Chris Murphy and Tony Gonzales urge Congress to take action on southern border to keep migrant decline
Lawmakers from both parties warned Sunday that the drop in migrant numbers at the U.S. southern border is unlikely to be permanent and called for congressional action to maintain the decline. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas), in two separate interviews with CBS News’ “Face the Nation,” agreed that illegal border crossings […]
Democrats urge Biden administration to investigate data practices of tax prep companies
Several Democratic lawmakers have called on the Biden administration to ask TurboTax to keep large tax preparation firms private after a recent report found that TurboTax repeatedly pressured tax preparers to share sensitive tax data. They are calling for an investigation into their data practices. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Sen. Richard […]
‘String of reckless attempts’: 130 Republicans urge Biden to abandon student debt ‘forgiveness’ plan
group of 130 Republicans I sent letter On Friday, the Biden administration called on the U.S. Department of Education to rescind a federal student loan “forgiveness” plan that requires U.S. taxpayers to shoulder the burden of student loans. According to an April report from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, the administration’s large-scale debt […]
Liam Neeson, Sharon Stone urge Hollywood to embrace Kevin Spacey after his acquittal on sexual assault charges
It’s been nearly a year since Kevin Spacey was acquitted of sexual misconduct charges, and stars are coming to his defense and demanding he return to his Hollywood career. After a two-part documentary titled Spacey Unmasked aired in the UK last week, fellow actors including Sharon Stone and Liam Neeson faced allegations of sexual assault […]
Lawmakers urge financial regulators to take action on banking discrimination
A group of Democrats in the House and Senate is calling on the heads of the Treasury Department, the Federal Reserve and other financial regulators to ensure fair banking access for Muslim Americans and immigrants. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) wrote Wednesday to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome […]
Immigration advocates urge Schumer to abandon reconsideration of border deal
More than 100 immigration and civil rights groups are calling on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, R-New York, to abandon plans to bring the bipartisan Senate immigration deal, which was rejected by Republicans earlier this year, to the floor. In a letter Thursday, the groups said the bill “represents a grave betrayal of immigrant communities.” […]
Red-state financial officers urge Biden to back Israel, ‘alarmed’ of wavering support in ‘hour of need’
First appearance on Fox: More than 20 U.S. state-level financial officials are calling on the Biden administration to continue aid to Israel amid the Israeli Defense Forces’ recent invasion of Rafah. The 23 members of the State Treasurer’s Foundation (SFOF) said, “As the State Treasurer, we are grateful for your early commitment to provide unyielding […]
Suozzi, Fitzpatrick urge Biden to end asylum abuses to ‘bring order to the border’
Representatives Tom Suozzi of New York and Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania on Thursday called on President Biden to end asylum abuses and “bring order to the border” through executive action. Democrats and Republicans have joined forces to crack down on cartels profiting from the U.S. border crisis and push the White House to extend undocumented […]
Bipartisan group of lawmakers urge against proposed National Guard move to Space Force
A bipartisan group of House of Representatives and senators is asking the Congressional Armed Services Committees to reject the Biden administration’s proposal to incorporate Air National Guard members into the Space Force as “deeply flawed.” In a May 6 letter to the chairs and ranking members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees, 56 […]
Columbia Law Review student editors urge school to cancel exams after protests leave them ‘irrevocably shaken’
Student editors at the Columbia Law Review are urging the school to cancel final exams after anti-Israel protests and New York Police Department arrests have left the campus fractured. Columbia University has been at the forefront of the nationwide campus pro-Palestinian protests. The editors are asking the law school to cancel final exams and effectively give […]