Harris visits Tonnie’s Minis bakery in Newark as officials meet with Mexico on immigration

[ad_1] Vice President Kamala Harris, the “border czar” of the Biden administration, tasted produce at a New Jersey bakery on Friday – while other White House officials met with their Mexican counterparts in a bid to bring the current crisis of illegal immigration under control. Harris was in Garden State promoting President Biden’s $ 3.5 … Read more

Supreme Court considers fate of Boston Marathon bomber

[ad_1] The Biden administration will try to convince the country’s highest court next week to reinstate the death penalty for convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, arguing that a jury need not consider the evidence on which the authorities relied on during an earlier phase of the case. Tsarnaev’s guilt in the horrific attack near … Read more

McConnell challenges Garland on DOJ efforts to deal with threats against public school board members and teachers

[ad_1] “Parents should definitely tell their local schools what to teach. This is the very basis of representative government,” McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, wrote in a letter. “They do this both in elections and – as the First Amendment to the Constitution protects – when they ask their government to seek redress. Telling elected … Read more

North Carolina Lieutenant Governor faces backlash after calling transgender people ‘garbage’

[ad_1] The North Carolina lieutenant governor is facing growing calls for his resignation after he was caught on camera calling transgender people “dirt”. The video, which was first published Wednesday by Right Wing Watch, showed the first-term Republican making the comments during a speech at Asbury Baptist Church in June. “There’s no reason anyone anywhere … Read more

Timeline of CO spill raises questions and contradictions

[ad_1] When workers at the company operating the Elly drilling rig saw oil in the water miles off the California coast, they did not immediately call authorities. Instead, they called the business risk management company. At 8:55 a.m. on Saturday, an emergency response worker from crisis company Witt O’Brien’s informed federal authorities that a leaking … Read more