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Month: February 2023

DACA Lawsuit: Nine Republican-led states ask judge to block DACA program

Nine republican-led states wants a Texas court to block a federal rule protecting some immigrant children. Tuesday the states asked a federal judge to block DACA, which stands for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. The Obama-era program protects nearly 600,000 undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, a group often described as “Dreamers.” The

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First on CNN: Trump Org. controller to testify to Manhattan grand jury investigating hush money payments

CNN By Kara Scannell, CNN A top executive of the Trump Organization is expected to appear Thursday before a Manhattan grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump’s alleged role in a hush money payment scheme, people familiar with the matter said. The executive, Jeffrey McConney, the controller of the Trump Organization, is one of the

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College Board unveils official framework for new AP African American studies course

By Nicole Chavez, CNN The College Board released Wednesday the official framework of a new Advanced Placement course on African American Studies that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis earlier denounced for imposing a “political agenda.” In recent months, the multidisciplinary course has been praised by academics and historians, all while becoming a target for lawmakers aiming

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ABC-7 First Alert: Storm system spreads wintry weather across the area through Thursday morning

Good Morning! An ABC-7 First Alert is in effect Wednesday through Thursday morning. A winter storm system will bring unsettled weather across the Borderland. This system will bring wintry precipitation (freezing rain/snow) over far east El Paso, Hudspeth, and southeastern Otero County. Light rain will be possible on and off today. The system makes an

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12 squirrel monkeys have been stolen from a zoo in Louisiana, officials say

By Tina Burnside, CNN Twelve squirrel monkeys have been stolen from a zoo in Louisiana after their facility was broken into over the weekend. The theft happened shortly before midnight Saturday and authorities are investigating, Zoosiana said on its Facebook page. “The individual targeted facilities of smaller primates and specifically compromised the Squirrel Monkey exhibit,”

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Republicans slam Biden’s handling of the US-Mexico border in first congressional hearing

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Republican lawmakers slammed President Joe Biden’s border policies on Wednesday and laid the groundwork for an impeachment case against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in the first of a series of hearings on immigration since seizing control of the House. Over the course of Biden’s presidency, Republicans have repeatedly criticized the

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Career Technical Education celebration month

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — February is Career Technical Education month, known as CTE. CTE prepares students for technical careers through hands-on applied education. Career and technical education have become major pillars of the American education system over the past several years. According to the U.S. Department of Education, CTE in New Mexico serves over 44,000 postsecondary

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‘Go on offense’: Inside Democrats’ strategy to try to undercut GOP investigations and protect Biden

By Lauren Fox, Alayna Treene and Jeremy Herb, CNN Congressional Democrats are betting that a coordinated offense is their best defense against the coming Republican investigative onslaught. Democrats on Capitol Hill, at the White House, in agencies and in outside political groups are gearing up to do battle with the Republican committee chairs probing all

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Joe Biden and Kevin McCarthy put their brand new relationship to the test with debt ceiling crisis looming

By Phil Mattingly, Chief White House correspondent President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy aren’t friends. Biden’s advisers describe the relationship in bland but respectful terms like “cordial” and “professional.” The president on Tuesday called McCarthy a “decent man” and the speaker said after a November meeting between Biden and congressional leaders he “can

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McCarthy hopeful after first meeting with Biden on debt limit: ‘I think that at the end of the day, we can find common ground’

By Maegan Vazquez and Clare Foran, CNN House Speaker Kevin McCarthy did not walk away from his highly anticipated White House meeting on Wednesday with an agreement in hand to address the debt limit, but signaled optimism that both he and President Joe Biden can reach consensus “long before” the United States reaches default. McCarthy

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