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...The upper chamber voted to pass the bill 28-21 on Tuesday. The measure, which previously passed the state House, now awaits consideration from Gov. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.), who has signaled support for restricting the use of private prisons. If passed, the bill would prohibit any person, business, state or local governmental entity from operating private detention facilities in Washington, as well as utilizing contracts with a private detention facilities in the state, according to the bill text.

Joe Biden's promise to pay for his $2 trillion infrastructure plan with a raise on corporation tax has been called into question by financial experts, who say that the figures do not add up. Biden on Wednesday unveiled his proposals in Philadelphia, urging Congress to approve what he said were essential upgrades to roads, trains, water systems, airports, internet access and bike lanes. He said that the cost will be covered via an increase in taxes on businesses, including taking corporation tax from its current level of 21 per cent to 28 per cent.

Video Title:#1 TRENDING - Magnus Carlsen Retires From Chess!

Apr. 01, 2021 - 3:31 - Author of bestselling book 'Faucian Bargain' joins 'Tucker Carlson Tonight' to discuss Biden's chief medical adviser's unprecedented pandemic powers

The battle over housing is back at the state Capitol.... ...For some time, a main focus of housing legislation has been to bulk up density along major transit corridors. That concept appears to have broad support. But the real fight is over key provisions that allow for two, three or four units — and sometimes more — to be built on lots zoned for single-family homes... ...Eliminating single-family zoning has become a bedrock goal for many housing advocates. It is also one vociferously opposed by suburban homeowner groups ...Such developments would have to be within a half-mile of transit lines,...

Rep. Mark Meadows, the ex-White House chief of staff, continued his fierce criticism of Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday, wondering aloud why the nation’s top disease expert has been so quiet on the COVID-19 dangers unraveling at the southern border. "There was no policy, medical or otherwise, that Dr. Fauci wouldn’t weigh in on when President Trump was in the White House," the North Carolina Republican tweeted. "Curious we haven't heard from the same Dr. Fauci on Joe Biden releasing thousands of COVID untested migrants into the U.S." Meadows was referring to reports of migrants overwhelming U.S. Border Patrol agents...

The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus vaccines are safe and effective in pregnant and breastfeeding women, according to a new study published Thursday in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. The study also found that mothers can pass antibodies to their newborns. “That’s a very important piece of information to our patients,” Andrea Edlow, MD, the senior study author and a maternal-fetal medicine specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital, told ABC News. “We know that this vaccine works for you,” she added. The research team studied a group of 131 women who received the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, including 84 pregnant,...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — One of New Zealand’s most well-known businessmen pleaded guilty Thursday to possessing child sex abuse images, including some of children as young as 2. Ron Brierley’s pleas on three charges in an Australian court have sparked a rarely invoked procedure to strip him of the knighthood he received more than 30 years ago. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said she was initiating a forfeiture process for the honor, which requires approval from Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II. Brierley faces a maximum 10 years in prison when he is sentenced. He was caught with some images...

Spring is in full swing, and like the weather, so are the thunderous weather-themed proverbs. As we start April, you may have not heard these next two weather proverbs, but they still ring true today. "If it thunders on All Fools' Day, it brings good crops of corn and hay," and "The first thunder of the year awakens all the frogs." The thunder and frogs -- called "spring peepers" -- officially sound the trumpets of spring. These lesser-known proverbs proclaim the beginning of the season and the effects that April's first thunderstorms have on farmers across the world, pointing to...

The Biden team is reportedly granting thousands of illegal border crossers one-year renewable permits to stay in the United States to apply for asylum, a process that can take multiple years. According to a new CIS (Center For Immigration Studies) report, aliens will be allowed to receive Social Security cards, paving the way for potential government taxpayer benefits and jobs. Immigration expert Todd Bensman revealed in a new report that an estimated 34,000 recent border-crossing aliens have already been distributed all around the continental United States. Bensman stated that if the migrant qualifies to stay, and most do under Biden’s...

Sarah Palin has tested positive for COVID-19, and she's urging others to continue taking the pandemic seriously. The former governor of Alaska and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee-turned-TV personality confirms in a statement to PEOPLE that she contracted the coronavirus as did some of her family members, including 12-year-old son Trig. Of her diagnosis, Palin explains that it began when "one of my daughters awoke to having lost her sense of taste and smell [and] immediately had a positive COVID test, then was quarantined in isolation. "I then observed symptoms in my son Trig, who curiously is the most enthusiastic...

(CNN)Police found "multiple victims" at an office complex in Orange, California, after responding to a call of shots fired Wednesday night. "Officers arrived as shots were being fired and located multiple victims at the scene including fatalities. An officer involved shooting occurred," the Orange Police Department said in a post on their Facebook page.

Former President Donald Trump has launched a new, personal website, dedicated to preserving the legacy of his administration and to advance his agenda. The Supreme Court rejected a request which would’ve required Hillary Clinton to testify under oath regarding her use of a private email server.

Former President Donald Trump hinted that he may run for the White House in 2024, saying his supporters should have “hope.” Trump was interviewed by Lara Trump, his daughter in law, for her podcast, “The Right View,” where she asked him about his future political plans. “You do have hope, that I can tell you,” the former president said in his first on camera interview since leaving the White House in January. “You do have hope. We love our country — this country. We all owe a lot to our country but now we have to help our country.” He...

WASHINGTON—The U.S. government on Wednesday vowed to continue battling what it sees as significant trade barriers that are harming American companies and farmers, and singled out Beijing as the “world’s leading offender” in creating overcapacities in several sectors.

(EDITOR’S NOTE: At this time there is no confirmation about where the “three people briefed on the matter” who spoke to the New York Times are employed – whether by the FBI, the US Attorney’s office in Florida, the USDOJ in Washington DC, on Capitol Hill, or whether they’re three individuals to whom the information was leaked. We have major concerns about supposedly serious newsrooms reporting about ongoing criminal probes in which no charges have been filed basing their story entirely upon information from anonymous sources whose connection to the investigation isn’t even revealed, and whether or not those anonymous...

In an interview on Meet The Press, Dr. Anthony Fauci, who has hyped the Coronavirus vaccine since day one, just admitted the COVID vaccines he hyped as a way to save lives may not actually be safe. In a live interview with Chuck Todd, the New York Post reports that the epidemiologist blatantly stated that the country needed to "make sure" the vaccine truly is safe before we give it to children and maybe pregnant women, whom Fauci said are generally "vulnerable" to vaccines. The New York Post cites him as saying: The reason is traditionally when you have a...

This story is being completely ignored by the media. Only Taylor Marshall on YouTube and Church Militant have covered it. I hope she sues the Diocese of Dallas and the liberal church pastor is fired.

Moscow, March 30, Interfax - The Russian Orthodox Church has failed to reach an agreement on the issue of in vitro fertilization (IVF). The period the Church was given to discuss with the public a document on softening the position of the Russian Orthodox Church on in vitro fertilization has ended on Monday. The document, posted on the official website of the Church in early February, suggests updating its stance on this reproductive technology with regard for the development of medicine in the past twenty years. In particular, it proposes regarding as acceptable in vitro fertilization in which the production...

Thanks to the pressure exerted by AsiaNews, the church of the Sacred Heart was not demolished. Tensions in the country over the seizure of land. The faithful had already removed the furnishings and decorations. But the building cannot be used because water, electricity and other services have been cut off by the government.Rome (AsiaNews) - The Catholic church of Yining (Xinjiang), dedicated to the Sacred Heart, which the authorities had decided to destroy last February, is still standing, but the faithful cannot use it. This is the latest news to reach us about the sacred building that was slated for...