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Private property signs block entrance to a dirt road along the perimeter of a tent encampment recently built near the Tornillo Port of Entry in Tornillo, Texas, on June 21, 2018. Private property signs block entrance to a dirt road along the perimeter of a tent encampment recently built near the Tornillo Port of Entry in Tornillo, Texas, on June 21, 2018.
State delegates also approved a resolution advocating the removal of marijuana from the federal list of Schedule I drugs, those considered most dangerous, like heroin and cocaine. It's become a perennial debate for state lawmakers.
In just six weeks, nearly 2,000 children were separated from their parents under a new zero-tolerance policy mandated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Just when House Republicans needed Donald Trump's backing the most -- on their big immigration overhaul -- he dashed off a presidential tweet on Friday saying they should quit wasting their time on it.
There are new signs in downtown Savannah leading drivers to the Talmadge Bridge, but the signs say the "Savannah Bridge." This comes after multiple failed requests by the city of Savannah to the governor and Georgia General Assembly, asking them to officially change the name.
Gov. Rick Scott , who rejected $2.4 billion in federal funding for a high-speed train from Orlando to Tampa as one of his first acts in office, revealed Friday that a similar but privately funded project is on the table. The Florida Department of Transportation received an unsolicited proposal in March from Brightline to lease right of way and build a high-speed rail line connecting Orlando and Tampa along Interstate 4. Brightline already is building a rail line from Miami to Orlando, with a terminus at Orlando International Airport.
Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party is undergoing an internal struggle that threatens to take us even further into madness and indecency. I try to draw attention to what is happening here in the brief Weekly Standard article "The anti-Israel candidate" .
A major U.S. Supreme Court ruling out Thursday could force New Hampshire businesses to collect a sales tax on behalf of other states. The case of South Dakota v.
The Catoosa County Sheriff's Department currently has pamphlets circulating through town that inform residents of what the new Georgia Hands Free Law consists of.
A U.S. judge appeared skeptical of some of the Trump administration's key arguments for seeking to block three California laws intended to protect immigrants, questioning the scope of federal power over immigration during a lengthy court hearing on Wednesday. Judge John Mendez warned at the end of the roughly five-hour session during which he pressed lawyers for both sides not to read too much into his questions, saying he sometimes played "devil's advocate."
Bloomberg, a Republican who owns an estate in North Salem, has pledged to donate $80 million to help flip the U.S. House majority in favor of Democrats. Bloomberg also says he will support governors in November -- regardless of their political party -- who share his positions on gun control, climate change, education and other polarizing issues that he thinks are dividing the nation and causing legislative gridlock.
In the race for U.S. Senate, Manchin holds a 48% to 39% lead over Morrisey among all potential voters - that is voters who have participated in an election since 2010 or have newly registered to vote . Another 4% support Don Blankenship, who is seeking to run as the Constitution Party candidate after losing his bid for the GOP nomination.
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Today would have been marriage equality pioneer Edie Windsor's 89th birthday - and it's Edie Windsor Day in New York State, as proclaimed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. "Edie was an iconic New Yorker who shaped history and taught us that love always wins," Cuomo said in a press release.
Both President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence intend on visiting Columbia to campaign on behalf of Governor Henry McMaster, who is headed into a competitive runoff election for the Republican ticket in the governor's race. WIS has independently confirmed through sources close to McMaster's campaign that a Trump visit is imminent is tentatively planned for Monday; the plans were first published in the New York Times .
Several governors are joining together to protest the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policy, which has resulted in the separation of approximately 2,000 children from their families during a recent six-week period. Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper announced Monday that state agencies would no longer provide resources "for the purpose of separating children from their parents or legal guardians on the sole ground that their families are in violation of federal immigration laws."
In this Thursday, May 31, 2018, file photo, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty speaks at a news conference in St. Paul, Minn. U.S. President Donald Trump is heading to Minnesota to stump for a congressional candidate, but another test of GOP loyalty to the president looms large over his visit.
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