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Weeks after State Sen. Doug Mastriano won the Republican primary for governor, the party is doing its best to coalesce around him. In some cases, the support is begrudging. Mastriano’s win was an upset for the party’s establishment, who believed his focus on disproven 2020 election fraud theories and vocal support for no-exception abortion bans would make him unelectable against Attorney General Josh Shapiro, the Democrats’ consensus nominee. Insiders tried to coordinate a last-minute coalition to box Mastriano out in the crowded Republican primary, but it failed decisively. Mastriano won with about 44% of the GOP vote. One Republican operative,...

MALMO, SWEDEN — At some point, the shouts of “Heil Hitler” that often greeted Marcus Eilenberg as he walked to the 107-year-old Moorish-style synagogue in this port city forced the 32-year-old attorney to make a difficult, life-changing decision: Fearing for his family’s safety after repeated anti-Semitic incidents, Eilenberg reluctantly uprooted himself and his wife and two children, and moved to Israel in May. Sweden, a country long regarded as a model of tolerance, has, ironically, been a refuge for Eilenberg’s family. His paternal grandparents found a home in Malmo in 1945 after surviving the Holocaust. His wife’s parents came to...

WASHINGTON, July 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Late yesterday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it would move forward on a Bush-era regulation requiring all federal contractors to use E-Verify. This announcement is welcome news, but it also represents a last minute attempt by the Obama administration to fend off a proposal to impose more stringent standards that the Senate was considering on the same day, says the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR).

<p>SACRAMENTO – Several key Democratic leaders - including the state's two U.S. senators - lent their less-than-enthusiastic support Tuesday to Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's $15 billion bond measure.</p> <p>U.S. Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, legislative leaders and the California Democratic Party announced they are backing Propositions 57 and 58, the governor's twin budget-related measures on the March 2 ballot.</p>