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After the DSA’s Political Earthquake in NYC, Will the Tremors Be Felt Elsewhere?
Establishment Democrats are on the back foot after candidates backed by Democratic Socialists of America swept races.
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"Utter Devastation": Thousands Feared Dead in Venezuela After Double Earthquakes
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Thousands are feared dead in Venezuela after back-to-back powerful earthquakes struck the country Wednesday evening, collapsing buildings in the capital Caracas and surrounding areas. Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez has declared a state of emergency as rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rubble of “dozens” of collapsed buildings. Historian Alejandro Velasco, who has family in Venezuela, reports that “many Venezuelans abroad are trying to get in touch with their loved ones in Venezuela and are having a hard time doing so.” The current death toll is at 164, with 1,000 people injured, but the U.S. Geological Survey warns there’s a high chance the death toll could rise into the tens of thousands — or even top 100,000.
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Supreme Court allows Trump to remove protections from thousands of Haitian and Syrian immigrants
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for the Trump administration to remove legal protections from thousands of Haitian and Syrian immigrants in the United States, meaning they could be subject to deportation
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WorldNetDaily
President Trump’s border agenda unleashed by double victory at Supreme Court
Rulings allow cancelation of special 'protected' designations as well as 'metering' of arriving aliens
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US supreme court backs Monsanto in opinion that could end thousands of cases
Justices rule that federal law blocks state cases over label warnings on Roundup by people alleging it caused illnessUS politics live – latest updatesThe US supreme court has found in favor of the former Monsanto company in a ruling that is expected to block thousands of lawsuits filed by people alleging the key ingredient in the weed killer Roundup causes cancer.The decision was made in a 7-2 vote, with Justice Brett Kavanaugh offering the majority opinion and justice Ketanji Brown Jackson writing the dissenting opinion, joined by justice Neil Gorsuch. Continue reading...
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The Gateway Pundit
BREAKING: Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration to End Temporary Protected Status for Hundreds of Thousands of Haitians and Syrians
The US Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the Trump Administration is allowed to end Temporary Restricted Status (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of Haitians and Syria. The post BREAKING: Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration to End Temporary Protected Status for Hundreds of Thousands of Haitians and Syrians appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
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Raw Story
'Confirms our worst fears': Expert sounds the alarm over Supreme Court's 'freewheeling'
A Supreme Court watcher sounded the alarm on Thursday after the Supreme Court issued a ruling that the expert described as "freewheeling." Mark Joseph Stern, a senior writer for Slate, argued in a new article that the Supreme Court's decision in Wolford v. Lopez, a gun rights case that arose out of Hawaii, was another "ad hoc nullification of any law that favors human life over the paranoid obsessions of gun enthusiasts.""The Supreme Court’s 6–3 decision in Wolford v. Lopez on Thursday confirms our worst fears about the supermajority’s Second Amendment jurisprudence: It is a freewheeling policy project utterly unmoored from history that allows the Republican-appointed justices to implement their preferred gun laws under the thin guise of judicial review," Stern wrote. The Wolford decision was one of several handed down by the Supreme Court on Thursday that alarmed some experts. In another opinion, the court sided with the Trump administration to strike down Temporary Protected Status for more than 350,000 Haitian immigrants, which some analysts described as "inhumane." Stern noted that the Wolford decision seemed to follow the same track, as the Supreme Court appeared to be departing from precedent to rewrite American gun policy. "These justices struck down Hawaii’s law restricting guns on private property not because the Constitution required them; to the contrary, the state proved beyond doubt that its statute was deeply rooted in history and tradition," he wrote. "Rather, the supermajority killed the law because it was offended that Hawaii would dare try to mitigate the violence that SCOTUS has unleashed through its radical, incoherent gun rights jurisprudence.""There is no law to be found in Wolford. It reads not like the work of a court, but of a super-legislature imposing its ideological hostility to firearm regulations on a citizenry that never consented," he added.
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TIME
Back-to-Back Quakes Rattle Venezuela: What to Know
A state of emergency has been declared across Venezuela after successive quakes with magnitudes above 7 struck the country on Wednesday evening, causing widespread damage and triggering tsunami warnings.
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Axios
Powerful earthquakes devastate Venezuela
Two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela about 100 miles west of Caracas on Wednesday, killing dozens of people, injuring hundreds and causing widespread damage.The big picture: The U.S. Geological Survey issued its highest-level alert, signaling the back-to-back magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes were expected to cause extensive casualties and severe economic damage.The first earthquake struck near Morón on Venezuela's Caribbean coast at a depth of 13.6 miles. The second quake struck seconds later in the same area at a depth of 6.2 miles.Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez thanked President Trump after he offered assistance in a Truth Social post. Screenshot: President Trump/Truth SocialState of play: Rodríguez said in a video address late Wednesday that at least 32 people had been killed and another 700 were injured in the quakes. Officials said they expected the death toll to rise.Officials reported buildings were destroyed or extensively damaged across Caracas and in several Venezuelan states.Rodríguez said on social media that a state of emergency had been declared and she urged "all citizens to remain alert, safe, and as calm as possible."What we're watching: As search and rescue efforts continued into Thursday, U.S. officials had already "mobilized a disaster assistance team and task force to deliver and coordinate critical assistance to the Venezuelan people," according to Jeremy Lewin, under secretary for foreign assistance at the State Department."Working with our partners in the interim Venezuelan government, the U.S. will be sending search and rescue teams, medical and humanitarian supplies and other resources in the crucial first days after this tragic natural disaster," Lewin said on X.Editor's note: This story has been updated with additional details throughout.
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