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A 40-year-old woman from Honduras died in the custody of the U.S. government, the second such death in a 36-hour period, officials said. The woman was apprehended by Border Patrol agents early Monday after illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP). She collapsed after arriving at the Eagle Pass South Station in Texas, and staff their began treating her. She was then taken to a hospital where she died. CBP is not identifying the woman until her family is notified. “On behalf of the men and women of CBP, we extend our deepest condolences to...

Facing increasing pressure from the Democratic base to impeach President Donald Trump, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer on Tuesday denied he and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lack the "courage" to move forward and threatened a vote next week holding all Trump officials who have defied Congress in contempt. "I hear some people say, 'Well, you guys ought to have the courage to stand up.' What we ought to have the courage to do is pursue in a constitutional way holding accountable any and every person to the responsibilities and acting legally," Hoyer, D-Md., told reporters at the Capitol. "What you’ve...

At least this time he's not ripping off Neil Kinnock. Joe Biden has three basic problems. 1. Groping 2. Corruption 3. Plagirism It's the latter that is among the weirdest and most consistent elements in Biden's checkered past. During his failed 1988 run, Biden lifted portions of a speech by United Kingdom Labour MP and Margaret Thatcher challenger Neil Kinnock.

On 29 May 2019, H.B. 1177 was sent to Governor Abbott.  The bill will make Constitutional Carry legal in Texas, during evacuations when a “state of disaster” is declared and for 168 hours (one week) after the state of disaster declaration. The law is another incremental step moving toward Constitutional Carry in Texas. It makes perfect sense when taken in the context of the Second Amendment: A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed. In the basic understanding of the...

President Donald Trump met with Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage on Tuesday, the second day of his state visit to the United Kingdom. Farage, in a tweet, said that the two leaders had a "good meeting" at Winfield House — the U.S. ambassador's residence in London where the president is staying — and that Trump "really believes in Brexit."

White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said Sunday that President Donald Trump is "deadly serious" about levying a 5% tariff on Mexican goods if the Mexican government doesn't step up enforcement of illegal immigration on the southern side of the border, and now it appears the Mexican government is serious about complying to avoid a trade war.

Republican senators sent the White House a sharp message on Tuesday, warning that they were opposed to President Trump’s plans to impose tariffs on Mexican imports, just hours after the president said lawmakers would be “foolish” to try to stop him....“I want you to take a message back” to the White House, Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, told the attorneys, according to people familiar with the meeting. “You didn’t hear a single yes” from the Republican conference. He called the proposed tariffs a $30 billion tax hike on Texans.

University of New Mexico considers building border fence around campus to keep criminals out JENNIFER KABBANY - FIX EDITOR •JUNE 3, 2019 The University of New Mexico is considering whether to build a large border wall around its perimeter to protect the campus community from criminal activity. The proposed “10-foot-tall, wrought-iron fence with sharp points at the top” would be used “as a security barrier between New Mexico’s largest public university and the rest of the city,” reports the Albuquerque Journal. The university has faced everything from homeless people on campus to drug users locking themselves in the bathroom stalls...

Researchers report in a new study that eating white meat poultry can raise cholesterol levels similarly to red meat. File Photo by RitaE/Pixabay ============================================================== June 4 (UPI) -- Eating a chicken could raise a person's "bad cholesterol" to similar levels as eating a steak, contradicting long-thought ideas about health differences between the meats, new research suggests. Researchers found eating white meat poultry may raise low-density lipoprotein levels in the same way as red meat, according to a study published Tuesday in the Journal of Clinical Nutrition. That elevation in bad cholesterol after eating chicken can occur with or without consuming...

Texas’ Senate overwhelmingly passed a measure by a 20-to-11 margin that removes the cap on the number of school personnel that can carry firearms at schools. The bill heads to Governor Greg Abbott’s desk, and he is certain to sign it into law.

The chilling fact is that mass public killers are attracted to targets where people can’t defend themselves. The Virginia Beach attack is all too familiar. Ninety-eight percent of US mass public shootings since 1950 have occurred in places where people weren’t allowed to defend themselves.

PARKLAND, Fla. (WFLA) - The former Broward County deputy who was the school resource officer at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School during last year's deadly mass shooting has been arrested on several counts of child neglect.

San Jose, California — Apple today unveiled several innovative technologies that make it dramatically easier and faster for developers to create powerful new apps. SwiftUI is a revolutionary development framework that makes building powerful user interfaces easier than ever before. ARKit 3, RealityKit and Reality Composer are advanced tools designed to make it even easier for developers to create compelling AR experiences for consumer and business apps. New tools and APIs greatly simplify the process of bringing iPad apps to Mac. And updates to Core ML and Create ML allow for more powerful and streamlined on-device machine learning apps.

The 75th anniversary of D-Day, June 6, 1944, is an especially appropriate time to stop for a moment of silence. Many young Americans volunteered for military service after the attack at Pearl Harbor. Millions went off to Europe to fight against Hitler and the Nazis. Far too many never made it home again.

In my MBA program, I was fortunate to have a practicing psychologist teach a course on management. He used a variety of teaching methods, but one in particular involved discussing and debating case studies. The case studies would present this or that management challenge and we would each present and discuss our solution. When we first started, we were surprised at how easy it was to solve these supposed management dilemmas. We’d confidently explain how we would address these issues and most of the class would agree. “I’ll just make them do this or that.” “I’ll just make them get...

The ‘Plague’ of Leftism is Evident in Our Filthy Cities By Mike Huckabee Published on June 4, 2019 • If you want to see the results of leftist policies, go to the cities that are run by the most elite, wealthy and “progressive” people, such as Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle, where homelessness, filth and disease are taking over. The scene is shocking and heartbreaking.In an appearance on Monday’s Hannity, I pointed out that this is the kind of thing that used to be seen only in Third World countries. For decades, we could be confident that we had eradicated...

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) - Authorities say a suspect was shot and killed after multiple attempted carjackings at a Sun City Center Publix parking lot. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office responded to a reported carjacking at the Publix located at 4854 Sun City Boulevard and found a man suffering from a gunshot wound. The man was taken to South Bay Hospital and pronounced dead. Investigators suspect the man had tried to carjack four vehicles before entering a business with a handgun. A manager of one of the businesses was confronted by the suspect when he went outside to check his...

The number of homeless people counted across Los Angeles County jumped 12% over the past year to nearly 59,000, with more young and old people and families on the streets, officials said Tuesday. The majority of the homeless people were found within the city of Los Angeles, which saw a 16% increase to 36,300, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority said while presenting January's annual count to the county Board of Supervisors. The previous tally found a slight decrease in the homeless population. Two years ago, voters passed a tax hike and housing bond to make massive investments to help...

Nice video of Japanese perspective on how 15 minutes changed the world.

A 17-year-old Dutch girl was legally allowed to kill herself using euthanasia after she was raped at age 14 and spent years battling depression, according to a report Tuesday.