Author: Sam S

America is not a country that tears families apart. That’s why in June, my Administration announced new measures to keep American families from leaving. These couples (one spouse is a U.S. citizen, the other has lived in the U.S. for more than a decade) include our neighbors who have worked, raised their families, paid our taxes, worshiped with us, and sent their children to school. They have become our friends, neighbors, and coworkers. They are the parents of our children’s best friends. They have become invaluable contributors to our communities. They make our country better. Nothing I have done has…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the incursion of his country’s troops into Russia’s Kursk region was part of a “victory plan” he will present to US President Joe Biden next month.Zelensky said at the forum on Tuesday that the success of the plan depends on whether Biden and the United States “give Ukraine the content of this plan.” [and] Are you free to use this plan?””It may seem overly ambitious to some, but it’s an important plan for us,” he added, adding that he would also present the plan to US presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.In early August,…

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — A Utah mother of three accused of publishing a children’s book about grief after her husband’s death and later poisoning him will go on trial Tuesday, a judge ruled.Utah Judge Richard Mradzik ruled on the second day of Kouri Richins’ preliminary hearing that prosecutors had presented enough evidence to proceed with a jury trial.She faces numerous felony charges for allegedly killing her husband with a lethal dose of fentanyl at their home in a small mountain town near Park City in March 2022. Prosecutors say Kouri Richins, 34, laced a Moscow Mule cocktail consumed by…

CNN — Special Counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday filed an indictment in the election interference case against former President Donald Trump, scaling back charges against the 2024 presidential candidate in light of the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling. Prosecutors have not dropped any of the four charges they originally brought against the former president, but the newly amended indictment details some of Trump’s alleged conduct, including his alleged attempts to use the Justice Department to spread false claims of election fraud. It also adjusts how prosecutors explain the allegations they continue to raise about Trump’s plot to disrupt the election. “The…

CNN — Prominent Latino advocacy groups on Monday called on the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton after his office searched the homes of Democratic activists and leaders on charges related to voter fraud. In a letter to the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, the president and CEO of the League of Latin American Citizens called for “immediate action” from the federal agency. “We believe his actions are a direct attempt to suppress the Latino vote through intimidation and harassment and violate the Voting Rights Act and other federal civil rights laws,” LULAC Chairman Roman…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces rescued a hostage found alone underground in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, freeing a captive alive from Hamas’ vast network of tunnels for the first time since the Oct. 7 attacks that sparked the war.The 52-year-old Israeli Arab man was taken to an Israeli hospital where his extended Bedouin family gathered at his bedside in a joyous reunion.The rescue brought a rare moment of joy to Israelis after 10 months of war but also served as a painful reminder that dozens of hostages remain held captive as international mediators try to broker a ceasefire to…

An outbreak of a rare but serious and potentially deadly mosquito-borne disease has led authorities to close public parks in several parts of Massachusetts and conduct targeted insecticide spraying.The disease, eastern equine encephalitis, is a virus that is usually transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Also known as EEE, the disease can affect people of all ages and cause severe illness and even death.According to the CDC, about 30% of people who become infected die, and many of those who survive suffer from neurological problems.As…

One of the nation’s oldest Latino civil rights groups is sounding the alarm after the homes of several of its members were searched by the Texas Attorney General’s office as part of an investigation into voter fraud.The Texas Federation of Latinos (LULAC) is calling for a Department of Justice investigation into the attacks on at least three of its members in Texas. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement last week that his office executed multiple search warrants in Bexar County, which includes San Antonio, and neighboring Frio and Atascosa counties as part of a two-year investigation. The…

A federal judge in Texas on Monday temporarily blocked the Biden administration from granting legal status to undocumented immigrants who are married to U.S. citizens, granting a request by 16 Republican-led states that challenged the new policy.U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker’s order effectively halts a massive immigration program that was just launched last week for about 500,000 immigrants living in the U.S. without legal status. While tentative and temporary, the ruling also marks an early blow to one of two major steps taken by President Biden in June on immigration, a key campaign issue in the 2024 presidential election.The…

PM says Labour’s first budget will be painfulChancellor Sir Keir Starmer has warned that October’s Budget will be “painful” and the Government will have to make “big demands” on the public.Speaking in the Downing Street garden, the Prime Minister said people must “accept short-term pain for long-term gain”. He did not provide details about what would be included in the budget proposal, but said “those with the broadest shoulders should bear the heavier burden.”The Prime Minister said that from the previous Conservative government “we inherited not just an economic black hole but a social black hole”.Conservative leader and former chancellor…