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800,000 noncitizens could soon be voting in New York City's elections
An appellate court struck down Democrats' efforts to allow noncitizen voters last year
New York's top court will consider a city law allowing noncitizens to register to vote in New York City's elections this week.
The court will hear arguments in the case on Tuesday, with lawyers for
Democrats arguing in favor of legislation the city already passed to
allow noncitizen voters. If successful, the over 800,000 noncitizens
living in the Big Apple would be able to cast ballots in city-level
contests like mayoral elections. Proponents of the bill claim
noncitizens are being unfairly taxed.
"In five City Council districts, non-U.S. citizens make up about a
third of the adult population," attorneys for the city wrote in a
filing. "These New Yorkers pay billions in taxes and yet have no say in
local policies on public safety, garbage collection, or housing — all
matters that affect their day-to-day lives."
Third Judge Blocks Trump's Order Ending Birthright Citizenship for Kids of People in US Illegally
A third federal judge on Monday blocked President Donald Trump's
executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of
people in the U.S. illegally.
The ruling from U.S. District Judge Joseph N. Laplante in New Hampshire
comes after two similar rulings by judges in Seattle and Maryland last
week.
A lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union contends that
Trump's order violates the Constitution and "attempts to upend one of
the most fundamental American constitutional values."
Trump to Announce 25 Percent Steel, Aluminum Tariffs Monday
President Donald Trump said he will announce on Monday that the United
States will impose 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports,
including from Canada and Mexico, as well as other import duties later
in the week.
"Any steel coming into the United States is going to have a 25%
tariff," he told reporters Sunday on Air Force One as he flew from
Florida to New Orleans to attend the Super Bowl. When asked about
aluminum, he responded, "aluminum, too" will be subject to the trade
penalties.
Trump also reaffirmed that he would announce "reciprocal tariffs" —
"probably Tuesday or Wednesday" — meaning that the U.S. would impose
import duties on products in cases where another country has levied
duties on U.S. goods.
Elon Musk says FEMA sent $59M last week to luxury NYC hotels to house illegal migrants: ‘Violated the law’
Elon Musk claimed early Monday that the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) sent a staggering $59 million “last week to luxury hotels
in New York City to house illegal migrants.”
The world’s richest man claimed in an early morning post on X that the
emergency funds were “just discovered” by his Department of Government
Efficiency (DOGE) — even as President Trump called for a complete
overhaul of FEMA that could even see it shuttered.
“Sending this money violated the law and is in gross insubordination to the President’s executive order,” Musk wrote.
Trump mass-fires military academies’ ‘boards of visitors’ in purge of ‘woke leftist ideologues’
President Trump announced Monday he would be dismissing members of the
Boards of Visitors of four service academies to combat “woke leftist
ideologues.”
“Our Service Academies have been infiltrated by Woke Leftist Ideologues
over the last four years. I have ordered the immediate dismissal of the
Board of Visitors for the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Coast Guard,”
Trump, 78, wrote on Truth Social.
“We will have the strongest Military in History, and that begins by
appointing new individuals to these Boards. We must make the Military
Academies GREAT AGAIN!”
Trump announced the dismissal of the four military academies’ boards of visitors Monday.
Rep. Zinke: 'Follow the Money' on USAID
It's important that the Trump administration continues to "follow the
money" when it comes to stopping excess spending through the U.S.
Agency for International Development, even with a judge blocking
firings temporarily, Rep. Ryan Zinke, a former secretary of the
Interior, told Newsmax Sunday.
"When I came in as secretary of Interior, I did largely the same," the
Montana Republican said. "I shut the grants down until I knew where the
grants were going. Did they agree to an audit? Was the grant behind?
Was it behind some sort of congressional intent?"
USAID has been targeted as part of the Department of Government
Efficiency's spending crackdown, and Zinke said that there should be
"no debate" about accountability and making sure a government agency's
spending is transparent.
