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This New Immigration Bill That’s About to Pass Is a Horrifying Trojan Horse

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Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. The first of these glossed-over details is the fact that the Laken Riley Act would not only target undocumented immigrants “convicted of crimes” of theft, as its sponsors assert. The act would upend that balance by empowering states to …

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Kentucky House votes to reduce the individual income tax rate, a top GOP priority

Associated Press

The Kentucky House voted Thursday to reduce the state’s individual income tax rate, as Republicans delivered on a top priority just three days into this year’s 30-day legislative session. Supporters of House Bill 1 say the lower tax rate will promote long-term economic growth and population gains in the Bluegrass State by enabling people to keep more of the money …

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Democrats Swing Further Right On Immigration After 2024 Election Losses

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday advanced a bill that would require the detention of undocumented immigrants who commit certain crimes, a priority for the new Republican majority following GOP victories in last year’s election. “If we can’t get at least seven out of 47 … then that’s a reason why we lost,” Sen. John Fetterman, who …

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Trump Calls On Newsom To Resign; Republicans Blame DEI For Inability To Contain Wildfires

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President-elect Donald Trump speaks in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 8. Let this serve, and be emblematic, of the gross incompetence and mismanagement of the Biden/Newscum Duo.” In reference to his inauguration date, he added, “January 20th cannot come fast enough!” Asked to respond to Trump — while standing in front of a blazing fire swallowing a structure — Newsom told …

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Senate Democrats say they will vote to advance bill to detain migrants accused of crimes

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Newly in the minority, Democrats say they will vote with Republicans to advance legislation that would require federal authorities to detain unauthorized immigrants who have been accused of certain crimes — one of President-elect Donald Trump’s priorities as he assumes office later this month. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer announced ahead of the vote on Thursday that he …

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Musk acknowledges $2 trillion spending cut goal a long shot

The Hindu

Elon Musk, who U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has tapped to oversee a government cost-cutting effort, acknowledged that his declared goal of cutting $2 trillion in spending from the $6.8 trillion federal budget would be a long shot. "I think if we try for 2 trillion, we've got a good shot at getting 1," Mr. Musk, the world's richest person, said …

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Elon Musk Walks Back Vow To Find $2 Trillion In Wasteful Spending

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LOADING ERROR LOADING Republican budget guru Elon Musk admitted Wednesday that his vision of $2 trillion in spending cuts is not very realistic. “I think if we try for $2 trillion, we’ve got a good shot at getting one.” It’s a notable retrenchment from Musk’s prior position. On the campaign trail in October, Musk said he could find “at least …

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Trump meets with Republicans on Capitol Hill as GOP struggles to agree on legislative strategy

The Hindu

President-elect Donald Trump is meeting privately on Capitol Hill late on Wednesday with Republican senators as House and Senate GOP leaders are straining to come up with a strategy for tackling his legislative priorities as the party takes power in Washington. Mr. Trump said it “feels great” to be back inside the U.S. Capitol for the first time since he …

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Democratic Lawmakers Will Push To Renew Extra ACA Subsidies

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING One of the bigger and more underappreciated policy debates coming to Congress this year will be over whether to extend a Biden-era initiative that’s helping millions of Americans to pay for their health insurance. What Democrats Want To Do Now Shaheen and her Wisconsin colleague, fellow Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin, plan to introduce legislation on Thursday that …

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Column: Jimmy Carter, Joe Biden and revisionist presidential history

LA Times

The Joint Chiefs of Staff pay their respects around the flag-draped casket of former President Carter as he lies in state at the Capitol on Tuesday. From my novice reporter days in Texas beginning midway through his single term, through my years in Washington covering presidencies and presidential campaigns into a new century, Republicans made Carter’s name synonymous with failure …

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Trump returns to Capitol Hill: Meets GOP leaders amid new era in Washington

India Today

WASHINGTON: President-elect Donald Trump is meeting privately on Capitol Hill late Wednesday with Republican senators as House and Senate GOP leaders are straining to come up with a strategy for tackling his legislative priorities as the party takes power in Washington. Trump said it “feels great” to be back inside the U.S. Capitol for the first time since he left …

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The Senate parliamentarian could block some of Trump's agenda — and be a scapegoat for Republicans

Salon

As Republicans make plans for how to get President-elect Donald Trump’s one “big beautiful bill” through Congress, both the political and procedural challenges of enacting an agenda through budget reconciliation are coming into focus. “Senate parliamentarians are put in an impossible position because ‘merely incidental’ is inherently a judgment call.” The current Senate parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, ruled in 2021 that …

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Virginia elections signal no major shift in voter sentiment in a state watched closely for clues

Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va. — There were no surprises in Virginia’s three special elections this week, but that won’t stop political observers from looking for clues about voter sentiment in the first official election since President Donald Trump’s sweeping victories in November. About 19% of eligible voters in Loudoun County cast a ballot in Tuesday’s election, though those numbers are preliminary as …

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No, Parents Didn't Spend Child Tax Credit Money On Drugs, Study Finds

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WASHINGTON – Parents who received monthly child tax credit payments in 2021 didn’t spend the extra cash on drugs, according to a new study that contradicts a top talking point against the payments. “He said he’s gotten phone calls from one grandmother specifically talking about her crackhead daughter ― he used the word crackhead three times ― talking about her …

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2 days, 18 hours ago

Speaker Mike Johnson says Trump is the coach calling plays. But what if coach changes his mind?

