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House to delay sending Mayorkas impeachment articles to Senate
8 months, 2 weeks ago

House to delay sending Mayorkas impeachment articles to Senate

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson will delay sending the House’s articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate this week as previously planned after Republican senators requested more time Tuesday to build support for holding a full trial. “Our members want to have an opportunity not only to debate but also to have some votes on …

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GOP releases impeachment articles against Homeland Security chief
10 months, 3 weeks ago

GOP releases impeachment articles against Homeland Security chief

The Hindu  

House Republicans on January 28 released two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as they vowed to swiftly push forward with election-year efforts to oust him over what they call his failure to manage the U.S.-Mexico border. Republicans contend Mr. Mayorkas is guilty of “high crimes and misdemeanours” that amount to a “willful and systemic refusal to …

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House GOP releases impeachment articles in bid to oust Homeland Security’s Mayorkas over the border
10 months, 3 weeks ago

House GOP releases impeachment articles in bid to oust Homeland Security’s Mayorkas over the border

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Sunday released two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as they vowed to swiftly push forward with election-year efforts to oust him over what they call his failure to manage the U.S.-Mexico border. Republicans contend Mayorkas is guilty of “high crimes and misdemeanors” that amount to a “willful and systemic refusal to …

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House GOP releases impeachment articles in bid to oust Homeland Security’s Mayorkas over the border
10 months, 3 weeks ago

House GOP releases impeachment articles in bid to oust Homeland Security’s Mayorkas over the border

LA Times  

House Republicans on Sunday released two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as they vowed to swiftly push forward with election-year efforts to oust him over what they call his failure to manage the U.S.-Mexico border. Republicans contend Mayorkas is guilty of “high crimes and misdemeanors” that amount to a “willful and systemic refusal to comply with …

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Survivors say trauma from abusive Native American boarding schools stretches across generations
1 year, 1 month ago

Survivors say trauma from abusive Native American boarding schools stretches across generations

Associated Press  

— Donovan Archambault was 11 years old in 1950 when he was sent from the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in Montana to a government-backed Native American boarding school in Pierre, South Dakota, where abusive staff forced him to abandon his community’s language and customs. “It was probably the most brutal time of my whole life,” Archambault recalled Sunday, “and it …

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Northern Plains tribes bring back their wild 'relatives'
2 years ago

Northern Plains tribes bring back their wild 'relatives'

The Hindu  

Native species such as swift foxes and black-footed ferrets disappeared from the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation generations ago, wiped out by poisoning campaigns, disease and farm plows that turned open prairie where nomadic tribes once roamed into cropland and cattle pastures. They call the foxes and ferrets their “relatives.” “It’s like having your family back,” said Mike Fox, former director …

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US Native American tribes seek to reintroduce indigenous wildlife
2 years ago

US Native American tribes seek to reintroduce indigenous wildlife

Al Jazeera  

Native American groups in the US are trying to restore local species like ferrets and foxes as extinctions increase. Native species such as swift foxes and black-footed ferrets disappeared from the Fort Belknap reservation in the United States generations ago, wiped out by poisoning campaigns, disease and farm ploughs that turned the open prairie into cropland and cattle pastures. “It’s …

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Mutual aid groups give personalized help after Hurricane Ida
3 years, 3 months ago

Mutual aid groups give personalized help after Hurricane Ida

Associated Press  

The day after Hurricane Ida struck Louisiana, Delaney Nolan spent hours biking around New Orleans, handing out money to people who needed to pay for supplies or for the hotel rooms where they’d taken shelter. “It’s built on communications with a lot of neighbors and existing relationships, from personally knowing what people need.” Established philanthropic groups are joining to support …

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Despite obstacles, Native Americans have the nation’s highest COVID-19 vaccination rate
3 years, 4 months ago

Despite obstacles, Native Americans have the nation’s highest COVID-19 vaccination rate

LA Times  

Summer Ariwite holds hands with her niece, Kaycee Moss, who recently turned 12, old enough to be vaccinated for COVID-19 by Samantha Allen, a public-health nurse at the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. “We were extremely aggressive with our vaccination rates very early,” said Dr. Loretta Christensen, chief medical officer of the federal Indian Health Service, which provides care to more …

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Trial highlights: history lessons, Trump tweets and more
3 years, 10 months ago

Trial highlights: history lessons, Trump tweets and more

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump will stand trial for impeachment after the Senate rejected arguments from the former president’s lawyers that the chamber cannot move forward because he is no longer in office. Though Trump’s lawyers say the Constitution limits impeachment trials to current officeholders, prominent conservative legal scholars have sided with Democrats in declaring that the trial is permissible. In …

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Trial highlights: history lessons, Trump tweets and more
3 years, 10 months ago

Trial highlights: history lessons, Trump tweets and more

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump will stand trial for impeachment after the Senate rejected arguments from the former president’s lawyers Tuesday that the chamber cannot move forward because he is no longer in office. Though Trump’s lawyers say the Constitution limits impeachment trials to current officeholders, prominent conservative legal scholars have sided with Democrats in declaring that the trial is permissible. …

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There Is Precedent For Trying A Former Government Official, Established 145 Years Ago
3 years, 10 months ago

There Is Precedent For Trying A Former Government Official, Established 145 Years Ago

NPR  

There Is Precedent For Trying A Former Government Official, Established 145 Years Ago Enlarge this image toggle caption Kean Collection/Getty Images Kean Collection/Getty Images The forming narrative among those who don't want a Senate impeachment trial for former President Donald Trump is along the lines of, "He's out of office. This is from a Congressional Research Service legal briefing on …

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Can A Former President Be Impeached? The Precedent For Trump's Senate Trial
3 years, 10 months ago

Can A Former President Be Impeached? The Precedent For Trump's Senate Trial

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Senate’s process to impeach former President Donald Trump officially began on Monday, when the House formally delivered articles of impeachment to the upper chamber. “he Senate lacks constitutional authority to conduct impeachment proceedings against a former president,” Sen. Tom Cotton said in a statement on Jan. 13. ASSOCIATED PRESS Critics of late impeachment focus on three …

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The worst of Trump’s pardons (opinion)
3 years, 11 months ago

The worst of Trump’s pardons (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Elie Honig is a CNN legal analyst and former federal and state prosecutor. CNN — In his final full day in office, President Donald Trump refrained from the most outrageous possible abuses of the pardon power. While Trump issued pardons to several recipients whose cases had been rightly advocated by criminal justice reform groups, he also doled out …

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