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House GOP wants to pump billions into Trump's deportations and detentions as part of tax bill
Read full article: House GOP wants to pump billions into Trump's deportations and detentions as part of tax billRepublicans in Congress are working to pump billions of dollars into President Donald Trump’s mass deportation and border security program.
Border arrests drop 33% to a 46-month low in July after asylum restrictions take hold
Read full article: Border arrests drop 33% to a 46-month low in July after asylum restrictions take holdU.S. authorities say arrests for illegally crossing the border from Mexico plummeted 33% in July to the lowest level since September 2020, a result of asylum being temporarily suspended.
A chaotic US House is losing three Republican committee chairs to retirement in the span of a week
Read full article: A chaotic US House is losing three Republican committee chairs to retirement in the span of a weekIn a single week, the Republican chairs of three U.S. House committees announced they would not be seeking reelection, raising questions about whether the chaos that has reigned this Congress is driving out some of the GOP’s top talent.
House vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas fails, thwarted by Republican defections
Read full article: House vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas fails, thwarted by Republican defectionsIn a dramatic setback, House Republicans have failed to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
House GOP takes party-line vote toward Mayorkas impeachment as border becomes 2024 campaign issue
Read full article: House GOP takes party-line vote toward Mayorkas impeachment as border becomes 2024 campaign issueHouse Republicans have taken a party-line vote toward impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over what they say is his “willful and systematic” refusal to enforce immigration laws.
House GOP is moving swiftly toward Mayorkas' impeachment as Senate focuses on a border security deal
Read full article: House GOP is moving swiftly toward Mayorkas' impeachment as Senate focuses on a border security dealHouse Republicans are laying the groundwork for impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
A government shutdown is averted for now with a temporary funding bill. What happens in a shutdown?
Read full article: A government shutdown is averted for now with a temporary funding bill. What happens in a shutdown?A U.S. government shutdown would have disrupted many services that Americans rely on and squeezed federal workers.
Report: 'Human error' helped spur wrong ballots in Nashville
Read full article: Report: 'Human error' helped spur wrong ballots in NashvilleTennessee's elections coordinator has determined that Nashville election officials erroneously updated voter lists for last month’s election and failed to follow steps to ensure the final version was accurate through computer mapping programming.
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Half a million jobless claims filed in Florida last week
Read full article: Half a million jobless claims filed in Florida last weekThe U.S. Department of Labor reported that more than 505,100 Floridians filed initial claims for unemployment benefits last week, pushing the state’s number of claims well past 1 million since businesses around the state started closing last month under lockdown orders from municipalities and then Gov. As of Tuesday, 1.7 million claims had been submitted but only 679,000 had been verified. Roughly 26 million people have now filed for jobless aid in the five weeks since the coronavirus outbreak began forcing millions of employers to close their doors. According to the Department of Labor, Georgia processed another 244,000 unemployment claims last week. In the five weeks since the crisis began, 1.1 million Georgians have filed for unemployment — more than one-fifth of the state’s workforce.

Hundreds of Bahamians told to get off ferry headed to US
Read full article: Hundreds of Bahamians told to get off ferry headed to USNASSAU, Bahamas - Hurricane Dorian may have long since left the Bahamas, but the islands have only begun to grapple with the grim aftermath. Hundreds are still missing, nearly 70,000 have been left homeless by the disaster and hundreds more are desperately looking for a way out. Entin told CNN he was on a Balearia ferry from Freeport to Fort Lauderdale when the announcement was made Sunday. One woman told Entin that as many as 130 people left the ferry after the announcement. The public should prepare for "unimaginable information about the death toll and the human suffering," Health Minister Duane Sands told Guardian Radio 96.9 FM.

WATCH LIVE: Ivanka Trump at Women's Global Development Event
Read full article: WATCH LIVE: Ivanka Trump at Women's Global Development EventAdministrator Mark Green of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Ivanka Trump, Advisor to the President, will participate in a discussion co-hosted by USAID and the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition.