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Month: March 2021

Julia Letlow wins Louisiana’s 5th District special election while 2nd District goes to runoff, CNN projects

Republican Julia Letlow will win the special election in Louisiana’s 5th Congressional District, CNN projects. Letlow will take the seat that her late husband Luke, who won last year’s election but died in December after being diagnosed with Covid-19, was never able to hold. She will make history as the first Republican woman to represent

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Arkansas governor says he signed near-total abortion ban so Supreme Court can decide if it’s a ‘direct challenge’ to Roe

Arkansas’ Republican governor said Sunday that he signed a near-total abortion ban into law earlier this month because he wants the Supreme Court to eventually consider the legislation and overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized the procedure in the US. “That was the whole design of the law. It is not

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Warnock slams GOP-controlled Georgia Legislature for bill that would restrict voter access

Georgia US Sen. Raphael Warnock, in his first Sunday show interview since being elected to Congress in January, slammed the Republican-controlled Georgia Legislature for a massive voting bill that would restrict voter access. “I think it’s unfortunate that some politicians have looked at the results and, rather than changing their message, they’re busy trying to

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Ignoring CDC warnings, more than 1 million passengers have flown from US airports for 10 straight days

Spring break is here and people suffering from a year of cabin fever are throwing caution to the wind. Saturday marked the 10th straight day on which more than 1 million passengers traveled through American airports. The TSA reported 1,369,180 travelers passed through security checkpoints Saturday, a day after air passengers set a new pandemic

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Homeland security chief again tells migrants ‘do not come’ during ABC News interview after El Paso visit

EL PASO, Texas — U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas placed the blame for the current influx of migrants on the southern border at the feet of the prior administration. “Why is it especially challenging and difficult now, because the entire system under United States law that has been in place throughout administrations of

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Encuentran en México a más de 300 migrantes hacinados en camiones; 114 eran menores no acompañados

(CNN Español) — El gobierno de México informó el viernes que más de 300 migrantes centroamericanos, de los cuales 114 eran menores no acompañados, fueron encontrados en «condiciones de hacinamiento» el jueves en tres camiones en el sur del país. Los vehículos fueron detectados el jueves en una carretera de Tuxtla Gutiérrez, en Chiapas, por

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Who’s teaching us to hate

Where does the hate come from? That was the question on many people’s minds after the killing of women at three spas in Georgia on Tuesday drew even more attention to the targeting of Asian Americans in the year since the coronavirus pandemic was declared. A 21-year-old man was arrested and charged with shooting to

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