King 5 News

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Washington state Republican Senator Doug Ericksen announced Wednesday plans to introduce a bill that would lead to stricter penalties for those involved with or participating in illegal protests.

Ericksen, R-Ferndale, said he has prepared a bill for the next legislative session that would create a new crime of “economic terrorism.” If approved, it would allow felony prosecution of those who intentionally break the law in an attempt to intimidate or coerce private citizens or the government by obstructing economic activity.   Continue reading “‘Illegal protests’ criminalized under WA senator’s proposed bill”

Fusion

MEXICO CITY— The Mexican government is scrambling to adjust its strategy from carefully confronting candidate Trump to defending itself against President-elect Trump.

It’s not an easy task. There’s not much Mexico can do at this point to dissuade the Trump administration from following through on its campaign promises to build a wall, impose trade tariffs, renegotiate NAFTA and deport undocumented immigrants.   Continue reading “Mexican government launches 11-point plan to deal with Trump”

CNBC News

Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney will meet with Donald Trump this weekend to discuss the secretary of state position, a source close to the president-elect with direct knowledge of his thinking told NBC News.

In March, the former Massachusetts governor called Trump “a phony” and “a fraud” when discussing the then-candidate. Trump, who endorsed Romney in 2012, has called him a loser, adding that Romney begged for his endorsement and “would’ve dropped to his knees” for it. He has also said that he “choked like a dog” during his 2012 presidential campaign against President Barack Obama.   Continue reading “Romney and Trump to discuss secretary of state position, NBC source says”

New York Post – by Daniel Harper

So much for Swiss neutrality.

An agency overseen by the Swiss foreign ministry made a hefty donation to the Clinton Foundation — at the same time the US and Switzerland were in the midst of a diplomatic struggle over tax evasion.

The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation shelled out about $500,000 to the Clinton Foundation in 2011, money earmarked for a program that sought to lower mortality for mothers and infants in Liberia, the Schweiz am Sonntag newspaper discovered on Sunday, according to The Local.   Continue reading “Switzerland not so neutral with Clinton Foundation donation”

Fox News Latino

During fiscal year 2016, which ended Sept. 30, border patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley sector in Texas apprehended about 500 undocumented immigrants per day.

“McAllen station is actually the busiest station in the whole country for illegal entries,” said Supervisor Border Patrol Agent Marlene Castro during a ride-along with Fox 7.

Castro is one of the border patrol agents securing the 1,254-mile border in Texas.   Continue reading “In their patrols, agents find many border crossers who want to be apprehended”

Washington Examiner – by Paul Bedard

The Trump transition team brought a little order to the media coverage of power shift Wednesday night, offering in their first media conference call a list of those the president-elect is meeting with, and interviewing for top Cabinet posts.

Aides Sean Spicer and Jason Miller did not differentiate who was advising and who is being interviewed for jobs, but the list is a who’s who of Washington and conservatives.   Continue reading “The Trump Cabinet, adviser list: Kissinger, Sessions, Haley”

Business Insider – by Akin Oyedele

The US Geological Survey said Tuesday that it found what could be the largest deposit of untapped oil ever discovered in America.

An estimated average of 20 billion barrels of oil and 1.6 billion barrels of natural gas liquids are available for the taking in the Wolfcamp shale, which is in the Midland Basin portion of Texas’ Permian Basin.   Continue reading “The largest oil deposit ever found in America was just discovered in Texas”

ABC News

An explosion caused by a gas leak in the central Illinois city of Canton killed one person, and injured another 11 people on Wednesday, Illinois State Police has confirmed.

“The gas explosion took place in the 10 block of North 1st Avenue, Canton,” Illinois State Police said in a statement. “Several surrounding buildings were affected by the blast. Search crews have completed a primary search and are in process of conduction secondary searches to the affected areas. At this time, there is 1 confirmed fatality and 11 additional persons injured. Those individuals were transported to local hospitals.”   Continue reading “1 Dead, 11 Injured, in Gas Explosion in Central Illinois City”

The Hill – by Megan R. Wilson

Three GOP congressmen have issued an amendment to the House Republican Conference rules that would overturn the ban on earmarks.

