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Second Mayorkas impeachment hearing highlights congressional dysfunction

Second Mayorkas impeachment hearing highlights congressional dysfunction

by Anastasia Mason | Feb 1, 2024 | Immigration, Politics

WASHINGTON – House Democrats stood up for U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, while Republicans pushed for his impeachment during a hearing Jan. 18. The hearing was the second scheduled by Republicans to gather evidence against Mayorkas, but...

New school for conservative thought to launch amid changing Republican Party dynamics

by Anastasia Mason | Jan 11, 2024 | Politics

WASHINGTON– Seventy years after Russell Kirk published “The Conservative Mind,” the center named after him revealed plans to develop a school to train conservative thinkers for the future. The Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal announced The School of...
Virginia election shows that key issues may trump scandals

Virginia election shows that key issues may trump scandals

by Anastasia Mason | Nov 29, 2023 | Politics

VIRGINIA – 7-year-old Colton Owens laid on the ground outside his elementary school and played with his mother’s shoelaces. It had been a long day of errands, flu shots and now, voting. When his mother, Stephanie Owens began to answer a question, he chimed in with a...
Supreme Court may allow second chance for some who face deportation

Supreme Court may allow second chance for some who face deportation

by Anastasia Mason | Nov 29, 2023 | Politics

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a case that could impact immigrants who face deportation. In a case styled Wilkinson vs. Garland, the justices seemed to heavily favor an immigrant who overstayed his visa over U.S. government arguments. A ruling for...
Senators shame Homeland Security chief for porous borders and the fentanyl crisis

Senators shame Homeland Security chief for porous borders and the fentanyl crisis

by Anastasia Mason | Nov 1, 2023 | National Security

  WASHINGTON– Senators criticized top Biden officials for loose borders and increasing global violence in a combative hearing Tuesday of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.   Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, was among several senators who...
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