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Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Two federal lawsuits accuse the Department of Homeland Security and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem of illegally revoking temporary protected status for hundreds of thousands of migrants. A pair of pro-immigrant organizations accuse the Department of Homeland Services and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem of violating the rights of 607,000 Venezuelan migrants in federal court. "Secretary Noem's unlawful actions to strip approximately 607,000 Venezuelans in the United States of their work permits and immigration status under temporary protected status ... ignore the statutory scheme that Congress enacted and instead threaten to force lawfully admitted and TPS-eligible Venezuelans and...

A man accused of cannibalism and murder has been granted conditional release, according to the Connecticut Psychiatric Security Review Board (PSRB). The board granted Tyree Smith's release after a careful review of his clinical progress, officials said. He's currently at Connecticut Valley Hospital in Middletown. Smith is accused of hacking a man to death with an axe in Bridgeport and eating part of the victim's brain and an eyeball. The PSRB said Smith has demonstrated long-term stability, remained engaged in all recommended treatments and consistently followed his care. His conditional release requires that he remain under structured supervision and that...

[snip] Close your eyes and listen to the video clip. If you didn't know better, you might have thought it was Bernie Sanders ranting about "millionaires and billionaires." But no, that was Scarborough on today's Morning Joe. Self-styled "small-government conservative" Scarborough first condemned the Trump administration's plans to reduce the number of IRS agents! Adopting the liberal lexicon, Scarborough complained that "working-class" people can't afford lawyers to take care of the problems with the IRS, unlike "millionaires and billionaires."A bit later, Scarborough condemned proposed tax cuts for "billionaires and millionaires. This is not about protecting Medicare or Medicaid of Social...

As is becoming typical for Vance, he didn’t stick to the generic political script but delved into fundamental moral principles guiding a free society. Vance sat down with Mercedes Schlapp, one of CPAC’s organizers, to discuss the administration’s plans and his views on many of the issues confronting our nation. You can watch the entire exchange here (or read the full transcript here), but but it always feels a bit different when you’re in the room as someone is developing his thoughts. Watching Vance speak, you could predict much of what he talked about, but one very important part of...

Republican voters gathered Friday in the northwest suburbs for a fundraiser with President Donald Trump's daughter-in-law. In a ballroom packed with Republican donors and voters, MAGA ballcaps and Trump t-shirts projected their message of the moment. That message: they love it here. "I think it's shining a light for everyone in Illinois to understand we can do this," former Republican Illinois gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey said. 'We can get things fixed again." The McHenry County GOPAC is boosting the base, and President Trump's daughter-in-law Lara Trump, the former co-chair of the Republican National Committee, flew into town on something of...

Farmers across the U.S. are struggling to make critical decisions ahead of the spring thaw, as billions of dollars in promised federal payments remain frozen by the Trump administration. Ang Roell, a farmer and beekeeper in Massachusetts, had planned to begin installing deer-proof fencing, mulch and an irrigation system for a recently planted orchard — an initiative supported by more than $30,000 in federal grants that are now on hold. Without that money, Roell worries that when the chestnut trees and elderberry bushes begin to sprout leaves in just a few weeks, there will be nothing to stop deer from...

....Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was made aware of the impending destructive Santa Ana winds before she left the country as part of a Biden administration delegation to Ghana. She was also aware of the dry conditions throughout the area. She made the choice to go to Africa to represent the U.S. in a relatively insignificant ceremony in Ghana. Bass needs to own this decision instead of firing Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley.

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The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is investigating the Maine Department of Education and a Maine school district for Title IX violations. “Maine would have you believe that it has no choice in how it treats women and girls in athletics — that is, that it must follow its state laws and allow male athletes to compete against women and girls,” acting assistant secretary for civil rights Craig Trainor said in a statement. “Let me be clear: If Maine wants to continue to receive federal funds from the Education Department, it has to follow Title IX,” he added....

Germany’s Merz says Britain and France may need to “share” their nuclear weapons as America can’t be relied on to defend NATO. Europe's politicians are openly discussing how they could tackle the threat of nuclear attack without American help, in a dramatic sign of the deep crisis engulfing the transatlantic alliance under Donald Trump. In what would be a huge shift in position, the runaway favorite to be Germany’s next leader said the continent must find new ways to defend itself without the U.S. military underpinning its nuclear protection through NATO. Friedrich Merz, whom polls suggest is on course to...

NC recently made it legal to charge some teens as adults if the circumstances called for it. Watch this teen’s reaction to the new policy.

