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‘Did You Approve Hidden State Censorship?’: Musk Calls Out Schiff Over Twitter Files Revelations Harold Hutchison on December 20, 2022 Elon Musk called out Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff of California …

ADAM ANDRZEJEWSKI: Earmarks Are Back With A Vengeance In Congress’ Spending Bill Adam Andrzejewski on December 20, 2022 Last week, Congress advanced another enormous “omnibus” spending bill — a catch-all bill …

Incoming House Oversight Chair Calls To Defund FBI Over Twitter Censorship: ‘Violation Of The Constitution’ Harold Hutchison on December 20, 2022 Republican Rep. James Comer of Kentucky said Tuesday Republicans …

Taliban Bars Afghan Women From Higher Education Alexa Schwerha on December 20, 2022 The Taliban government announced Tuesday that it would bar women from attending university classes, Reuters reported. Afghan …

Congress’ Massive Spending Bill Increases Funding For Groups Housing, Feeding Illegal Immigrants By Over 400% Jennie Taer on December 20, 2022 The massive Senate omnibus spending bill includes a more …

SANTA TERESA, N.M. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers at the Santa Teresa Port of Entry apprehended a man with an outstanding arrest warrant for homicide out of the Lakewood …

(Reuters) – A former Texas police officer was sentenced to over 11 years in prison on Tuesday for shooting and killing a Black woman in her home in 2019. Aaron …

By Richard Cowan and Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A $1.66 trillion government spending bill drew overwhelming bipartisan support in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday as lawmakers steered it toward passage …

By Tom Balmforth KYIV/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy could travel to Washington, meet U.S. President Joe Biden and visit Congress on Wednesday, sources familiar with the situation said, …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A $1.66 trillion bill to fund the U.S. government secured enough support to advance in the Senate’s first procedural vote on the matter on Tuesday. Voting was …

By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -The Massachusetts state prison system will reform how it cares for inmates with serious mental health issues and supervise prisoners at risk of harming themselves …

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected China Telecom Corp’s challenge to a Federal Communications Commission order withdrawing the company’s authority to provide services in …

By Charlotte Greenfield and Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL (Reuters) -Afghanistan’s Taliban-run higher education ministry on Tuesday suspended access to universities by female students until further notice, drawing strong condemnation from …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is expected to visit the White House and the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, though security concerns could force a change in plans, two sources …

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainians shivering under bombs, frost and power outages will soon get more help from a fund that funnels money to volunteers, community groups and civil society organizations, …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban on Tuesday released two American nationals in what appeared to be a goodwill gesture, said State Department spokesperson Ned Price, who indicated that the militants …

In December 2022, intended U.S. candidate for the WCO Secretary General Ian Saunders held a number of engagements with senior customs leaders in Bahrain on the margins of the WCO …

LAREDO, Texas –Zapata Border Patrol Station awarded the Youth of the Month honorees for October and November during a ceremony at Zapata High School.    On Dec. 16, Border Patrol …

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A provision to provide 4,000 more visas for Afghans who worked with the United States was included in a massive government spending bill unveiled on …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The government funding bill U.S. lawmakers are trying to pass cancels “certain” congressionally mandated sales of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, a summary showed on Tuesday. Congress …

LIMA (Reuters) – The head of Peru’s electoral jury on Tuesday gave Congress the provisional green light to bring forward a general election to the end of 2023, amid deadly …

By Shawana Alleyne-Morris (Reuters) – The increase in firearm-related fatalities among U.S. youth has has taken a disproportionate toll in the Black community, which accounted for 47% of gun deaths …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is moving to ease the delivery of humanitarian assistance without running afoul of international sanctions, the U.S. Treasury Department said Tuesday, implementing recently adopted United …

By Jill Gralow TOWNSVILLE, Australia (Reuters) – Scientists working on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef have successfully trialled a new method for freezing and storing coral larvae they say could eventually …