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Two people are taken into custody by ICE agents at a Koch Foods Inc. plant in Morton, Miss., one of seven food processing plants targeted for coordinated raids in the state. Rogelio V. Solis/AP hide caption toggle caption Rogelio V. Solis/AP Two people are taken into custody by ICE agents at a Koch Foods Inc. plant in Morton, Miss., one of seven food processing plants targeted for coordinated raids in…

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In the aftermath of a deadly mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, a viral message spread on social media that said law enforcement cautioned about the threat of more violence at Walmart and Target stores in that city. The message circulated days after a gunman killed 22 people and wounded dozens more during a morning rampage on Aug. 3, 2019. The suspect in the attack, Patrick…

Video Bill de Blasio talks illegal immigration, health care for undocumented New York residents New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio told Sean Hannity he supports border security — just not the way President Trump wants it. The 2020 Democratic presidential candidate claimed a border wall with Mexico is unnecessary but some reforms are needed, in an explosive interview Wednesday on “Hannity.” “I support border security but not walls,” he said….

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President Donald Trump will travel to Beto O’Rourke’s hometown of El Paso on Wednesday in the wake of the weekend’s mass shooting. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo white house By QUINT FORGEY 08/07/2019 06:56 AM EDT Updated 08/07/2019 08:34 AM EDT 2019-08-07T08:34-0400 President Donald Trump on Tuesday night mocked Beto O’Rourke’s performance in the Democratic presidential primary and commanded him to “be quiet” in the wake of a mass shooting in…

The Canadian police said on Wednesday that they believed they had found the bodies of two teenagers suspected of killing three people in British Columbia. Kam McLeod, 19, and Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, had been the subject of an intense two-week manhunt that riveted the country. An autopsy was underway to confirm their identities, Assistant Commissioner Jane MacLatchy, the commanding officer of the Manitoba Royal Canadian Mounted Police, said at a…

Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) is under fire for tweeting out a list of donors to President Donald Trump. Why the maneuver is so controversial isn’t entirely clear: It’s all information that was already public. The Texas Democrat and brother to 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro on Monday tweeted a list of 44 San Antonio donors who contributed the maximum amount under federal law to Trump in 2019. “Sad to…

Video Puerto Rico’s governor to step down amid uncertainty over replacement Pedro Pierluisi, the man whom former Governor Ricardo Rossello tapped to become secretary of state and the next governor, must be confirmed by both Puerto Rico’s Senate and House of Representatives; Phil Keating reports. Puerto Rico Justice Secretary Wanda Vázquez was sworn in as the island’s new governor Wednesday, hours after its Supreme Court ruled that Friday’s inauguration of Pedro Pierluisi as governor…

As noon approached, the crowd in the Oregon District began to thin. At one point, a few supporters of the president started chanting “Trump, Trump, Trump.” Across the street, another woman yelled, “Trump for impeachment.” But mostly, people just stood on the sidewalk, waiting for a motorcade that did not seem likely to come. Maj. Wendy Stiver of the city police department eventually told demonstrators that the president was not…

Democrats seem to be adjusting well to the Trump era. On Tuesday, for example, Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro targeted retirees in San Antonio for donating to President Trump’s reelection campaign. “Sad to see so many San Antonians as 2019 maximum donors to Donald Trump, etc,” the Twitter account maintained by the congressman’s reelection campaign said Tuesday. The note also lists local businesses and businessmen by name. To be clear, some…

CNN host Don Lemon was visibly flabbergasted by Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who claimed white supremacy was “actually not a real problem in America” during his program on Tuesday. Carlson downplayed the evidence of the rise of white supremacy throughout the US and described it a “hoax … Just like the Russia hoax.” Lemon was speechless after he replayed a portion of Carlson’s segment for his program. “Wow,” Lemon…

Fairfax County police are responding to reports of “a man with [a] weapon at the Gannett Building” in Tysons. The police department tweeted about the incident at 7950 Jones Branch Drive at 12:25 p.m. today (Wednesday). “Please avoid the area, updates to follow,” the tweet said. We are responding to reports of a man with weapon at the Gannett Building located at 7950 Jones Branch Drive in McLean. Please avoid the…

Cyntoia Brown, a woman serving a life sentence for killing a man when she was 16, appeared during her clemency hearing in May 2018. Lacy Atkins/AP hide caption toggle caption Lacy Atkins/AP Cyntoia Brown, a woman serving a life sentence for killing a man when she was 16, appeared during her clemency hearing in May 2018. Lacy Atkins/AP Cyntoia Brown, who served 15 years of a life sentence for killing…

The congresswoman representing El Paso and her predecessor exchanged heated words with President  Trump on the eve of his scheduled visit to the Texas border city. The president is slated to travel Wednesday to El Paso as well as Dayton, Ohio – the sites of weekend mass shootings. Rep. Veronica Escobar tweeted Tuesday that she declined a White House invitation to meet with Mr. Trump. Escobar, a Democrat, wrote that she refuses…

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Ohio Republican Rep. Mike Turner represents Dayton, the scene of one of two mass shootings over the weekend. He opposed a House bill expanding background checks but came out in favor of measures to ban assault style weapons and proposals for red flag bills. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption toggle caption Susan Walsh/AP Ohio Republican Rep. Mike Turner represents Dayton, the scene of one of two mass shootings over the weekend….

A bipartisan bill to expand background checks and legislation that would flag mentally unstable gun owners are at the top of possible measures Congress could consider in the wake of the two mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, and Rep. Pete King, a Republican from New York, held a joint press conference in Long Island calling on Senate…

New Delhi, India – Sanjay Bhan began distributing sweets outside his house on Monday, shortly after India’s government announced its decision to abolish a constitutional provision that guaranteed special rights to India-administered Kashmir. “I feel a rebirth today, I feel like an honoured Indian today,” said Bhan, beaming with joy. “It is a kind of happiness that I cannot explain,” added Bhan, a member of the Kashmiri Hindu community known…

Video Kellyanne Conway: Beto O’Rourke’s ‘cursing and screaming’ about Trump doesn’t ‘heal a single soul’ President Trump issued a fiery tweet late Tuesday for 2020 presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke ahead of his visit to the Democrat’s hometown of El Paso, Texas, following last weekend’s shooting that left 22 dead.  Over the past several days, O’Rourke has slammed the president, who he has placed blame for the massacre. The former congressman declared that Trump is…