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(Washington Times) – Advocates for illegal immigrants sounded the alarm Wednesday morning as Donald Trump was poised to claim the White House, vowing to resist an expected crackdown and calling on localities to declare themselves sanctuary cities, resisting the federal government.
They also demanded President Obama halt all deportations for the rest of his tenure. Continue reading “Illegal Immigrants Vow to Defy Trump, Call on Obama to Halt Deportations”
New York Post – by Dana Schuster and Natalie O’Neill
The woman who was shoved to her death at Times Square station Monday spent decades as the housekeeper for billionaire Blackstone Group CEO Stephen Schwarzman’s family, his heartbroken daughter told the Post Tuesday.
Connie Watton, 49 — who was pushed in front of a moving train by a schizophrenic woman in an unprovoked attack — worked for the business mogul and his family for 30 years, Zibby Schwarzman said. Continue reading “Victim in fatal subway push was Blackstone CEO’s housekeeper”
New York Daily News – by Chris Sommerfeldt
Two police officers were shot in Pennsylvania when they responded to a domestic dispute early Thursday, officials said.
A manhunt was underway for a gunman who fled after allegedly gunning down two cops when they arrived at his home in Canonsburg around 3:30 a.m., according to WXPI-TV.
The officers were airlifted to a Pittsburgh hospital where their conditions were not immediately known. It was not immediately clear what triggered the shooting. Continue reading “Two Pennsylvania police officers shot after responding to domestic dispute”
Nevada, California and Washington all voted in favor of enhanced gun control on Tuesday, while Maine narrowly rejected universal background checks for private gun sales despite millions of dollars spent there by national gun control advocates.
Maine’s rejection of the gun control ballot measure, and the narrow support for a similar measure in Nevada, showed the limits of well-funded national organizations pushing for expanded background checks around the country. Voters in Maine defeated a measure that would’ve expanded background checks to private gun sales and transfers or loans to friends. Polls showed support for the referendum before the vote; the measure had strong backing from Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun control group funded by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg that spent more than $5 million in the state.
Continue reading “Voters Strengthen Gun Control Measures in 3 States”
Donald Trump, defying the pundits and polls to the end, defeated Hillary Clinton in Tuesday’s presidential election and claimed an establishment-stunning victory that exposes the depth of voter dissatisfaction – and signals immense changes ahead for American policy at home and abroad.
Seventeen months after the billionaire tycoon’s Trump Tower entrance into the race, the first-time candidate once dismissed by the political elite will become the 45th president, Fox News projects. Continue reading “Trump wins presidency, defeats Clinton in historic election upset”
Daily Breeze – by Donna Littlejohn
On the eve of a contentious national election that at times has focused on potential voter fraud and suppression, a San Pedro couple unexpectedly landed in the media spotlight this week.
Authorities are investigating the story behind more than 80 unused ballots — all with different names but all addressed to the same single-unit apartment — that landed at their mailboxes. Continue reading “How more than 80 election ballots mysteriously landed at one address in San Pedro”
In the last presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, Clinton said that “half of all” illegal immigrants in the U.S. “actually pay federal income tax.” PolitiFact, a Pulitzer Prize-winning fact check organization, investigated Clinton’s claim and reported: “While there is no official figure, experts estimate that about half of all undocumented workers pay federal income taxes, if not more.”
In reality, the polar opposite is true. Federal government data shows that while roughly half of illegal immigrants file federal tax returns, the vast majority of them don’t pay any federal income taxes. Instead, they use these returns to claim refundable tax credits, which are a form of cash welfare. In other words, illegal immigrants mainly use the federal income tax code to collect money from U.S. citizens. Continue reading “About 6.1 Million Illegals Filed Taxes in US – Many Didn’t Pay, Received Refunds”
CNS News – by Cully Stimson and Hans von Spakovsky
A few weeks ago, we reported on a lawsuit in California brought by a resident and taxpayer against the Board of Regents of the University of California. Earl De Vries claimed that by giving in-state tuition benefits to illegal immigrants at all University of California schools, the regents were in violation of federal law.
A state appeals court heard the case yesterday, and based on reports from those who attended the oral argument, De Vries (and the taxpayers of California) had a good day in court. Continue reading “College Subsidies for Illegal Immigrants Get Their Day in Court”
The Denver Post – by Eric Lubbers
The “Denver Guardian” is not a real news source and definitely isn’t Denver’s oldest news source.
On Nov. 5, a story began circulating on Facebook (at points gaining 100 shares per minute) with the headline “FBI AGENT SUSPECTED IN HILLARY EMAIL LEAKS FOUND DEAD IN APPARENT MURDER-SUICIDE,” and hosted at denverguardian.com. Continue reading “There is no such thing as the Denver Guardian, despite that Facebook post you saw”
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake centered near one of the world’s key oil hubs brought down building facades and shattered windows in a central Oklahoma city, rendering century-old buildings unsafe and raising concerns about key infrastructure.
