GOP Senators Isakson and Sessions Duel Over TPP “Trade” Scheme
Senator Johnny Isakson recently advocated passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) while Senator Jeff Sessions posted a “Critical Alert” articulating his concerns with TPA. ...
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USA Freedom Act to End NSA Records Collection Clears Committee
On April 30, the House Judiciary Committee approved the USA Freedom Act by a vote of 25-2. A description of the legislation on the Judiciary Committee website notes that...
Bernie Sanders Announces Run for Presidency in 2016
Independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont announced on April 30 that he will seek the Democratic nomination for president in 2016. A self-described “Democratic socialist,” Sanders generally caucused with...
Strong Downturn in Deportations Under Obama Administration
As of April 20, federal immigration officials had deported 127,378 illegal aliens, which works out to a little over 500,000 deportations a year. In contrast, a report from the...
Immigration Bills Stalled in Texas Legislature
Several immigration-related bills have largely stalled in the Texas legislature, including one to end in-state college tuition rates for illegal aliens. ...
Thousands March for Traditional Marriage in D.C.
An estimated 10,000 people marched in the third annual March for Marriage in Washington, D.C., on April 25. The event was organized by the National Organization for Marriage (NOM),...
David Petraeus Receives Probation and $100,000 Fine
David Petraeus, the former CIA director and retired four-star general who once commanded military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, was sentenced to two years’ probation and fined $100,000 by...
Senate Compromise on Trafficking Bill Cleared Way for Lynch Vote
Republican Senate leaders announced on April 21 that they had reached an agreement with Democrats to pass the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act (S. 178), which they insisted...
Wisconsin Governor Walker Weighs Pros and Cons of Legal Immigration
During an April 20 interview with conservative talk-show host Glenn Beck, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker suggested that he supports limiting legal immigration, if necessary, to protect jobs for American...
U.S. Fleet to Intercept Iranian Ships Bound for Yemen
The carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and the guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy left the Persian Gulf on April 19 en route for the Arabian Sea, joining 10 other U.S. naval...
Idaho’s Legislative Battle on the Hague Convention on Child Support
SB 1067 — a bill in the Idaho state legislature that would require the Gem State to accept changes to its Child Support Enforcement (CSE) guidelines to bring them...
Government Gives Social Security Numbers to 541,000 Illegals
In an April 10 letter to Senators Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) and Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), Carolyn Colvin, the Social Security Administration’s acting commissioner, stated that by the end of Fiscal...
Obama To Rescind Cuba’s “State Sponsor of Terrorism” Designation
The White House issued a statement on April 14 informing the public that President Obama had submitted a report to Congress indicating the administration’s intent to rescind Cuba’s “State...
On Anniversary of Schoolgirl Kidnapping, Nigeria Prepares for New Leadership
As Nigeria and the world reflects on the kidnapping of 329 schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno State, Nigeria, on April 14, 2014, by militants from the radical jihadist group Boko...
CPS Detains “Free Range” Children Who Played in Park Alone
Ten-year-old Rafi Meitiv and his six-year-old sister, Dvora, were picked up by police while walking home from the park in their Silver Spring, Maryland, neighborhood on Sunday afternoon, April...
Iran Says Saudis Must Stop “Criminal Acts” in Yemen
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei made a public statement on April 9 denouncing the Saudi airstrikes in Yemen as “a crime” and “a genocide.” ...
Central American Minors Refugee/Parole Program Funds Deportees’ Return
As we observed in an April 2 article, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), working in coordination with the U.S. State Department (DOS), conducted a teleconference on March 31...
After Judge Refuses to Lift Anti-amnesty Injunction, All Eyes Turn to New Orleans
U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas in Brownsville gained nationwide attention when he issued an injunction on February...
Tax Freedom Day Falls Later, Americans Spend More on Taxes Than Food, Clothing, Housing
Tax Freedom Day — the first day of the year in which Americans as a whole have theoretically earned enough income to pay for all their taxes — arrives...
New York City Council Considers Allowing Non-citizens to Vote
New York City Councilman Daniel Dromm (D-Queens) is leading an effort to draft legislation to let non-citizens vote in New York City’s municipal elections. Though the final details have...