The amendment is drawing swift opposition from conservative groups like Heritage Action for America, which called pet project spending “the lubricant that empowers politicians to cut bad deals.”   Continue reading “House GOP to vote on bringing back earmarks”

Click Orlando

CITRA, Fla. – Two CSX trains collided and derailed early Wednesday in Marion County, causing 20 cars to overturn and a fuel leak of up to 15,000 gallons, officials said.

The head-on collision was reported about 4:15 a.m. at a train crossing on 175th Street at NE 23rd in Citra, just north of Ocala.

Two men on one of the trains were evaluated, but they refused medical treatment, Marion County Fire Rescue officials said. No one was injured on the other train, officials said.   Continue reading “Trains collide, derail in Marion County, Florida, causing massive fuel leak”

ABC News 10

In her lifetime, California Sen. Barbara Boxer has seen her party lose two presidential elections after winning the popular vote — Al Gore’s race against George W. Bush in 2000, and now Hillary Clinton’s loss to Donald J. Trump.

A week after her party’s White House loss, the retiring U.S. senator has introduced a bill that  would amend the Constitution in order to abolish the Electoral College. According to a New York Times estimate, Clinton will be ahead in the popular vote by more than 2 million votes and more than 1.5 percentage points. But Trump got 306 in the Electoral College vote while Clinton got 232 — 270 is needed to win.    Continue reading “Sen. Barbara Boxer introduces bill to abolish Electoral College”

UPI – by Stephen Feller

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 14 (UPI) — The Los Angeles Police Department will not enforce immigration laws should the Trump administration ask it to do so, the chief of police said Monday.

LAPD Chief Charlie Beck said the LAPD will continue to follow a 1979 directive not to enforce the laws, which includes turning people over to the federal government when arrested for misdemeanor crimes if they do not have legal status in the United States.   Continue reading “LAPD will not help with Trump plan to deport immigrants, chief says”

Bloomberg – by Meenal Vamburkar

The Obama administration has yet again delayed a decision on the controversial Dakota Access crude pipeline, even as President-elect Donald Trump vows to speed up reviews of such projects.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Monday that it’ll hold more talks with a Native American tribe potentially affected by the pipeline before deciding on a permit that’s key to finishing the $3.8 billion project spanning four states. The news came just a day before environmentalists planned to protest at Army Corps offices nationwide, calling for a permanent rejection of the project.   Continue reading “Obama administration delays decision on Dakota Access Pipeline”

Daily Mail

The nation’s three largest cities are vowing to maintain their ‘sanctuary’ status in defiance of President-elect Donald Trump’s call to deport up to 3 million undocumented ‘criminal’ immigrants who came here illegally.

The chief of the Los Angeles Police Department said Monday the department had no plans of departing from its policy of not stopping people based on suspicion of their immigration status.   Continue reading “Mayors vow to keep ‘sanctuary’ status as Trump vows crackdown on immigrants”

Fox News

A driver who attacked a Florida sheriff’s deputy Monday morning was shot and killed by a bystander who warned him to stop beating the officer, according to a report.

The incident began at around 9:30 a.m. when the Lee County deputy tried to make a traffic stop on Interstate 75 in Estero. Instead of complying, witnesses said the driver took off, reaching speeds of more than 100 miles per hour.    Continue reading “Passerby shoots, kills motorist assaulting deputy after traffic stop”

Washington Post – by Katie Zezima, September 18, 2015

Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump — who said he has a concealed carry permit — called for the expansion of gun rights Friday, including making those permits applicable nationwide.

In a position paper published on his website Friday afternoon, Trump called for the elimination of gun and magazine bans, labeling them a “total failure.”   Continue reading “Flashback: Trump plan calls for nationwide concealed carry and an end to gun bans”

Yahoo News

London (AFP) – Prosecutors were questioning WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadoran embassy in London on Monday, the latest twist in the long-running legal battle over a rape allegation against him.

Swedish prosecutor Ingrid Isgren, due to be present while Assange faced a grilling by an Ecuadoran prosecutor, entered the embassy behind the famous Harrods department store shortly before 1000 GMT, an AFP photographer said.   Continue reading “WikiLeaks’ Assange questioned by prosecutors”