#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 returns to CNN: Five things to watch

#Trump returns to CNN: Five things to watch

An explosive piece of political theater is set for Wednesday evening when former President Trump appears at a town hall event televised by CNN — a day after he was found liable in a civil trial of sexual abuse. Trump and the network have been fierce foes in recent years. Trump even went so far, while…

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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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#Rochelle Walensky exits as CDC chief

#Rochelle Walensky exits as CDC chief

Rochelle Walensky is leaving her role as head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the White House announced Friday. Walensky’s exit comes days before the federal government is set to end the declaration of a public health emergency around COVID-19. She has led the agency since the start of the Biden administration…

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#Democrats say aide didn’t know documents boxed to Biden’s house were classified

#Democrats say aide didn’t know documents boxed to Biden’s house were classified

House Democrats sought to undercut a brewing Oversight Committee investigation into the discovery of records from President Biden’s tenure as vice president, releasing partial transcripts indicating his assistant was unaware there were classified records in the boxes sent to a center bearing his name. A memo from the panel’s Democrats indicates Biden’s former secretary, Kathy Chung,…

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#First Republic fallout: Democrats fume as regulators bail out yet another failed bank

#First Republic fallout: Democrats fume as regulators bail out yet another failed bank

Democrats are banging a gong about the need for greater regulation of the U.S. financial sector following the combined public and private-sector rescue of California-based First Republic Bank. The San Francisco-based regional powerhouse is the third major U.S. bank to fail and prompt a government-administered bailout of depositors following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank…

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#Who will replace Tucker Carlson at Fox News?

#Who will replace Tucker Carlson at Fox News?

Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News, which means the network now has a massive hole to fill in its formidable prime-time lineup. It’s a high-profile job that promises to make whoever gets it more famous and powerful, and the network is buzzing a week after Carlson’s surprise exit over who might get the position….

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