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson often says he sees himself as the quarterback and President-elect Donald Trump as the coach calling plays on their legislative priorities as Republicans take power in Washington. “We are excited about how all of that is rolling out.” Budget reconciliation carries high risk, but potentially high reward Republicans are relying on perhaps the most …

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Kansas’ top elections official is running for governor after pushing back on conspiracy theories

Associated Press

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas’ top elections official launched a campaign for governor Wednesday after building his public profile by pushing back against unfounded election conspiracy theories and breaking with fellow Republicans on voting rights issues. Schwab also has defended the use of ballot drop boxes and countered other Republicans’ suggestions that voting by noncitizens — which is rare — is …

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2 days, 22 hours ago

‘Obamacare’ hits record enrollment but an uncertain future awaits under Trump

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A record 24 million people have signed up for insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act, former President Barack Obama’s landmark health legislation, as the program awaits an uncertain future under a Republican-controlled White House and Congress. “When I took office, I made a promise to the American people that I would bring down the cost of health …

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Harris didn’t lose the election so much as Trump won

Live Mint

As Republicans prepare to take control of the federal government, Democrats are assessing what went wrong in the 2024 election and what they need to change. First, pre-election surveys consistently showed that Ms. Harris’s ceiling was substantially higher than Mr. Trump’s, meaning a higher percentage of voters said they’d consider voting for her than him. Yes, Ms. Harris lost all …

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US bans medical debt from credit reports as Biden nears exit

Al Jazeera

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says change will strike $49bn in medical debt from credit reports. Consumers in the United States will no longer have medical debt appear on their credit reports under changes that will make it easier for millions of Americans to obtain loans. Under the change, an estimated $49bn in medical debt will be struck from the credit …

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'Obamacare' hits record sign-ups, but an uncertain future looms under Trump

India Today

A record 24 million people have signed up for insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act, former President Barack Obama's landmark health legislation, as the programme awaits an uncertain future under a Republican-controlled White House and Congress. Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski told the Alaska Beacon last week that Congress would “need to continue these premium tax credits," in an interview …

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Trump team resurfaces plans to designate Mexican cartels as terror organizations

CNN

Washington CNN — President-elect Donald Trump’s team is discussing plans to designate Mexican cartels as terrorist organizations, according to three sources familiar with the discussions, bringing back an idea that failed to come to fruition during his first term in office. Sources told CNN it’s unclear whether Trump would move to designate selected Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations on …

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Biden administration withdraws old-growth forest plan after getting pushback from industry and GOP

Associated Press

— The Biden administration on Tuesday abruptly dropped its nascent plan to protect old-growth forests after getting pushback from Republicans and the timber industry. “There was also feedback that there are important place-based differences that we will need to understand in order to conserve old-growth forests.” Montana Republican U.S. Sen. Steve Daines in a statement called the withdrawal of the …

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H-1B Backlash Shows Indians They’re Not So Special Anymore

Live Mint

-- Indians have long been proud of what they see as their outperformance in the information technology sector. Some on the left, like Senator Bernie Sanders, joined in the right’s chorus, deriding H-1B recipients as “low-wage indentured servants.” The controversy seems oddly outdated to anyone familiar with the Indian IT sector. Digitalization has progressed enough that many lower-end jobs can …

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North Carolina justices block certification of election outcome in race for one of its own seats

Associated Press

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s highest court blocked on Tuesday the certification of a November election result for one of its own seats so it can review legal arguments by a trailing candidate who contends over 60,000 ballots that were cast shouldn’t be counted. Hours later, Griffin’s attorneys asked the state Supreme Court for the temporary stay, which the court …

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This New Immigration Bill That’s About to Pass Is a Horrifying Trojan Horse

Kentucky House votes to reduce the individual income tax rate, a top GOP priority

Democrats Swing Further Right On Immigration After 2024 Election Losses

Trump Calls On Newsom To Resign; Republicans Blame DEI For Inability To Contain Wildfires

Senate Democrats say they will vote to advance bill to detain migrants accused of crimes

Musk acknowledges $2 trillion spending cut goal a long shot

Elon Musk Walks Back Vow To Find $2 Trillion In Wasteful Spending

Trump meets with Republicans on Capitol Hill as GOP struggles to agree on legislative strategy

Democratic Lawmakers Will Push To Renew Extra ACA Subsidies

Column: Jimmy Carter, Joe Biden and revisionist presidential history

Trump returns to Capitol Hill: Meets GOP leaders amid new era in Washington

The Senate parliamentarian could block some of Trump's agenda — and be a scapegoat for Republicans

Virginia elections signal no major shift in voter sentiment in a state watched closely for clues

No, Parents Didn't Spend Child Tax Credit Money On Drugs, Study Finds

Speaker Mike Johnson says Trump is the coach calling plays. But what if coach changes his mind?

Kansas’ top elections official is running for governor after pushing back on conspiracy theories

‘Obamacare’ hits record enrollment but an uncertain future awaits under Trump

Harris didn’t lose the election so much as Trump won

US bans medical debt from credit reports as Biden nears exit

'Obamacare' hits record sign-ups, but an uncertain future looms under Trump

Trump team resurfaces plans to designate Mexican cartels as terror organizations

Biden administration withdraws old-growth forest plan after getting pushback from industry and GOP

H-1B Backlash Shows Indians They’re Not So Special Anymore

North Carolina justices block certification of election outcome in race for one of its own seats