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Two people, including an 82-year-old man, were shot dead by a gunman at a bar and a home near Penn State University Thursday night, police said.
The shooter first killed a man and injured two others at the P.J. Harrigan’s bar about two miles from campus, according to State College Police Chief John Gardner. Continue reading “Gunman kills 2 at bar and home near Penn State University: Police”
(Bloomberg) — The Trump administration is considering taking steps to limit the ability of states to block interstate gas pipelines and other energy projects, according to three people familiar with the deliberations.
The effort, possibly through an executive order, is aimed chiefly at states in the Northeast U.S., where opposition to pipeline projects has helped prevent abundant shale gas in Pennsylvania and Ohio from reaching consumers in New York and other cities. Continue reading “Trump Eyes Action to Limit States’ Powers to Block Pipelines”
The words former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone heard just before his arrest early Friday morning: “FBI. Open the door.”
We know this because CNN obtained exclusive footage of FBI agents surrounding Stone’s home, knocking on his door, and eventually arresting him. Continue reading “See the moment Roger Stone was arrested by the FBI”
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Two U.S.-Mexico meetings have been held to work out details of a new plan to return across the shared border migrants seeking U.S. asylum, but Mexico will not accept anybody facing a credible threat back home, a Mexico Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
In a major policy change, U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration said on Dec. 20 it would send non-Mexican migrants who cross the U.S. southern border back to wait in Mexico while their U.S. asylum requests are processed. Continue reading “Mexico says will not accept return of at-risk U.S. asylum seekers”
A proposal to give green cards — and thus eventual United States citizenship — to at least 700,000 illegal aliens could trigger a “chain migration” of more than four million foreign nationals arriving in the country.
As Breitbart News reported, White House adviser Jared Kushner and a handful of Republican Senators have reportedly floated the idea to secure a fifth of border wall funding by giving green cards to the roughly 700,000 illegal aliens enrolled in President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Continue reading “Green Cards for DACA Illegal Aliens Could Trigger Chain Migration of 4M Foreign Nationals”
New York Post – by Kaja Whitehouse
The US Supreme Court said it will hear its biggest gun rights case in nearly decade — one that seeks to undercut New York City rules sharply limiting gun owners from carrying firearms outside of their homes.
The high court on Tuesday said it will take up the appeal of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. vs. New York City, which is being fought by three city handgun owners and the National Rifle Association’s NY affiliate. Continue reading “Supreme Court to hear New York gun control case that aims to restrict firearm transportation”
SANTA FE, N.M. – New Mexico’s Democrat-led Legislature and allied governor are pushing to increase oversight of firearms sales and place new limitations on gun possession and ownership, as a slate of gun-safety bills comes up for discussion in the Statehouse. Continue reading “New Mexico bills, governor test appetite for gun control”
Five people were killed when a gunman opened fire in a SunTrust Bank in Sebring, Florida, on Wednesday, police said.
The 21-year-old suspect, Zephen Xaver, barricaded himself inside before later surrendering to authorities, police said. Continue reading “5 dead in shooting at Florida bank, suspect in custody: Police”
The back and forth between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Donald Trump over when and where the State of the Union will be delivered — if at all — came to a conclusion, if temporary, late Wednesday night. Trump will not give a speech until after the partial government shutdown is over.
The president tweeted the news in a two-part missive just before midnight, saying, “As the Shutdown was going on, Nancy Pelosi asked me to give the State of the Union Address. I agreed. She then changed her mind because of the Shutdown, suggesting a later date. This is her prerogative – I will do the Address when the Shutdown is over.” Continue reading “Trump says he will not give State of the Union until after shutdown ends”
Democrats in Congress are making election reform their top legislative priority, and we’ve criticized it as a majority protection act. To understand why, consider that Democrats are trying to do for the country what they’ve done with election laws in California.
