Obama signs bill to review northern border threats1 hour ago
President Barack Obama has signed a bill that will help identify threats and challenges facing federal agents at the northern border.
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Congresswoman first contender in New Mexico governor’s race
Democratic U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced her candidacy Tuesday, becoming the first to declare intentions to replace second-term GOP Gov. Susana Martinez. She cannot run again because of term limits.
A blueprint for how Democrats can win again
Veteran Democratic operative Guy Cecil rattled off several tweets Tuesday offering hard advice for his party about how it can recover from the stunning loss of the 2016 campaign and the broader defeats the party has suffered downballot in recent years. I reached out to Cecil to see whether he would expand beyond 140 characters in his diagnosis of what went wrong for his side -- and how to fix it.
Black Americans sue staffing company for favoring Latino hires
A class-action lawsuit was filed against a nation-wide staffing company that alleges that black Americans were subjected to illegal discrimination. The filing alleges that Latino workers were preferred over the black Americans.
Bernard Goldberg
I wonder if our liberal friends have picked up on the irony that some of their trendiest progressive values, especially now that Donald Trump has been elected president, have a pedigree they'd rather not acknowledge - a pedigree that goes back to the bad old days of slavery and segregation. Let's start with their efforts to secede from the union.
Trump adds third retired general to incoming cabinet
One more retired general in the incoming US administration now -- President-elect Donald Trump on Monday formally pick retired Marine Corps Gen. John Kelly to lead the Department of Homeland Security.
Stenger confirms Binghamton University as a sanctuary campus
On Dec. 2, Binghamton University President Harvey Stenger issued a statement through B-Line declaring that BU is a sanctuary campus. The statement defined a sanctuary campus as one that will protect undocumented students and not collect information concerning citizenship or immigration status.
Trump Terrifies Mixed Immigrant FamiliesBy Center for Public Integrity
Many U.S. citizens have spouses or parents who are undocumented. Under Trump, they fear they will be forced to choose between splitting up the family or leaving the country.
Silicon Valley exec has the last laugh after voting Trump :0
GSV Capital Chief Executive Michael Moe is having the last laugh as a Silicon Valley insider who dared not vote for Hillary Clinton. Call it a real belly laugh for this influential tech investor, who has emerged unbowed - and predicts President-elect Donald Trump may very well pull this economy out of the doldrums with opportunities galore for investors.
Free speech loses in Holland
This week, a court in the Netherlands found Geert Wilders, leader of Holland's Party for Freedom, guilty of inciting discrimination and insulting a group after a trial over statements he made about Moroccans. At a rally, Wilders asked his audience: "Do you want more or less Moroccans in this city and in the Netherlands?" The audience repeatedly chanted "less."
Trump’s immigration ‘flip’ more nuanced than media claims
The political class has been abuzz with claims that President-elect Trump is softening his tone on immigration. The hullabaloo stems largely from an interview with Time in which Trump called immigration enforcement a "tough situation."
Singing a different tune on immigration
Of all the issues that aroused the enthusiasm of Donald Trump voters during the campaign, none carried greater emotional weight than immigration. Demonizing immigrants and references to a border wall and mass deportation never failed to elicit a full-throated roar of approval from his supporters.
Watch Live: Donald Trump Rally in Grand Rapids Tonight
Republican President-elect Donald Trump is headed to Grand Rapids tonight for his first appearance in Michigan since winning the presidency. His last Michigan stop was the night before the election, where he held a last-minute rally in Grand Rapids with Vice President-elect Mike Pence.
Won’t allow H-1B visa holders to replace US workers: Donald Trump
Trump has said he would not allow Americans to be replaced by foreign workers, in an apparent reference to cases like that of Disney World and other American companies wherein people hired on H-1B visas, including Indians, displaced US workers. WASHINGTON: President-elect Donald Trump has said he would not allow Americans to be replaced by foreign workers, in an apparent reference to cases like that of Disney World and other American companies wherein people hired on H-1B visas , including Indians, displaced US workers.
Georgia and Ukraine hail EU visa-free deal
EU negotiators have agreed terms on a deal that could see Georgians enter the EU without a visa this year and Ukrainians early next year. The deal involves a new snap-back procedure on visa-waivers designed to put to rest concerns over illegal immigration, mainly in France and Germany.
Big business warns Trump against mass deportation
Still grappling with Donald Trump's surprise election, the nation's business community has begun to pressure the president-elect to abandon campaign-trail pledges of mass deportation and other hardline immigration policies that some large employers fear would hurt the economy. The push, led by an advocacy group backed by New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg and media mogul Rupert Murdoch, is still in its infancy as the business world struggles to understand the tough-talking Trump's true intentions on an issue that defined his outsider campaign.
Trump Defends Billionaire Cabinet Picks: ‘They’re So Proud to Do It’
President-elect Donald Trump defended his wealthy choices for Cabinet and top administrative posts, telling Iowa supporters Thursday they were "some of the most successful people in the world." "One newspaper criticized me: 'Why can't they have people of modest means?'" Trump said at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, the third stop on his "thank you" tour of battleground states.
Trump puts new spotlight on Long Island gang killings
As he sat down for an interview with Time magazine for his "person of the year" profile, Donald Trump explained his tough view on illegal immigration by retrieving a copy of the Long Island newspaper Newsday and pointing to a blaring headline: "Extremely Violent Gang Faction." The article focused on the killings of five teenagers from the same New York City suburb and suspicions that the slayings were the work of a street gang, MS-13, that has roots in El Salvador and has been linked to at least 30 killings on Long Island since 2010.
The Latest: Jurors see dashcam video of Roof apprehension
Homeland Security patrol the streets outside the Federal Courthouse Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016, in Charleston, S.C., during Dylann Roof's trial. Roof, a white man, is accused of killing nine black people at a ch... .
Killing at youth rehab center 1st known violent incident
A teenager accused of killing a staff member at a youth treatment center and injuring another worker carried out the attacks because he wanted to leave the ranch, not because of a grudge against either person, a... The youth treatment center where police say a teenager brutally killed a staff member while trying to escape is a working cattle ranch in southern Utah that hasn't previously had any major violations with the state or... An unarmed black motorist struggled with an Iowa officer and a police dog before the officer shot the driver when he tried to get away, paralyzing him, dashcam video released Thursday shows.