POLITICS

SoCal County Voters Approve Measure to Guarantee Funding for Law Enforcement

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San Bernardino County voted to give raises to some elected officials and provide minimum levels of resources for sheriff’s department staffing. A proposal to secure funding for law enforcement and increase pay for some elected officials was approved by more than 61 percent of voters—as of preliminary results Nov. 18—in the Southern California county of

State Laws Addressing Illegal Immigration in Limbo After Trump’s Reelection

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Arizona’s Proposition 314 giving state law enforcement the power to arrest illegal immigrants leaves unanswered questions, while Texas remains committed. Arizona became one of the latest states to pass a measure giving local authorities the power to arrest and deport illegal immigrants. With Trump’s promise to address the border crisis, questions remain as to what’s

The Challenges and Pathways for Trump to Remove Federal Workers

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‘If the President can’t fire them, then who exactly are they accountable to?’ attorney Matt Bowman said. News Analysis President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to slash federal spending and pare the administrative state will face many challenges and could even force court rulings to determine how much authority the President has over the executive branch of

The Challenges and Pathways for Trump to Reduce Federal Workers

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‘If the President can’t fire them, then who exactly are they accountable to?’ attorney Matt Bowman said. News Analysis President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to slash federal spending and pare the administrative state will face many challenges and could even force court rulings to determine how much authority the President has over the executive branch of

Proposal would allow Bible teachings in Texas public grade schools

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Austin, Texas — Texas public schools could use teachings from the Bible in lessons as an option for students from kindergarten through fifth grade under a proposal that drew hours of testimony Monday and follows Republican-led efforts in other states to incorporate more religious teaching into classrooms. Teachers and parents gave impassioned testimony for and

I Saw How Georgetown’s Prestigious School of Foreign Service Coddles Violent Anti-Semites—Who Are Plotting to Transform US Policy From Within

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Georgetown University sits on a hilltop above the Potomac. Its flagship school, the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, trains America’s future diplomats, senior military officers, and intelligence operatives. Its graduates include Bill Clinton and a long list of senators, ambassadors, a CIA director, two White House chiefs of staff, the king of Spain,