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Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah said Monday that she has no regrets about retweeting a post supporting Hamas's October 7, 2023, terrorist attack on Israel and blamed racism for the backlash to her pro-Hamas sympathies."I make no apologies for standing on the side of Palestinian liberation, at all," Attiah said after a woman confronted her over the pro-Hamas post at a book signing, according to footage recorded by Algemeiner's Corey Walker.The post, which Attiah retweeted soon after it was posted on the day of Hamas's massacre, read, "What did y'all think decolonization meant? vibes? papers? essays? losers."Attiah said at the...

The Laken Riley Act has more than enough votes to pass the Senate and overcome a filibuster, a procedural vote showed on Tuesday. Dozens of Democrats joined all voting Republicans in expressing support for the bill, easily clearing the 60-vote threshold to prevent far-left senators from filibustering the bill. The legislation, named after a nursing student murdered last February by a Venezuelan illegal immigrant in Georgia, mandates that federal immigration authorities detain illegal immigrants suspected of theft or related crimes. It also allows states to sue the Department of Homeland Security for damages resulting from illegal immigration. The Senate is...