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The Department of Justice warned Illinois, Oregon, Vermont and 26 other "sanctuary" jurisdictions Wednesday that in order to receive public safety grants under the DOJ's Edward Bryne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program, they must prove compliance by December 8th with Section 1373 of 8 U.S. Code which prohibits state and local governments from restricting communications with federal immigration authorities "regarding the citizenship or immigration status" of individuals. "Jurisdictions that adopt so-called 'sanctuary policies' also adopt the view that the protection of criminal aliens is more important than the protection of law-abiding citizens and of the rule of law," Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a statement Wednesday.
Jurors in Menendez's bribery trial remained deadlocked Tuesday after a judge told them to "take as much time as you need" to r... . New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez arrives to the federal courthouse in Newark, N.J., Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017.
Get Boston Globe's Political Happy Hour newsletter , your afternoon shot of politics, sent straight from the desk of Joshua Miller. Senator Elizabeth Warren and Governor Charlie Baker shouldn't be too concerned heading into the 2018 election cycle, according to a new WBUR poll .
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has no interest in returning to the Senate, sources close to him told CBS News on Wednesday. Sessions, 70, previously served in the Senate before joining President Trump's Cabinet, representing Alabama.
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., points to boxes of petitions supporting the Republican tax reform bill that is set for a vote later this week as he arrives for a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tue... WASHINGTON - Wisconsin's Ron Johnson on Wednesday became the first Republican senator to say he opposes his party's tax bill, signaling potential problems for GOP leaders. Passage of a similar package seemed certain Thursday in the House, where a handful of dissidents conceded they expected to be steamrolled by a GOP frantic to claim its first major legislative victory of the year.
One of President Donald Trump 's judicial nominees, Don Willett, said Wednesday he was just kidding that time he compared gay people's constitutional right to marriage with a right to marry bacon. Willett, nominated for a lifetime seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, told the Senate Judiciary Committee he wasn't mocking same-sex marriage when he tweeted in April 2015 that he "could support recognizing a constitutional right to marry bacon" - a day after the Supreme Court heard arguments in the landmark marriage equality case.
Former "Gossip Girl" star Ed Westwick continues getting hit with sexual assault allegations after a third woman accused him of rape in a Tuesday interview. Westwick, known for playing Chuck Bass on the hit series Gossip Girl, now stands accused of sexually assaulting executive assistant Rachel Eck, according to BuzzFeed News.
OCTOBER 14: The words "In God We Trust" are seen on U.S. currency October 14, 2004 in Washington, DC. Although the U.S. constitution prohibits an official state religion, references to God appear on American money, the U.S. Congress starts its daily session with a prayer, and the same U.S. Supreme Court that has consistently struck down organized prayer in public schools as unconstitutional opens its public sessions by asking for the blessings of God.
Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore's attorney defended his client's admission that he always asked for permission from the mothers of girls he intended to date, citing the customs of unspecified foreign countries in a rambling statement on MSNBC Live Wednesday. Attorney Trenton Garmon seemed to suggest that MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi's background should serve as relevant context in explaining why Moore would need to ask the permission of someone's mother to date them, regardless of their age.
Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett, one of President Donald Trump's nominees to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, appeared Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, where Senate Democrats grilled him over statements made on his popular Twitter feed. Willett appeared with James Ho of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, another nominee to the 5th Circuit, the New Orleans-based federal appeals court.
Legislation to open part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas exploration advanced out of a Senate committee on Wednesday, largely along party lines. West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat, joined with GOP lawmakers to pass ANWR legislation in a 13-10 vote.
The Australian model Miranda Kerr announced that she's expecting her second child and first with her husband Evan Spiegel, People magazine confirmed Wednesday. "Miranda, Evan and Flynn are looking forward to welcoming the newest member of their family," the former Victoria's Secret Angels rep told the outlet.
An Australian envoy to the United Nations fell to his death in New York City early Wednesday morning when a "trust game" went disastrously wrong, according to police. Julian Simpson, a second secretary for Australia's permanent mission to the U.N., fell from the seventh story to the second story of a Lower East Side apartment building after a boozy attempt to build trust with another man, the New York Post reports .
Pope Francis will auction off a pricey Lamborghini Huracan to help Christian communities in Iraq that have been decimated by the Islamic State. Francis will forgo toting around in the high-end Italian sports car and instead give the Huracan away to rebuild the communities ISIS destroyed.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin took a tour of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing on Wednesday to see firsthand the production of new $1 bills, the first currency that will bear his signature. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and U.S. Treasurer Jovita Carranza were on hand at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Wednesday to see the production of the new dollar bill bearing their signatures.
Digital multimeters are valuable tools. And not just for electricians. It is incredibly handy to have a way to read electrical values, and a digital multimeter can actually help you solve everyday electrical issues yourself.
Today, U. S. Marines are deployed around the world to "fight our country's battles on the air and land and sea." The Corps, under General John LeJeune, institutionalized the celebration of the Marine Corps Birthday.
The head of the Senate's tax-writing committee is defending the decision to include in the tax bill a repeal of the Obamacare requirement for Americans to get health insurance. Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said Wednesday the requirement that nearly everyone have insurance coverage or face a fine is a tax.
It's time to shed the mythical claim that electoral features of the United States Constitution somehow infuse our national political system with a rural Republicanism, conservatism, or Trumpism. This charge appears prominently in Nancy MacLean's controversial book Democracy in Chains , which cites the U.S. Senate's equal representation clause as well as the Electoral College as evidence of the Constitution's anti-democratic features.