review
Expect the Trump administration to act to protect U.S. oil producers from downward price pressures, instead of letting the free market work. Source link
Read MoreThe ‘Affable’ Coach Walz Never Existed | National Review
It was all a myth, peddled by the Democratic apparatus and the media. Source link
Read MoreWhy Venezuela Needs Repatriation | National Review
To recover, Venezuela needs its people back. Will they return? Source link
Read MoreAI ‘Friends’ Are No Cure for Loneliness | National Review
Introducing the latest in a dangerous line of counterfeit alternatives to true connection. Source link
Read MoreA Month in Literary Britain | National Review
Satire and small-town charm can get you through the cold winter months. Source link
Read MoreNYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani hands out free theater tickets to residents in partnership with festival
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani partnered with an ongoing theater festival to hand out free tickets to city residents. Starting this past Wednesday and through Jan. 25, Under the Radar theater festival is holding performances of 30 different shows across 25 theaters in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens. Under their “Under the Radar…
Read MoreMinnesota Democrats denied entry to ICE detention facility
Three Minnesota House representatives said that they were denied entry to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in Minneapolis Saturday morning. The Democratic congresswoman, Reps. Ilhan Omar, Angie Craig and Kelly Morrison, attempted to conduct congressional oversight of the Whipple detention facility in Minneapolis. Ms. Omar told MS NOW that the three were initially…
Read MoreAmerican protesters brave D.C. chill to call for Iranian regime change
Amid the rain and cold, Iranian Americans gathered near the White House on Saturday in solidarity with protests across Iran. What began as Iranian merchants protesting an economic collapse has evolved into widespread calls for regime change and political reform, spreading beyond Tehran and prompting the deployment of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. At least…
Read MoreTrump pushes a 1-year, 10% cap on credit card interest rates and banks balk
NEW YORK — Reviving a campaign pledge, President Donald Trump wants a one-year, 10% cap on credit card interest rates, a move that could save Americans tens of billions of dollars but drew immediate opposition from an industry that has been in his corner. Trump was not clear in his social media post Friday night…
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