Member of the British House of Lords and Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) CEO Baroness Philippa Stroud praised Vice President JD Vance for his recent criticism of European countries for suppressing some of their citizens' rights and freedoms. Stroud, whose work is dedicated to revitalizing western society’s relationship with the foundational principles of freedom of expression and prosperity, agreed that Vance "was right" to warn European leaders of the dangers of abandoning those principles. "And I do think that JD was right. We actually have to face up to – is there anything that we want to be defending? We...

Progressives are struggling with recruitment, morale and fundraising as they seek a path forward heading into next year’s midterm elections. While some on the left, such as Justice Democrats, have called for primary challenges to moderate Democrats in 2026, many progressives acknowledge the hurdles and lack of attention they face. Despite a couple of names floated, such as former Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.), who is believed to be considering another House bid, liberals are more disorganized about their potential challenger roster. They’re also contending with waning donor enthusiasm. All together, these predicaments paint a picture of a left wing in...

Researchers at the Chinese lab accused of leaking the COVID-19 virus have now discovered a new coronavirus in bats that closely matches the one that led to the deadly worldwide outbreak in 2020, according to a study. The virus, unearthed at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, carries the risk of animal-to-human transmission, though the infection has not yet been identified in a living person, according to a study published in the scientific journal Cell. The bat virus, referred to as HKU5-CoV-2, uses the same human receptor as SARS-CoV-2, a strain of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The newly discovered bat...

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) accidentally discovered that US taxpayers provided the funds that the US Aid for International Development (USAID) paid for the gain-of-function research in China that created the covid-19 virus that killed millions of victims around the world. Taxpayers also paid the salaries of the folks at the FDA who authorized the emergency use of the dangerous mRNA vaccines. Taxpayers also paid Pfizer and other manufactures billions so inoculations with these vaccines would be free to the recipients. Taxpayers also paid the salaries of the FBI personnel who intimidated social media like Facebook into censoring medical...

@gdemaneuf What has never been reported in the mainstream media, is that when @SenTomCotton discussed some supposedly xenophobic 'fringe theory' of SARS-CoV-2 origins, he was effectively paraphrasing the expert opinion delivered by Baric during a classified BSEG (intel) meeting on 25 or 26 January 2020. @RandPaul It is quite interesting that coronavirus scientist Ralph Baric informed US intel on Jan. 25, 2020, that he was worried about a lab leak origin for COVID-19 but two months later worked on a letter to Lancet describing the lab leak theory as a conspiracy theory… @BumblebeeJoe What is even more interesting, @RandPaul, is...

In an unprecedented purge of the military’s senior leadership Friday night, President Donald Trump fired the top US general just moments before his defense secretary fired the chief of the US Navy and the vice chief of the Air Force. Trump announced he was dismissing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Charles Q. Brown and replacing him with Air Force Lt. Gen. John Dan “Razin” Caine – an extraordinary move since Caine is retired, according to an Air Force official, and is not a four-star general.SNIP“Finally, I have also directed Secretary [of Defense Pete] Hegseth to solicit nominations for...

Medicaid, debt limit, spending cuts among possible sticking pointsHouse Republican leaders are barreling ahead with a vote early next week on their all-in-one budget framework designed to knock out a huge swath of President Donald Trump’s legislative priorities in one filibuster-proof basket. But they head into the vote on the fiscal 2025 budget resolution, currently expected Tuesday, on shaky ground, with resistance from various factions that make it difficult to see how they can adopt the reconciliation blueprint. They can lose just one GOP vote, assuming no Democrats support it and all members vote. The current strategy on House Republican...

A metro rider was robbed of his pricey Canada Goose parka by two teen thugs who accused him of 'snitching'. Video filmed by another straphanger on the DC Metro on Wednesday showed one of the robbers forcing the young man to take off the coat in his seat. 'Snitch, Imma crush your b***h a**,' he berated the rider as he yanked the jacket from him after he took it off, then walked away. The victim protested: 'Dude, I wasn't snitching... I was just talking about something else. I wasn't gonna snitch! I'm sorry!' It's not clear whether the 'snitching' accusation...

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and his brother, Scott Kelly, both retired astronauts, on Friday called out tech billionaire Elon Musk over his attacks on an astronaut on his social platform X. “Hey @ElonMusk, when you finally get the nerve to climb into a rocket ship, come talk to the three of us,” the Arizona lawmaker wrote on X in response to Musk’s post calling Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen “an idiot.” Scott Kelly defended Mogensen after Musk attacked him for challenging his remarks on a recent Fox News interview alongside President Trump. Musk used an ableist slur, referring to Mogensen, in...