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Politics - The Boston Globe

posted onApril 12, 2019
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Editorial The exit of DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen makes it clear that President Trump would rather break the law than merely bend it in pursuing his immigration policy.   JOAN VENNOCHI The zeal to denounce Nielsen has an edge to it that’s reserved for Trump-connected women.   The goal: Generate much-needed cash to plow into education and transportation with a surcharge of 4 percentage points on the state’s income tax for earnings above $1 million.   The hourlong meeting between Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins and Thomas A.

Politics - The Boston Globe

posted onApril 12, 2019
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Editorial The exit of DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen makes it clear that President Trump would rather break the law than merely bend it in pursuing his immigration policy.   JOAN VENNOCHI The zeal to denounce Nielsen has an edge to it that’s reserved for Trump-connected women.   The goal: Generate much-needed cash to plow into education and transportation with a surcharge of 4 percentage points on the state’s income tax for earnings above $1 million.   The hourlong meeting between Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins and Thomas A.

Trump says he may 'call up more military' to border | TheHill

posted onApril 11, 2019
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MORE said Wednesday he may send more troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to deal with the spike in migrant families entering the country. “I’m going to have to call up more military,” Trump said during an impromptu appearance at a Texas political fundraiser with people who said they have dealt firsthand with the surge in migration. A further increase in U.S.

Barr testimony opens new partisan fight over FBI spying on Trump | TheHill

posted onApril 11, 2019
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Attorney General MORE. The Justice Department inspector general, Michael Horowitz, has already been investigating whether the FBI adhered to department rules in applying for warrants to spy on former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page for more than a year, an inquiry Barr has said is close to completion. Barr signaled Wednesday that he would get involved because of his own concerns, reviewing details turned over by Horowitz as well as congressional Republicans to determine if there are routes for further investigation. “I am going to be reviewing both the genesis and

Treasury to miss Dem deadline for Trump tax returns | TheHill

posted onApril 11, 2019
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Treasury Secretary MORE's tax returns by Wednesday — the deadline that Democrats had given the IRS to provide the documents. "The [House Ways and Means] Committee requests the materials by April 10, but the Treasury Department will not be able to complete its review of your request by that date," Mnuchin said in a letter to the committee's chairman, Rep.

Kris Kobach: Catch and Release Can Be Instantly Ended without Congress

posted onApril 11, 2019
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As Breitbart News has chronicled, DHS has been releasing roughly 1,000 border crossers and illegal aliens into the interior of the United States through the unofficial Catch and Release program. The process often entails federal immigration officials dropping illegal aliens off at bus stations, where they are then released from custody with the promise to return for their immigration hearings.

Obama's WH Counsel To Be Indicted on Federal Corruption Charges

posted onApril 11, 2019
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The Wall Street Journal‘s Byron Tau and Aruna Viswantha reported late Wednesday: The New York Times‘ Kenneth Vogel, in his own report on the looming likely indictment of the former senior Obama official, writes that this “stemmed from” Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. While Mueller has concluded his investigation and determined that President Donald Trump and his campaign did not collude with the Russians, while also not finding sufficient evidence to charge Trump on obstruction of justice, other matter