"What we're finding is billions and billions of dollars have been
transferred," he said. "These programs, No. 1, they never had an
audit. No. 2, Congress didn't know about it. No. 3, it's hidden."
DOGE cancels funding for Fauci museum exhibit
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) canceled more than
$180 million in contracts over 48 hours, including a nearly $170,000
contract for an Anthony Fauci museum exhibit.
"In the past 48 hours, HHS canceled 62 contract [sic] worth $182
million," The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced in a
Friday social media post. "These contracts were entirely for
administrative expenses – none touched any healthcare programs. This
included terminating a $168,000 contract for an Anthony Fauci exhibit
at the NIH Museum."
The news comes as DOGE, led by billionaire Elon Musk, has continued to
outline vast changes in government spending over the last few weeks,
including a plan to eliminate the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID) and sweeping changes at the U.S.
Treasury Department aimed at eliminating over $100 billion per year in
entitlement payments to individuals with no Social Security number.
Third Judge Blocks Trump's Order Ending Birthright Citizenship for Kids of People in US Illegally
A third federal judge on Monday blocked President Donald Trump's
executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of
people in the U.S. illegally.
The ruling from U.S. District Judge Joseph N. Laplante in New Hampshire
comes after two similar rulings by judges in Seattle and Maryland last
week.
A lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union contends that
Trump's order violates the Constitution and "attempts to upend one of
the most fundamental American constitutional values."
House GOP Eyes Medicaid Cuts to Slash $2 Trillion in Spending
As part of its budget bill, House Republicans are aiming to cut spending by up to $2.5 trillion, Punchbowl News reported.
Included on the possible chopping block is Medicaid, including benefits
for enrollees, sources told Punchbowl, but some House Republicans are
skeptical about the proposal while they look at $4.7 trillion in tax
cuts.
House Republicans and the Senate remain at odds over how to pass a
budget bill that would include tax cuts, plus spending on border
security and energy policy, bulwarks of President Donald Trump's agenda.
Hamas cancels all hostage releases until further notice
The terror group blamed Israel for violating the terms of the agreement
Hamas has announced it is suspending all Gaza hostage releases until further notice.
The terrorist group blames Israel for violating the ceasefire agreement
by delaying the return of displaced people and blocking aid and
supplies from reaching the Gaza Strip.
Announcing the cancellation of any further releases of hostages via the
group’s official Telegram account on Monday, the group said: “During
the past three weeks, the resistance leadership has monitored the
enemy’s violations and failure to abide by the terms of the agreement.”
US spy planes hunt for intel on Mexican drug cartels as surveillance flights surge near border
The US military has significantly increased its surveillance of Mexican
drug cartels over the past two weeks, with sophisticated spy planes
flying at least 18 missions over the southwestern US and in
international airspace around the Baja peninsula, according to
open-source data and three US officials familiar with the missions.
The flights, conducted over a 10-day period in late January and early
February, represent a dramatic escalation in activity, current and
former military officials say, and come as President Donald Trump
directs the military to secure the border and deter cartels’ drug
smuggling operations.
Trump is not the radical — he’s simply undoing radical things Dems did
The greatest trick the Democrats ever pulled was convincing the world that conservatives were American politics’ aggressors.
But now they’ve run out of rope.
After President Trump signed an executive order compelling America’s
schools to allow only women to compete in women’s sports, the usual
suspects gnashed their teeth.
“Donald Trump signs a transgender sports ban that would affect less
than 1% of student athletes,” sniped the left-wing website the Recount.
How one state is getting education RIGHT — by going back to basics
Another year, another nationwide education disaster laid out in the scores issued by the nation’s report card.
Math scores are down, reading scores are down, every year worse than
the last, as measured by the National Assessment of Educational
Progress.
Our kids can’t seem to recover from the school closures inflicted on
them by the teachers’ unions and their weak politician friends during
the COVID-19 pandemic.
We need to change course, and Louisiana gives us a roadmap.
Louisiana was the only state to recover its pre-pandemic scores in reading, actually improving 6 points above its 2019 results.