The Golden State is where Republican candidates went to bed on election night in November with leads in most of their competitive House races, only to lose in the ensuing weeks of vote counting. In Orange County, Young Kim was poised to become the first Korean-American woman in Congress, with a sizable lead on Election Day over her Democratic opponent. She lost by three percentage points. Republican Rep. Mimi Walters’s 6,074-vote lead on Nov. 6 turned into an 11,866-vote loss to Democrat Katie Porter. Continue reading “Harvesting Democratic Votes – Liberals want to impose the California voting model on all 50 states.”
The Supreme Court on Tuesday took no action on whether it will hear disputes over the Trump administration’s decision to wind down the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
No action from the court may mean protections for some 700,000 young people brought to the country illegally as children may remain in place for several more months. Many viewed this as the last opportunity for the court to review the case this term given the court’s already full calendar. The justices typically don’t agree to hear cases over the summer. Continue reading “Supreme Court takes no action on DACA”
WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday let President Donald Trump enforce his policy barring certain transgender people from joining or staying in the military as the justices put on hold lower court rulings blocking the plan on constitutional grounds. Continue reading “U.S. top court lets Trump transgender troop restrictions take effect”
A police officer in Florida ran over two people lying on a dark road to watch the lunar eclipse, leading them requiring hospital treatment.
The West Palm Beach Police Department has confirmed the officer ran over the two people, who were taken to the hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries after the incident on Sunday night. Continue reading “Florida police run over couple lying in the road to watch lunar eclipse”
Houston Chronicle – by Sergio Chapa
A bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers is seeking to strengthen the ties of the U.S. energy sector to Mexico even as the political battle over the border wall partially shut down the federal government.
U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, has filed House Resolution 132, which seeks to boost U.S. funding for the North American Development Bank, or NADBank, and give the binational financial institution authority to fund cross-border natural gas pipelines and natural gas-fired power plants. Continue reading “Bipartisan group aims to boost natural gas exports to Mexico”
MOBILE, ALA. — A 19-year-old man is facing a capital murder charge in the shooting death of a Mobile officer. Continue reading “Alabama police shooting: Mobile officer killed; man charged with capital murder”
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) signed a bill on Thursday that will require gun dealers and shops to be regulated and certified by the state.
The bill bans retailers from selling guns without certification and allows the state to gather information on private sales and illegal gun transfers. Continue reading “Illinois governor signs gun dealer licensing bill”
DENVER (AP) — An off-duty sheriff’s deputy who was shot by a police officer in Colorado following a car chase died Friday.
Deputy Jesse Jenson, 41, was removed from life support after he was shot by a LaSalle police officer late Wednesday night, according to the Adams County Sheriff’s Office. Continue reading “Off-duty deputy shot by Colorado officer after chase dies”
The Washington Examiner – by Naomi Lim
Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke, D-Texas, questioned the relevancy of the U.S. Constitution and the American experiment which began more than two centuries ago during a recent interview.
During an interview with the Washington Post, the potential 2020 contender was pressed on whether he believed the U.S. could reinvent how it approached divisive issues that have contributed to current political paralysis or whether he thought it was impossible for the country to introduce any reforms. Continue reading “Beto O’Rourke asks: Are the ‘principles’ of the US Constitution still relevant?”
A massive data leak has been discovered at the Oklahoma Securities Commission, in which millions of records — including files related to sensitive FBI investigations over the last seven years, emails dating back 17 years and thousands of Social Security numbers — have been exposed.
The breach was uncovered last month by Greg Pollock, a cybersecurity researcher at UpGuard, who claims the millions of files were publicly available on an online server and didn’t require any password to access them. Continue reading “FBI records, emails, Social Security numbers exposed in massive data leak, security experts say”
Hundreds of Honduran migrants began the long trek north on Monday, part of new US-bound caravan that hopes to succeed even as a previous wave of Central Americans were unable to quickly enter the United States.
Central American migrant caravans have become a flashpoint in the debate over US immigration policy, as President Donald Trump has remained adamant that the migrants will be barred from crossing the border. Continue reading “New migrant caravan leaves Honduras as US extends border troop deployment until September”