#Title 42 mania undercut by drop in encounters

#Title 42 mania undercut by drop in encounters

The frenzy set off over the end of Title 42 has so far been a misfire, as the policy’s end precipitated a pause — not a rush — in migrant encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border. In the week preceding the end of the pandemic-inspired policy, the media ran countdowns and surged coverage at the border,…

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#Democrats signal growing frustration with globalization

#Democrats signal growing frustration with globalization

Democrats are sounding increasingly fed up with free trade agreements and some of the basic tenets of globalization that have defined the last several decades of U.S. trade policy, echoing some of the “America First” sentiments that put former President Trump at odds with the economic orthodoxies of his own party and a longstanding policy…

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#Frustration at CNN boils over with Trump town hall 

#Frustration at CNN boils over with Trump town hall 

CNN won big ratings for its controversial town hall with former President Trump — but also outraged some of its own talent for essentially handing over its platform to the GOP presidential frontrunner and his supporters for an hour.   More than 3 million people watched Wednesday night’s town hall, early data from Nielsen Media…

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#GOP border bill would gut pathways to asylum 

#GOP border bill would gut pathways to asylum 

A Republican border and immigration bill set to come to the House floor Thursday would represent one of the biggest clawbacks of asylum rights in decades if enacted, experts warn.  The GOP is aiming to pass the bill May 11 — the same day President Biden is set to lift Title 42. It’s a move that will…

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#Trump calls E. Jean Carroll verdict ‘a disgrace’

#Trump calls E. Jean Carroll verdict ‘a disgrace’

Shortly after being found liable for sexual battery and defamation in the E. Jean Carroll civil trial Tuesday, former President Trump called the verdict a “disgrace.” “I have absolutely no idea who this woman is,” Trump wrote in all capital letters on Truth Social shortly after the verdict was announced. “This verdict is a disgrace…

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#Nancy Mace finds herself on a lonely GOP island

#Nancy Mace finds herself on a lonely GOP island

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) feels like she is on a political island. The second-term Republican representative from South Carolina has become one of the most vocal critics of her own party on core issues and has found herself at the center of key votes in the new Congress.  Most recently, she was one of the…

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