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  • Rubio Revokes All Visas From South Sudan Until Deportees Accepted

    ย Getty Images Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Saturday that the United States will immediately revoke all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders and halt the issuance of new ones. Rubio cited the move as a response to โ€œthe failure of South Sudanโ€™s transitional government to accept the return of its repatriated citizens in…

  • Iowa AG Intervenes After County Sheriff Threatens To โ€˜Interfere, Interruptโ€™ ICE Deportations

    ย Getty Images Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is filing a lawsuit to strip funding from an entire county after its top law enforcement official pledged to โ€œmake every effort to block, interfere, and interruptโ€ deportation operations tied to Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainers, which he claims are unconstitutional. The move comes as part of the…

  • Trump Administration Announces $39 Million In Oil And Gas Lease Sales

    ย Getty Images โ€œDrill, baby, drillโ€ is the mantra of President Donald Trumpโ€™s administration, and it is already paying dividends, according to the administration. Oil and gas lease sales on public lands in the few months since Trump took office has already netted the government more than $39 million, the Department of the Interior announced on…

  • Federal Judge Demands Trump Admin Return Deported MS-13 Suspect

    ย Getty Images A federal judge issued a strongly worded ruling early Sunday demanding the Trump administration return a suspected MS-13 gang member whom she said was wrongly deported to El Salvador last week. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis in Maryland, an Obama apppointee, condemned the Trump administration for what he called a โ€œgrievous errorโ€ that…

  • Old Video Of Pelosi Echoing Trump On China Tariffs Resurfaces

    ย Getty Images An old video of Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) urging Congress to retaliate against Chinaโ€™s tariffs on the United States is going viral for its uncanny resemblance to President Donald Trumpโ€™s current tariff policies. Recorded on the House floor in June 1996, the video features Pelosi calling on her colleagues to challenge the โ€œstatus…

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