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2020 Spending Bill: Nancy Pelosi Dams the Flood of H-2B Workers

posted onDecember 21, 2019
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi blocked a push by Maine Democrat Rep. Chellie Pingree to double the inflow of foreign blue-collar H-2B workers up to almost 140,000, according to complaints by employers of the visa workers. “Speaker Pelosi objected to the inclusion of the [Maine Rep.

U.S. Steel to Lay Off More than 1500 American Workers, Idle Plant

posted onDecember 21, 2019
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U.S. Steel announced that more than 1,500 American workers will be laid off as the company plans to effectively idle a plant near Detroit, Michigan. In two announcements this week, U.S. Steel executives said about 1,545 workers at their Great Lakes Works plant in Ecorse, Michigan, would be affected by plans to idle the plant. Executives wrote in a statement: Coupled with the layoffs, U.S.

President Trump Signs Defense Bill Creating Space Force

posted onDecember 21, 2019
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JOINT BASE ANDREWS, MARYLAND — Flanked by two F-35 fighter jets and in front of a giant American flag, President Trump on Friday signed the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act that officially created the Space Force, the sixth and first new military branch since 1947. “For the first time since Truman, we will create a brand new American military service,” Trump said. “You will witness the birth of the Space Force.

Nearly 100 MS-13 Gang Members Busted in Long Island, Including Illegals

posted onDecember 21, 2019
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Nearly 100 members of the MS-13 gang have been arrested and charged with various crimes by the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office in Long Island, New York — a historic crackdown on the violent El Salvadoran gang. Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini announced on Friday that a 23-month investigation into the MS-13 gang’s ten cliques on Long Island had resulted in the arrests of 96 MS-13 gang members, including illegal aliens and those who were able to legally enter the United States. Those 96 MS-13 gang members, whose ages range from 16 to 59-years-old, come from nine of the reg

Trump’s evangelical support mystifies his critics, but in Wisconsin, it looks stronger than ever - The Boston Globe

posted onDecember 21, 2019
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NEW LONDON, Wis.—After it was clear that neither of her preferred candidates, Ben Carson and Ted Cruz, was going to be elected president in 2016, Linda Behm prayed. Behm is an evangelical Christian and keeps a calendar filled with volunteer shifts at a thrift store and a food pantry in this small community an hour away from Green Bay. She wasn’t sure about supporting Donald J. Trump, the New York business magnate with a penchant for insults and crude behavior.

Trump administration demanded Democrats strip Ukraine aid language from spending package - The Boston Globe

posted onDecember 21, 2019
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WASHINGTON - Senior Trump administration officials in recent days threatened a presidential veto that could have led to a government shutdown if House Democrats refused to drop language requiring prompt release of future military aid for Ukraine, according to five administration and congressional officials. The language was ultimately left out of mammoth year-end spending legislation that passed the House and Senate this week ahead of a Saturday shutdown deadline.

Plans for impeachment trial get foggy before holiday break - The Boston Globe

posted onDecember 21, 2019
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is in sunny Florida after his historic impeachment, while plans for his speedy trial back in Washington remained clouded. Senate leaders jockeying for leverage have failed to agree on procedures for the trial. Trump is still expected to be acquitted of both charges in the Senate, where Republicans have the majority, in what will be only the third presidential impeachment trial in U.S. history.

Senate leaders punt impeachment trial deal until after holidays | TheHill

posted onDecember 20, 2019
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The Senate is set to leave town for the year without a deal on key components of MORE (D-N.Y.) met Thursday just hours before the chamber is expected to wrap up its work for 2019. But the two leaders signaled after the meeting that they did not reach an agreement on witnesses or requests for additional documents — two key sticking points for Democrats. McConnell said that they had a "cordial" conversation but described negotiations as at an "impasse" as the impeachment trial looms. "As of today, however, we remain at an impasse because my friend, the Democratic leader