An Irish woman wielding the passport of a Canadian woman was arrested for being a “passport imposter” as she attempted to enter the U.S. at the Peace Bridge Port of Entry in Buffalo, NY.
“An individual is considered an imposter when they present a travel document that does not belong to them and attempt entry into the U.S.,” said Joseph Draganac, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) port…
The School Nutrition Association (SNA) has released its 2015 Position Paper, outlining the Association’s advocacy efforts as Congress prepares to reauthorize the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 this year.
“SNA supports strong federal nutrition standards for school meals, including calorie caps and mandates to offer a greater quantity and variety of fruits and vegetables,” says says…
“These people are the epitome of evil,” Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) declared today after the release of a video showing ISIS terrorists setting fire to a live Jordanian pilot.
“The only way to stop these barbaric thugs is to take them out,” Rep. Gohmert told the Conservative Commandos radio show today.
“They only know of one thing and that’s a show of power,” Gohmert said.
“Now, I don’t…
Office of Management and Budget Director Shaun Donovan repeatedly refused to admit that the White House's 2016 budget request spends more than the 2011 Budget Control Act agreed to by Pres. Obama allows.
Asked six times to give a simple “Yes” or “No” answer, Donovan evaded the direct question from Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) at today's budget hearing, instead reciting the proposed benefits of…
“President Obama’s call for a $95 billion energy tax hike would thwart the very goals expressed in his State of the Union address,” American Petroleum Institute (API) Pres. Jack Gerard said today.
“America’s oil and natural gas renaissance has done everything on the president’s State of the Union wish list for the middle class,” Gerard said, responding to Obama’s proposed budget.
“Opposition…
“There is no economic metric by which we are not better off than when I took office,” Pres. Obama declared yesterday. But, actually, there are at least these four. And, they’re pretty important.
In remarks to the House Democratic Issues Conference in Philadelphia, PA, Obama said:
“There is no economic metric by which we are not better off than when I took office. And that is because of the…
Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) today re-introduced the Keep Our Communities Safe Act (S.291) with Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), David Vitter (R-La.), and Ted Cruz (R-Texas). The legislation would close the legal loophole created by the U.S. Supreme Court in Zadvydas v. Davis case (2001) that requires immigration authorities to release back into the United States any immigrant…
“Everyone” has a right to a job in the U.S. – even if they’re here illegally - Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch told a Senate hearing today.
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) asked Lynch if people legally in the U.S. had more of a right to a job: “Who has more right to a job in this country? A lawful immigrant who's here, or citizen—or a person who entered the country unlawfully?”
Lynch…
Sen. Chuck Grassely (R-Iowa) today thanked House leaders for shelving the vote on the controversial “border security” bill opposed by both those who defend the border and those who handle immigration cases: border agents and immigration officers.
Thanks to house of Rep not moving ahead w BorderSecurity bill. It wld not secure border. Now House has time to marry that w Judiciary bill
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Global warming-caused flooding “tipping points” are approaching in the U.S., a NOAA study warns as record snowfall descends on states from New York on to the northeast.
“Sunny-day” flooding is already a problem warns the study, “From the extreme to the mean: Acceleration and tipping points of coastal inundation from sea level rise,” by NOAA’s William V. Sweet and Joseph Park.
“Coastal…