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A new policy memorandum from the Biden administration took effect Monday which seeks to end the use of what are, in fact, accurate terms for illegal aliens by those handling the adjudication of immigration cases. The memo first circulated last week within the Department of Justice explains that "illegal alien" and associated legal terms are not to be used in internal or external communications within the subgroup that handles immigration cases and that such apparently intolerable terminology be replaced with more woke social justice-y language. It's all part of President Biden's larger practice of implementing Orwellian "newspeak" regarding illegal immigrants...

Far from dead, legislation expanding background checks before gun sales still has a chance of passing this Congress, Democratic leaders in the House and Senate said Wednesday. While the background check issue has been dormant on Capitol Hill since the Senate shot down such a proposal earlier in the year, Democrats argue that enough pressure on House GOP leaders would return the topic to prominence – and force a floor vote – before next year's mid-term elections. .... "So we're going to pass this law," he added. "We are going to finish the job and pass background checks and then...

FAIRMONT, W.Va. (AP) - Harleigh Marsh was tough enough to scrape ice from the frozen deck of a Navy aircraft carrier in the North Atlantic. Smart enough to strip and rebuild a cockpit. And responsible enough to maintain survival gear for pilots. So when he found himself homeless six years ago, he figured he could handle it. Like many of the estimated 500,000 veterans who will become homeless at some point this year, Marsh had the "Army of one" mentality that the armed forces demand. "When a squadron or something needs you, you don't ask questions. You never say no....

IN SEARCH OF A LEGACY Poll: Clinton greater than Reagan, Washington Gallup survey also ranks Bill ahead of Jefferson, tied with Bush -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: May 27, 2003 3:54 a.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com Bill Clinton tops Ronald Reagan, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson in a new survey of America's greatest presidents, and ranks evenly with George W. Bush. Bill Clinton A Gallup poll released this month asked the question: "Who do you regard as the greatest United States president?" While Abraham Lincoln and John Kennedy finished first and second with 15 and 13 percent of the votes respectively, Clinton and...