POLITICS

Texas Finds More Than 2,700 Suspected Noncitizen Voters After State Review

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A voting sign in Austin, Texas, on Oct. 21, 2024. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Texas’s election review identified 2,724 individuals on the voter registration list who lack proof of citizenship. Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson said on Oct. 20 that a comparison of Texas’s 18 million registered voters against the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’

Furloughed workers visit food bank as shutdown drags on: “I need to pay my bills”

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Furloughed workers visit food bank as shutdown drags on: “I need to pay my bills” – CBS News Watch CBS News As President Trump and GOP lawmakers continue blaming Democrats for the shutdown stalemate, Nikole Killion reports frustration and worry are mounting among furloughed workers who aren’t receiving paychecks. link.lazyload { position: absolute; } .content__meta-wrapper::before

Northwestern University Can Toss Students Who Refuse To Complete Anti-Semitism Training, Judge Rules

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Students who boycotted the course can lose financial aid, access to on-campus housing, and even their status as a student University Hall at Northwestern / Wikimedia Commons Northwestern University can strip students’ financial aid, access to on-campus housing, and even their student status for refusing to complete a mandatory anti-Semitism training, a federal judge ruled

Texas Health System Hit With Civil Rights Complaint Over Minority Contracting in Wake of Free Beacon Report

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JPS Health used a race-based scoring system to evaluate bids (Ft. Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Facebook) The public hospital system for Tarrant County, Texas, was hit with a federal civil rights complaint on Tuesday alleging that it discriminates in its procurement process for medical supplies. The complaint comes after the Washington Free Beacon reported last year that

Oy Vey! United Flight to Tel Aviv Announces Its Only In-Flight Meal Is a Ham Sandwich

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‘The announcer was clearly very embarrassed,’ a passenger said A United Airlines airplane. (Wikimedia) Oy, the humanity. A United Airlines flight from Newark to Tel Aviv briefly sent passengers into a tailspin when staff announced that the only food available for a mid-flight meal for passengers in economy would be ham sandwiches. The announcement came