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08 Feb

Sen. Cruz: Border Bill Restricts Texas’s Jurisdiction

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Sen. Ted Cruz, a Republican from Texas, attacked a clause in the Senate's proposed border security agreement that would bar states from suing the Biden administration in state courts for law-related infractions. After months of discussions, the Senate on Sunday released a bipartisan $118 billion border security bill that would also aid Israel and Ukraine. The bill is "dead on arrival" in the House, according to House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, and numerous other Republicans have attacked other parts of the program. Cruz attacked the measure for centralizing authority in the nation's capital by granting the U.S.…

07 Feb

Congressman Rushing to Assist People Who Cannot Pay Rent in the Face of Severe Inflation

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Over the course of ten years, Caitlyn Colbert, a single mother, saw the rent on her two-bedroom apartment in Denver go from $750 to $3,374 last year. Like millions of Americans, Colbert balanced her expenses each month. Pay one of her three children's swim team dues or rent. Rent or educational materials. groceries or rent? Colbert, a social worker who assists clients in balancing their finances, would frequently find herself evicted after 30 days if she failed to pay her rent and a late fee. She added what quickly became a familiar refrain: "Well, this month at least we have…

07 Feb

Biden Appoints the New AI Safety Institute’s Director

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An administration official who insisted on remaining anonymous to discuss the role said that the Biden administration intends to name a senior White House adviser as the director of the recently founded safety center for artificial intelligence on Wednesday. Elizabeth Kelly, a Commerce Department official, will serve as the director of the AI Safety Institute at the National Institute for Standards and Technology. Kelly was a key contributor to the writing of the executive order that founded the institution and was signed at the end of October, according to an administration official. Kelly is currently President Joe Biden's assistant on…

07 Feb

Biden holds Trump accountable for derailing the bipartisan immigration bill.

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President Joe Biden urged senators to have "spine" and pass the bipartisan immigration plan, saying on Tuesday that it is collapsing politically due to pressure from Republican competitor Donald Trump. It appears that this bill will not even make it to the Senate floor. Why? The obvious explanation is Donald Trump," stated Biden. He said, "Because Donald Trump thinks it's bad for him politically." Speaking on how Trump would "rather weaponize this issue than actually solve it," Biden said that he has received reports that the president has been contacting Republicans in the House and Senate in an effort to…

07 Feb

Biden knows he’s breaking the law, Sen. Tuberville said Newsmax.

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Sen. Tommy Tuberville, a Republican from Alabama, stated to Newsmax on Tuesday that President Joe Biden is fully aware that he just needs to make "a few phone calls" to resolve the border problem, but he has chosen to keep it open. Of Biden, Tuberville stated on "National Report," "He knows he's breaking the law." Tuberville spoke on the program to talk about the bipartisan Senate border plan, which he refers to as a "border giveaway," and how it is quickly being killed in the upper house on Tuesday. However, Tuberville stated that the White House, not Capitol Hill, has…

07 Feb

Texas-Based Firm Producing Deepfake Biden Robocalls, N.H. AG

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A Texas-based business is charged with participating in a telemarketing campaign powered by artificial intelligence that aimed to fool Democratic voters by posing as President Joe Biden and urging them not to cast their ballots in the New Hampshire presidential primary on January 23. Republican Attorney General of New Hampshire John Formella announced on Tuesday that the Election Law Unit of his office, working with the Federal Communications Commission Enforcement Bureau and a national task force against robocalls, had determined that Life Corporation and Walter Monk, the company's principal owner, was the source of the calls. A criminal investigation was…

06 Feb

Resolution of Representative Gaetz: “Trump Did Not Engage in Insurrection”

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Along with over two dozen other Republicans, Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., will submit a straightforward resolution on Tuesday that declares that former President Donald Trump "did not engage in insurrection or rebellion against the United States." Gaetz has sixty co-sponsors for his resolution. According to The Daily Mail, Gaetz sent an email to his fellow Republicans more than two weeks ago, pleading for their support. An email from Gaetz's staff that the outlet was able to receive stated, "You are receiving this email because your boss endorsed President Trump, and we would love to have your support as an original…

06 Feb

Haley Asks for Protection From the Secret Service Due to Threats

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In response to an increase in threats during her GOP primary campaign against front-runner Donald Trump, Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has filed for protection from the Secret Service, the former U.N. ambassador told The Wall Street Journal on Monday. "We've had a number of problems," Haley said to the Journal following a rally in her native South Carolina. "It's not going to stop me from doing what I need to do." Threats against the Journal were not listed by nature or frequency in Haley's campaign. One instance of the wave of demonstrations against the former South Carolina governor for…

06 Feb

Sen. Blackburn: I Will Not Cast My Vote to Legalize Illegal Immigration

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The Senate's border bill, commonly referred to as the Biden administration's supplemental spending request since it would attach aid to Israel and Ukraine, was sharply criticized by Sen. Marsha Blackburn, a Republican from Tennessee, on Sunday night. According to Blackburn's news statement, the $118 billion bill is illegal. Blackburn insisted in a statement that "it is against the law for an individual to cross into our country—it's incredible that still needs to be said." The bill's text states that unless security measures are implemented, up to 5,000 undocumented immigrants could enter the country each day. "We are a nation of…

06 Feb

US Envoy Increases Pressure on Orban to Approve Sweden’s Membership in NATO

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In an unexpected move to put pressure on Budapest to accept Sweden's application to join NATO, the U.S. ambassador to Budapest visited the Hungarian parliament on Monday along with ambassadors from a few other NATO members, including Denmark and Poland. Ratification will now be further delayed. The opposition had requested a special meeting of parliament on Monday to vote on ratification; however, members of his ruling Fidesz party chose to boycott the meeting. As the only nation in NATO to reject Stockholm's bid for membership—a move that needs the support of all other members—Hungary has strained ties with the US…