House Bill 1255, passed this spring, mandates that parents either consent for the entire school year or approve before each instance of corporal punishment in both traditional public and charter schools. The new rules take effect for the 2025-2026 school year. read more
President Zelensky's visit to Washington precedes a key White House meeting focused on ending the Russia-Ukraine war, a topic also discussed by President Trump with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Alaska. Trump has publicly stated that Zelensky can end the war quickly if he chooses, suggesting that Crimea cannot be regained and Ukraine should not join NATO.
Susan Miller, a retired CIA officer who helped lead the 2017 intelligence assessment on Russian interference in the 2016 election, refuted claims that it was fabricated. Miller stated the assessment was based on credible information confirming Russia's goal to get Trump elected, although no No collusion between Trump's campaign and the Kremlin was found. Tulsi Gabbard claimed the assessment was based on manufactured information and part of a conspiracy to undermine Trump, referencing a 2020 Republican House report. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) dismissed Miller's comments, referencing the 2020 Republican House intelligence report. A bipartisan Senate probe in 2020 endorsed the intelligence agencies' assessment that Russia spread disinformation and leaked emails to undermine Hillary Clinton and bolster Trump. read more
Introduction and Executive Summary In recent months, leading politicians and policymakers have renewed calls for mass deportations of immigrants from the United States. While similar promises have been made in the past without coming to fruition"during the 2016 presidential campaign, for example, Donald Trump pledged to create a "deportation force" to round up undocumented immigrants "mass deportation now occupies a standing role in the rhetoric of leading immigration hawks. To cite just one example, former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director Tom Homan has promised "a historic deportation operation" should a hawkish administration return to power.While some plans have envisioned a one-time, massive operation designed to round up, detain, and deport the undocumented population en masse, others have envisioned starting from a baseline of one million deportations per year.
A prominent local member of the Proud Boys joined four other leaders of the far-right extremist group in a lawsuit against the Department of Justice on Friday, demanding more than $100 million in damages over their convictions for participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. read more
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