'...In nearby West Springfield, migrant families are also seeking shelter in a nearby hotel. Mayor William Reichelt tells Western Mass News he has not reached out to the administration since the town is currently receiving help from the Massachusetts Center for Human Development. He’s happy to see the governor offer aid to those in need it. ...'
'Some of the more than 100 demonstrators screamed and threw punches at each other at the Upper East Side rally as most bashed City Hall’s handling of the crisis while others shouted them down. “No migrants on Long Island!” ...Members of the anti-asylum seeker crowd held signs warning of “unvetted migrants” and cautioned that “our safety is in serious jeopardy.”...'
'McCarthy ruled out a unilateral proclamation, so Republicans will need 218 votes to start an impeachment inquiry...'
'...But this week’s howler was a much more consequential lie. When asked about congressional concerns about the border crisis, she said, “The president has done more to secure the border, to deal with this issue of immigration than anybody else. He really has.” You might dismiss this as a laughable but harmless fairy tale, like Biden’s supposedly boundless energy, but it has real policy consequences. ...'
'...The FBI aims to nearly double its current $56.7 million budget for dealing with its DNA catalog with an additional $53.1 million, according to its budget request for fiscal year 2024. “The requested resources will allow the FBI to process the rapidly increasing number of DNA samples collected by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security,” the appeal for an increase says. ...'
'...'When I am president, Mexican cartels will cease to exist,' plays another clip of Scott during a campaign event. The ad is being launched less than a week after the first GOP primary debate that was held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 'I will be the president that finishes the wall,' promises Scott in the ad. ...'
'...In a court hearing over the barrier near Eagle Pass, the U.S. Justice Department argued it was installed without federal authorization, while lawyers for the state said it notified the proper authorities....'
'At the time of his firing, Shokin was investigating oil company Burisma Holdings for corruption - when Hunter was serving on the firm's board. Joe Biden is alleged to have threatened to withhold $1 billion in aid to Ukraine if Shokin specifically was not fired for corruption. ...Years later, Biden actually bragged about his firing at a Council on Foreign Relations event in 2018. Biden said that he would withhold a billion dollars in U.S. aid if the Ukrainians did not agree to fire Shokin. 'I looked at them and said, 'I'm leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you're not getting the money,' Biden said. 'Well, son of a b****. He got fired,' he continued. Republicans have said Hunter's Burisma entanglement and possible influence in Shokin's firing is evidence of the Biden family's influence peddling scheme.'
'An apple farmer who chose his Catholic faith over money has won a long-running legal battle against the city government that banned him from its farmers market for his biblical views on marriage. ...East Lansing punished Tennes by excluding Country Mills Farms from its popular invitation-only weekend farmers’ market. After submitting an application to be included, which was denied, Tennes sued the city in 2017. ...'
'Three days after The Post exposed 114 gates in the Arizona border wall have been welded wide open, allowing thousands to illegally enter the US, nothing has changed. New images taken Thursday show brazen human smugglers in a dark-colored van and a white SUV pull up and shamelessly drop migrants on the Mexican side of the border. They then escort them through the open gates...'
'“This isn’t that complicated, guys: Unlock American energy, drill, frack, burn coal, embrace nuclear,” Ramaswamy slapped back, adding, “I’m not sure I exactly understood Mike Pence’s comment.”...DeSantis effectively blocked a question from co-moderators Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum moments later when candidates were asked to raise their hands if they believed humans were contributing to climate change. “One of the reasons our country’s in decline is because of the way the corporate media treats Republicans versus Democrats,” the Florida governor said. “Biden was on the beach while those people [in Maui] were suffering. He was asked about it and he said ‘No comment.’ Are you kidding me?”...'
'...“So as president would I use force, would I treat them as foreign terrorist organizations?” DeSantis said. “You’re darn right I would.” DeSantis joins several other Republican presidential candidates, including former President Trump, a frontrunner in the race, who have backed the idea of military action to take out the cartels. ...'
'...Ramaswamy said that, if elected, he would deploy troops to the southern and potentially the northern borders. "I would use our own military to secure our own southern border. I think that is legally, ethically and constitutionally justified. That is how we seal the southern border. In fact, I think it's going to be an approach that we will eventually need to seal our own northern border as well," he said. ...'
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Source: www.foxnews.com'House Committee on Oversight and Accountability held a hearing titled “On The Front Lines of the Border Crisis: A Hearing with Chief Patrol Agents.” Chairman Comer and Committee Republicans outlined how President Biden and his administration’s policies created the worst border crisis in American history. U.S. Border Patrol Chiefs testified about a crisis that has set records for the arrests of illegal border crossers, migrant deaths, narcotics seized, and suspected terrorists arrested trying to illegally cross the border. ...'
'...FEMA teams have checked in at three five-star hotels, Fairmont Kea Lani, Four Seasons, and the Grand Wailea Astoria, in Maui, as they carry out search and...'
'...MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Monday that Alabama can enforce a ban outlawing the use of puberty blockers and hormones to treat transgender children, the second such appellate victory for gender-affirming care restrictions that have been adopted by a growing number of Republican-led states. A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a judge’s temporary injunction against enforcing the law. ...Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall called the ruling a “significant victory for our country, for children, and for common sense.”'
