Manchin resolution seeks to address rules for migrant children sponsors Newly independent West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin is leading a Republican effort to turn around a Biden administration rule that he says puts migrant children in danger by relaxing sponsorship vetting. 06/7/2024 - 7:07 am | View Link
Manchin leads push to overturn Biden rule on unaccompanied migrant children Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.), who last week left the Democratic Party to become an independent, is leading 45 of his Senate Republican colleagues on a resolution to overturn a Biden administration ... 06/7/2024 - 4:51 am | View Link
Trump compares misleading claim about migrant children with ‘Holocaust’ that murdered millions Donald Trump used the term “Holocaust,” which usually refers to Nazi Germany’s industrial murder of 6 million Jews, to characterize a misleading claim about migrant children in the United States. The ... 06/6/2024 - 1:01 pm | View Link
Trump compares misleading claim about migrant children to ‘Holocaust’ that murdered millions The presumptive Republican nominee referenced misleading claims about undocumented minors who did not answer follow-up calls from authorities. 06/6/2024 - 11:22 am | View Link
In Massachusetts, cultural differences and limited resources can cost migrant families their children for a time Buses carried the mother and son for much of their journey to the United States from Chile, but when they reached Panama, there were no vehicles to bring them through the isthmus’s jungles. 06/6/2024 - 9:46 am | View Link
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Mexico’s President-elect, Claudia Sheinbaum, an energy engineer and physicist by training, has published widely on the energy transition and greenhouse gas emissions as an environmental scientist. She has co-authored a UN climate report, and as Mexico City mayor, she installed solar power on a city market and electrified public transportation routes.
Now, the country waits to see whether her environmental pedigree will translate into action as president.
What lovely news. Associated Press:
Thailand kicked off its celebration of the LGBTQ+ community’s Pride Month with a parade Saturday, as the country is on course to become the first nation in Southeast Asia to legalize marriage equality.
The annual Bangkok Pride Parade filled one side of a major thoroughfare with a colorful parade for several hours in one of the Thai capital’s busiest commercial districts.
“A federal grand jury is reviewing evidence as part of the Manhattan U. S. attorney’s investigation into Mayor Eric Adams’ 2021 campaign ties to Turkey, and at least one person linked to the mayor has received a subpoena in recent weeks,” the New York Daily News reports.
“The evidence being reviewed by the grand jury focuses on allegations that Adams’ 2021 campaign received illegal donations from the Turkish government.”
Financial disclosures for eight of the nine Supreme Court Justices were made public on Friday, revealing information about a gifted trip to Bali, free concert tickets to see Beyoncé, and nearly $1.6 million in book deals.
The annual disclosures come as the court faces mounting pressure over its transparency and accountability measures, particularly concerning potential conflicts of interest and ties to affluent donors.