As the sun rose Monday, television news footage showed widespread, substantial damage to buildings, with piles of bricks and other debris littering the ground following the earthquake the previous evening. Cushing Assistant City Manager Jeremy Frazier told a news conference late Sunday that a few minor injuries had been reported. He said the damage appeared to be contained downtown. Continue reading “Substantial damage after earthquake rattles major Oklahoma oil hub”
Washington Post – by Christopher Ingraham
Gun-control advocates stymied by lawmakers’ inability to pass widely supported gun safety measures are turning their hopes this year to another arena: the ballot box.
Voters in four states will consider a handful of gun-control proposals Tuesday. The measures have drawn big-dollar support from national gun-control groups such as Everytown for Gun Safety, and enjoy significant fundraising advantages over opposition groups such as the National Rifle Association. Polling indicates all four measures are favored to pass. Continue reading “Voters in four states are poised to pull the trigger on new gun-control bills”
New York Post – by Paul Sperry
As secretary of state, Hillary Clinton routinely asked her maid to print out sensitive government e-mails and documents — including ones containing classified information — from her house in Washington, DC, e-mails and FBI memos show. But the housekeeper lacked the security clearance to handle such material.
In fact, Marina Santos was called on so frequently to receive e-mails that she may hold the secrets to E-mailgate — if only the FBI and Congress would subpoena her and the equipment she used. Continue reading “Clinton directed her maid to print out classified materials”
Salt Lake Tribune – by Brian Maffly
What does a company calling itself a “family farm” want with 391 unwatered acres of sandstone on Comb Ridge and many other Utah state trust parcels that have gone on the block in twice-yearly auctions?
That’s a question swirling around recent sales of state trust lands in scenic spots to a business entity launched by Utah air-ambulance entrepreneur Joe Hunt. Continue reading “‘Family farm’ has spent millions buying acres of state land for unknown purpose”
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) today called on the Department of Justice again to preserve all documents related to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server.
Last week, Director James Comey notified Congress that the FBI was investigating a new source of emails related to the Clinton email server investigation. It is reported that these new sources of emails are previously-unexamined devices from Huma Abedin, Secretary Clinton’s advisor and her husband, Anthony Weiner. Reports also suggest that these emails number 650,000 and are from multiple devices related to the FBI’s investigation of Mr. Weiner’s interactions with teenaged girls. Continue reading “Goodlatte and Chaffetz Call on DOJ to Preserve All Clinton Investigation Documents”
Two NYPD sergeants were shot in the Bronx in broad daylight Friday — and a heavily-armed gunman was killed, sources said.
A robbery suspect carrying multiple guns opened fire on the officers at Noble Ave. near Bronx River Ave. about 3 p.m. Continue reading “Bronx gunman shoots two NYPD sergeants, dies in firefight”
The Paris agreement on climate change enters into force on Friday, marking the first time that governments have agreed legally binding limits to global temperature rises.
The passage of the accord – the fruit of more than two decades of often tortuous international negotiations on combating climate change – was hailed by nations and observers around the world. Continue reading “Paris climate change agreement enters into force”
Two former aides of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie were found guilty of closing down Fort Lee, NJ, lanes to the George Washington Bridge to punish that borough’s mayor for not endorsing the governor’s re-election.
A jury of seven women and five men returned the guilty verdict after five days and 20 hours of deliberations in the Newark federal court trial of Bridget Anne Kelly, Christie’s former deputy chief of staff, and Bill Baroni, Christie’s appointee at the Port Authority. Continue reading “Chris Christie aides found guilty in Bridgegate trial”
OSCODA COUNTY, Mich. A mechanical failure led to the accidental release of six training bombs and a training missile over the skies of Michigan last month. officials believe.
WPBN reported that no one was injured when the training munitions, which were not explosive, fell on Oct. 25 from an A-10 Thunderbolt Michigan Air National Guard aircraft. The bombs emit smoke to make their landing spots more visible during training.
Continue reading “Fighter jet accidentally drops training bombs, missile over Michigan”
Authorities now believe there is about a 99 percent chance that up to five foreign intelligence agencies may have accessed and taken emails from Hillary Clinton’s private server, two separate sources with intimate knowledge of the FBI investigations told Fox News.
The revelation led House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul to describe Clinton’s handling of her email system during her tenure as secretary of state as “treason.” Continue reading “Sources: 99 percent chance foreign intel agencies breached Clinton server”