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The Trump administration asked a federal panel to revoke the exclusive right of a public sector union to represent immigration judges in collective bargaining Friday. The union, the National Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ), has been at odds with the administration over substantive policy directives and the independence of the immigration courts.

Kamela Harris grilled meat, chowed down on pork chops and cast a corn kernel for herself at the Iowa State Fair on Saturday morning, as a pack of press and supporters chased her around the Des Moines venue. 'Oh my God. It's so good. It's so good. And it's moist,' she said as she tore into a pork chop at the Iowa Pork Producers Association's tent.

Democratic 2020 hopeful Elizabeth Warren on Saturday unveiled a sweeping gun control proposal that would see higher taxes on gun manufacturers, waiting periods for guns and an investigation into the National Rifle Association (NRA). “In 2017, almost 40,000 people died from guns in the United States. My goal as President, and our goal as a society, will be to reduce that number by 80 percent,” Warren said in a Medium post announcing the plan. “We might not know how to get all the way there yet. But we’ll start by implementing solutions that we believe will work.” Warren proposes executive...

"Second reaction: A former federal prosecutor informs me about this secord-order effect in terms of legal procedure."

I’ve received a lot of requests to comment on the recent arrest of a man who walked into a Springfield MO Walmart carrying a rifle, wearing body armor, and packing over 100 rounds of ammunition (all that according to news reports, of course). The man was held by gunpoint by another patron of the store, an off-duty firefighter, and turned over to responding Springfield police a few minutes later. The most common question sent my way is whether the patron who held the rifle-armed man at gunpoint did so unlawfully—what was the patron’s legal justification for threatening deadly force against...

QUESTION: Do you think Jeffrey Epstein will ever go to trial? SF ANSWER: NO WAY!!!!!! First of all, if the court were fair, he should be on bail where he offered to pay for 24 hrs guards, wear a bracelet, and surrender his passport. There was no way he could have fled and this would have allowed him to be safe and secure. Throwing him in MCC ensures that (1) there will never be a fair trial, and (2) he must make a deal or (3) he will be killed one way or another. Epstein will hang himself, so they...

Clinton Body Count is a conspiracy theory that began in 1994 and since then a number of deaths have been believed to be the result of Bill Clinton and/or his wife Hillary Clinton removing anyone who has evidence against them. This conspiracy theory resurfaced when Jeffrey Epstein who was accused of sex trafficking among other charges, was found unconscious in the jail cell where he was held with wounds on his neck. He was placed on a suicide watch, however, many on social media were unconvinced. The hashtag #Clintonbodycount began trending the day Epstein was found in his cell. Now,...

Jeffrey Epstein was being housed in the “10 South” unit, commonly known as the “HOLE” which is a 24- hour lock-down where they also keep terrorists which is very strange just pending trial. This is not about Epstein but who he could implicate. It has been called America’s Gulag and the Guantánamo hid in New York City nobody is allowed to know about. It’s where America violates human rights all the time but keeps as its dirty little secret. MCC 10 South is where the government keeps federal inmates, including alleged terrorists, to cut them off from the world with...

It's just a few days on the political calendar, but what happens at the Iowa State Fair can echo through an entire presidential race. It takes on its political significance in the year before a presidential election (that's now). Because most presidential campaigns circle this event in red on their calendars, Washington Post reporters have covered the Iowa State Fair for years. Below is some of what they have learned about it. Q: Why is the Iowa State Fair important? A: Iowa is the first state to vote in presidential primaries, when both parties hold their caucuses in January or...

Attorney General Bill Barr said Saturday that he is “appalled” by Jeffrey Epstein’s death, and has consulted with the Inspector General about an investigation after Epstein hanged himself and was found in his jail cell early on Saturday. “I was appalled to learn that Jeffrey Epstein was found dead early this morning from an apparent suicide while in federal custody,” Barr said. “Mr. Epstein’s death raises serious questions that must be answered. In addition to the FBI’s investigation, I have consulted with the Inspector General who is opening an investigation into the circumstances of Mr. Epstein’s death.” The U.S. Bureau...

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that North Korea's Kim Jong Un wants to meet once again to "start negotiations" after joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises end. He also said Kim apologized for the flurry of recent short-range missile tests that has rattled U.S. allies in the region. Trump is tweeting more details from the "beautiful" three-page letter he told reporters on Friday that he'd received from Kim. Trump, who is on vacation at his golf club in New Jersey, said Kim spent much of his letter complaining about "the ridiculous and expensive exercises," which North...

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A month before President Donald Trump withdrew Patrick M. Shanahan's nomination to be installed as the permanent defense secretary, the former Boeing executive approved a Homeland Security request that would seemingly pave the way for more U.S. military drones to hover above the skies of the southwest border... troops and military hardware are expected to arrive at the border around August 15 to backfill the gap created six months ago (when some Democrat Governors withdrew their National Guard personnel), according to a Pentagon spokesman. On Friday, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman also confirmed to Newsweek that the agency...

I’m heading over to the Metropolitan Correctional Center where they just let Epstein “commit suicide.”

This week, Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Tex), campaign manager for presidential candidate former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro, tweeted the names and places of employment for 44 San Antonio citizens who donated to President Trump’s campaign. The easily foreseeable consequence that these people would be harassed and threatened by left-wing loons quickly came to pass. Nevertheless, Castro lamely claimed that “it was not my intention to harass anyone. I just wanted everyone to think twice before they give any support to our racist President.” Apprised of the harassment incidents—one woman received an obscenity-laced voice mail labeling her a...

Researchers have been able to coax human breast cancer cells to turn into fat cells in a new proof-of-concept study in mice. To achieve this feat, the team exploited a weird pathway that metastasising cancer cells have; their results are just a first step, but it's a truly promising approach. When you cut your finger, or when a foetus grows organs, the epithelium cells begin to look less like themselves, and more 'fluid' – changing into a type of stem cell called a mesenchyme and then reforming into whatever cells the body needs. This process is called epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT)...

Jeffrey Epstein told prison guards and fellow inmates that he believed someone had tried to kill him weeks before his death, a source has revealed to DailyMail.com The source, who had seen the billionaire on several occasions while he was incarcerated at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, also claims that the normally reserved Epstein seemed to be in good spirits. 'There was no indication that he might try to take his own life,' the source told DailyMail.com 'From what I saw, he was finally starting to adjust to prison. I think he was comforted by the rigidity of his new life'.

I'm the president of the Reunion. My cousin, first to arrive, is 20 years older than me. He says who needs assault rifles. I explain we need them to protect ourselves from the Government. He says the 2nd amendment is outdated, not meant for these times. Then he says Trump is a white supremacist. I said no he is not and please provide one thing he's said or done to back that up. ...anyone sensing a pattern? I said, you don't watch CNN or MSNBC do you? He say, you don't watch Fox do you? Then he says, "you lack...

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Universal Pictures has canceled the September 27 release of the controversial movie "The Hunt," in the wake of significant backlash over the film that depicts privileged vacationers hunting "deplorables" for sport. NBC’s Universal Pictures, which shares parent company Comcast with NBC News and MSNBC, told Fox News on Wednesday that the movie’s marketing campaign would be “temporarily paused” on the heels of the tragic mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, Dayton, Ohio, and Gilroy, California.