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Motel 6 will pay $12M after sharing guest info with ICE, official says – ABC News
Motel 6 agreed to pay $12 million to settle a lawsuit that accused several Washington state locations of sharing personal guest information with U.S. immigration officials. The budget motel operator illegally shared the personal information of about 80,000 customers for more than two years, resulting in a “targeted” ICE investigation into guests with Latino-sounding names, the Washington state attorney general’s office announced Thursday. The office said operators at seven Washington…
Kirstjen Nielsen resigning: DHS secretary stepping down after meeting with Trump at the White House today — live updates – CBS News
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is resigning, President Trump announced in a tweet Sunday. CBS News first reported Nielsen’s impending departure, which Mr. Trump announced after a 5 p.m. meeting with Nielsen at the White House. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan will serve as acting DHS secretary, the president announced. “Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen will be leaving her position, and I would like to…
Mulvaney vows Dems will ‘never’ see Trump’s tax returns, despite renewed push – Fox News
Video Exclusive: Mick Mulvaney on President Trump’s border security push, growing tensions with House Democrats President Trump warns Mexico to stop the flow of migrants and drugs to the U.S.; insight from White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney. Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney told “Fox News Sunday” in an exclusive interview that Democrats will “never” see President Trump’s tax returns, days after a House Democrat committee chairman…
In Israel Election, the Future of the West Bank Is Now on the Ballot – The New York Times
Mr. Shapiro added: “And there’s no evident check coming from the Trump administration, as there always had been under every previous administration, saying, ‘Don’t do that.’” In response to the rise of the sovereignty movement, two-state supporters have warned loudly of a domino effect that any annexation would set in motion, whether limited to a few big settlements, the Israeli-administered portion of the West Bank known as Area C, or…
It may take 2 years to identify thousands of migrant children separated from families – USA TODAY
CLOSE President Donald Trump says his administration is ensuring the country knows “this is an actual emergency” at the U.S.-Mexico border. (April 5) AP As the Trump administration works to address what it describes as a growing “crisis” at the U.S.-Mexico border, officials said in a court filing that it may take two years for the government to identify thousands of migrant children who were separated from their families. The…
4 adults, 2 kids shot and wounded at Chicago baby shower – Fox News
CHICAGO – Two men who opened fire on a crowd of people gathered for a baby shower, wounding six people, including two children, may have acted in retaliation for an earlier gang conflict, police said Sunday. Authorities have only “shards of information” about what happened at the family gathering in Chicago because witnesses are not cooperating, a police spokesman said, but investigators hope the serious nature of the children’s injuries…
Mulvaney vows Dems will ‘never’ see Trump’s tax returns, despite renewed push – Fox News
Video Exclusive: Mick Mulvaney on President Trump’s border security push, growing tensions with House Democrats President Trump warns Mexico to stop the flow of migrants and drugs to the U.S.; insight from White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney. Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney told “Fox News Sunday” in an exclusive interview that Democrats will “never” see President Trump’s tax returns, days after a House Democrat committee chairman…
Netanyahu Vows He Will Annex Israeli Settlements In West Bank If Re-Elected – NPR
People walk by election campaign billboards showing Israeli Prime Minister and head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu (left) alongside the Blue and White party leaders, including Benny Gantz. Ahead of Tuesday’s election, Netanyahu has pledged to annex Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Oded Balilty/AP hide caption toggle caption Oded Balilty/AP People walk by election campaign billboards showing Israeli Prime Minister and head of the Likud party Benjamin…
Suspicion is high as Barr redacts Mueller report – Philly.com
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., has been pushing the attorney general to ask a judge to approve the release of grand jury material, but Barr has made no move to do so. Nadler is authorized to subpoena Mueller’s full report, with the committee voting along party lines Wednesday to grant him that ability, though to date, none has been issued.
American woman, safari guide kidnapped in Uganda returned safely after ransom paid – ABC News
An American woman and her safari guide who were kidnapped in a Ugandan wilderness park and held five days by armed captors were returned unharmed on Sunday after a ransom was paid for their release, authorities said. Kim Sue Endicott of Southern California and her tour guide, Congolese national Jean-Paul Mirenge Remezo, were freed in a negotiated handover, officials said. The kidnappers who abducted them at gunpoint in Queen Elizabeth…
Suspected rhino poacher is killed by an elephant and then eaten by lions in South Africa – CNN
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Ocasio-Cortez responds to Trump over ‘bartender’ comment; lashes out at Amazon – Fox News
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks during the National Action Network Convention in New York, Friday, April 5, 2019. (Associated Press) U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., called President Trump’s recent barb about her being a “young bartender” a compliment and lashed out at Amazon while speaking with constituents Saturday. “There’s nothing wrong with being a bartender,” Ocasio-Cortez said at a joint event in the New York City borough of Queens alongside New…
From ‘peace process’ to ‘annexation’ — the changing role of the conflict in Israel’s political discourse – CNN
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Brexit: furious Tories will try to oust May if UK fights Euro elections – The Guardian
Theresa May’s mutinous MPs are warning her that they will move to oust her within weeks if the UK is forced to take part in European elections next month and extend its EU membership beyond the end of June. Tory MPs are increasingly angry at the prospect of voters being asked to go to the polls to elect MEPs three years after the Brexit referendum, in an election they fear…
Trump tax returns: Lawyer calls Democrats’ demands “a gross abuse of power” – Vox.com
For more than four years, President Donald Trump has refused to release his federal income tax returns. Friday, his attorney said the president plans to continue doing so, despite pressure from House Democrats to make the returns public. In a letter to the Treasury Department, Trump’s attorney William Consovoy called on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to reject a request from the House Ways and Means Committee to release the…
Conservatives’ takeover of Supreme Court stalled by John Roberts-Brett Kavanaugh bromance – USA TODAY
CLOSE The Supreme Court heard arguments about whether a 40-foot-tall cross that memorializes veterans from World War 1 and stands on public land in Maryland is constitutional. (Feb. 27) AP WASHINGTON – The conservative takeover of the Supreme Court that was anticipated following President Donald Trump’s two selections has been stalled by a budding bromance between the senior and junior justices. Chief Justice John Roberts and the court’s newest member, Brett…
Pushing for Tighter Borders, President Asks Jews for Support – The New York Times
“Special thanks to Representative Omar of Minnesota,” Mr. Trump said, expressing gratitude to other attendees, including Sheldon G. Adelson, the billionaire casino magnate and prominent Republican donor, and his wife, Miriam. “Oh, I forgot, she doesn’t like Israel. I’m so sorry.” (Ms. Omar herself was recently the target of death threats. This week, federal agents arrested a New York resident, Patrick W. Carlineo Jr., after he reportedly called her office,…
Aviation world faces moment of reckoning after 737 MAX crashes – CNN
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Reuniting thousands of migrant families will take up to 2 years, government lawyers say – NBCNews.com
WASHINGTON — Lawyers representing the Trump administration told the federal judge overseeing the reunification of separated migrant families that it will take one to two years to identify potentially thousands of children. U.S. District Court Judge Dana Sabraw in California ordered last month that children separated before the administration’s “zero tolerance” policy went into effect should be identified. A migrant mother walks with her two daughters on their way to…
One truthful Democrat emerges to call out party’s ‘delusions’ – New York Post
Bob Kerrey, the former Nebraska senator and governor, was always one of my favorite politicians in part because his politics weren’t perfectly polished. Among other free-wheeling moments, he called fellow Democrat Bill Clinton an “uncommonly good liar” and said a requirement for becoming president is that you must “want it more than life itself.” Kerrey moved on to academia and now to an investment bank, but hasn’t lost the willingness…