In the news today: Biden brushes off the House impeachment inquiry; Hurricane Lee looks poised to strike New England; and a federal judge again declares that DACA is illegal. Also, Mexico's Congress is presented with "non-human" mummies. |
President Joe Biden and Hunter Biden arrive at Fort McNair, Washington, D.C., June 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) |
The Biden White House has a strategy for impeachment inquiry: Dismiss. Compartmentalize. Scold. Fundraise. |
On Capitol Hill, House Republicans were all-in Wednesday on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s announcement of an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. Down Pennsylvania Avenue, the president ignored shouted questions about impeachment. Read more. |
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- Biden’s recent responses to McCarthy’s announcement are a clear sign of his broader reelection pitch: the idea that if he simply does his job and governs, Americans will see the results and reward him with four more years. “Look, I’ve got a job to do,” the president said, away from cameras at a reelection fundraiser in Virginia. “I get up every day — not a joke — not focusing on impeachment,” adding, “I’ve got to deal with the issues that affect the American people every single solitary day."
In this inquiry, House Republicans are trying to link Biden to the business dealings of his son and deflect attention away from Trump’s own legal peril. So far, despite months of investigations, Republicans have unearthed no significant evidence of wrongdoing by the elder Biden, who as vice president did stop by a business dinner with his son’s associates.
- The White House has been preparing for a potential impeachment since Republicans won control of the House in November. It has roughly two dozen staff members in the counsel’s office detailed to the matter. Threats of impeachment used to be rare so there’s not much basis for comparison.
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New England has been roiled by wild weather including a likely tornado. Next up is Hurricane Lee |
Hurricane Lee looks poised to wallop New England later this week even as the region still deals with the impact of days of wild weather that produced torrential rain, flooding, sinkholes and a likely tornado. Read more.
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The looming arrival of the hurricane threatened to unleash more violent storms on a region that earlier in the week saw 10 inches of rain that fell over six hours and on Wednesday saw communities in Massachusetts and Rhode Island deal with tornado warnings and devastating flooding.
Areas from Watch Hill, Rhode Island, to Stonington, Maine — including Block Island, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket — are under a tropical storm watch. A storm surge watch has also been issued for Cape Cod Bay and Nantucket with the potential for life-threatening flooding there late Friday and Saturday.
- New England has experienced its share of flooding this summer, including a storm that dumped up to two months of rain in two days in Vermont in July, resulting in two deaths. Scientists are finding that storms around the world are forming in a warmer atmosphere, making extreme rainfall a more frequent reality now.
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Federal judge again declares that DACA is illegal with issue likely to be decided by Supreme Court |
U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen agreed with Texas and eight other states suing to stop the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program. The judge’s ruling was ultimately expected to be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, sending the program’s fate before the high court for a third time. Read more. |
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Hanen’s order extended the current injunction that had been in place against DACA, which barred the government from approving any new applications, but left the program intact for existing recipients during the ongoing legal review. Hanen also declined a request by the states to order the program’s end within two years, saying his order does not require the federal government to take any actions against DACA recipients, also known as “Dreamers.” There were 578,680 people enrolled in DACA at the end of March, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
The Biden administration has criticized the judge’s ruling. In October 2022, the Biden administration tried to satisfy Hanen’s concerns with a new version of DACA but the judge ruled the updated version of DACA was still illegal as it was essentially the same as the old version which he has previously called unconstitutional.
- States have claimed they incur hundreds of millions of dollars in health care, education and other costs when immigrants are allowed to remain in the country illegally. The states that have sued include Texas, Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Those defending the program have argued the states failed to present evidence that any of the costs allegedly incurred have been tied to DACA recipients.
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On September 14, 1982: Princess Grace of Monaco, formerly film star Grace Kelly, died at age 52 of injuries from a car crash the day before. In the image above, two Gendarmes using a tape measure to mark the exact location of the automobile accident on a road in the hills above the principality, on September 13, 1982. (AP Photo) A look at what else happened in history on September 14 |
The National Congress in Mexico City, Dec 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File) |
Scientists call fraud on supposed extraterrestrials presented to Mexican Congress
Supposed aliens landed in Mexico’s Congress as lawmakers heard testimony Tuesday from individuals suggesting the possibility that extraterrestrials might exist. |
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