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Why Senate Dems are prepared to swallow a border policy compromise

Why Senate Dems are prepared to swallow a border policy compromise

A growing number of Senate Democrats appear open to making it harder for migrants to seek asylum in order to secure Republican support for aiding Ukraine and Israel. They are motivated not just by concern for America’s embattled allies. They also believe changes are needed to help a migration crisis that is growing more dire and to potentially dull the political sting of border politics in battleground states before the 2024 elections. “Look, I think the border needs some attention….

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‘We’re taking it out of hide’: Pentagon says it has no money for Middle East buildup

‘We’re taking it out of hide’: Pentagon says it has no money for Middle East buildup

The Defense Department has ordered an additional aircraft carrier strike group, air defenses, fighter jets and hundreds of troops to the Middle East since the surprise terrorist attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, in an effort to prevent the conflict from spiraling into a regional war. The problem: Congressional dysfunction means the Pentagon has no money to pay for the buildup. The military, like the rest of the federal government, is operating under a temporary funding measure that freezes spending…

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Federal government investigating multiple hacks of US water utilities

Federal government investigating multiple hacks of US water utilities

The federal government is investigating multiple hacks suspected to have been launched by an Iranian government-linked cyber group against U.S. water facilities that were using Israeli-made technology, according to two individuals familiar with the probes. One of the breaches made headlines Saturday after the Tehran-linked Cyber Av3ngers group claimed responsibility for hittinga water authority in Pennsylvania. In total, the government is aware of and examining a “single digit” number of facilities that have been affected across the country, according to…

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US used its Section 702 spy tool to disrupt Iran’s weapons program

US used its Section 702 spy tool to disrupt Iran’s weapons program

U.S. officials say a controversial surveillance authority has been key to helping them stop the sale of certain weapons parts to Iran in recent years. The CIA and other intelligence agencies used information gathered by monitoring the electronic communications of foreign weapons manufacturers to stop several shipments of advanced weapons parts to Iran by land, air and sea, according to two U.S. intelligence officials familiar with the matter. The campaign came as the administration pushed to prevent Iran from building…

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Dean Phillips on Joe Biden: I think he should smoke weed

Dean Phillips on Joe Biden: I think he should smoke weed

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Dean Phillips thinks Joe Biden should inhale. At a town hall in New Hampshire earlier this month, the congressman took the president to task for opposing marijuana legalization before suggesting Biden try it himself. “I’m sure he has never even smelled weed, let alone smoked it,” said Phillips. “I think he should because he would find it awfully hypocritical that you can drink a half-gallon of Jack Daniels at night and report to work in his White…

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Republicans to Unleash 150 Subpoenas if Democrats Target Friends of Conservative Supreme Court Justices

Republicans to Unleash 150 Subpoenas if Democrats Target Friends of Conservative Supreme Court Justices

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressional Republicans are preparing to fight back by unleashing up to 150 subpoenas on liberals and Democrats if Joe Biden’s party in the Senate follows subpoenas conservatives who are friends and supporters of Supreme Court justices appointed by Republican presidents. Powered by WPeMatico

White House: We Oppose Israel Fighting Hamas in South Gaza Without ‘Accounting for All’ Displaced Palestinians

White House: We Oppose Israel Fighting Hamas in South Gaza Without ‘Accounting for All’ Displaced Palestinians

The White House said Tuesday that it opposes Israel’s plan to attack Hamas terrorists in the southern portion of the Gaza Strip unless it can provide an “accounting” for all of the internally displaced Palestinian civilians in the war. Powered by WPeMatico