Top Democrat's wife may have gained 'illegal private benefit' from his committee activities

Via: 1stwarrior  •  News & Politics  •  13 Comments  •  1 Like  •  7 years ago

“A charity run by the wife of Rep. Elijah Cummings received millions from special interest groups and corporations that had business before her...”

Cummings, 68, a Maryland Democrat, is chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. His wife, Maya Rockeymoore, 48, is the chairman of the Maryland Democratic Party and briefly ran in the state's gubernatorial race last year. The couple married in 2008. Cummings was once...

Supreme Court: Should Eastern Oklahoma Be Considered An Indian Reservation?

Via: 1stwarrior  •  News & Politics  •  10 Comments  •  7 years ago

“The Supreme Court hears a capital case in which it will have to decide whether nearly half of Oklahoma, a massive area including much of Tulsa, is...”

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Today the Supreme Court heard arguments over whether the entire eastern half of Oklahoma should be considered an Indian reservation. A case that began with a murder could end up having broad implications for everyone who lives in that part of the state, Native American...

Public Banned From Seeing School Shooting Case Involving Transgender Anti-Trump Culprit

Via: 1stwarrior  •  News & Politics  •  21 Comments  •  2 Likes  •  7 years ago

“Entire case file sealed by judge.”

The case of two anti-Trump leftists, one of whom is transgender, who shot up a school in Denver last week has been placed under seal by a judge, banning the public from seeing it. Devon Erickson, 18, and Alec McKinney, 16, opened fire on two classrooms at the Science, Technology, Engineering...

Supreme Court sides with Native American hunter as Gorsuch joins liberals

Via: 1stwarrior  •  News & Politics  •  54 Comments  •  5 Likes  •  7 years ago

The Supreme Court on Monday sided with a Wyoming hunter charged with off-season hunting, ruling 5-4 that a 150-year-old treaty between a Native American tribe and the United States was still active and protected the man's rights.   Clayvin Herrera was charged in 2014 with off-season hunting,...

DNA tests reveal 30% of suspected fraudulent migrant families were unrelated

Via: 1stwarrior  •  News & Politics  •  31 Comments  •  2 Likes  •  7 years ago

“"There’s been some concern about, 'Are they stepfathers or adopted fathers?'" the official said. "Those were not the case. In these cases, they are...”

Some of the migrant families arrested at the southern border weren't actually families. In a pilot program, approximately 30% of rapid DNA tests of immigrant adults who were suspected of arriving at the southern border with children who weren't theirs revealed the adults were not related to the...

DEMOCRATS UNANIMOUS AS HOUSE PASSES BILL FORCING SCHOOLS TO LET MALE ATHLETES COMPETE IN GIRLS’ SPORTS

Via: 1stwarrior  •  News & Politics  •  259 Comments  •  4 Likes  •  7 years ago  •  LOCKED

The Democratically controlled House of Representatives voted Friday 236-173 in favor of the Equality Act, which would require schools to include male athletes who identify as transgender girls on female sports teams. Eight Republicans crossed party lines to vote for the bill, which had...

Man in country illegally charged with 11 murders in Texas

Via: 1stwarrior  •  News & Politics  •  37 Comments  •  7 years ago

DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas man previously arrested in the death of an 81-year-old woman has been charged with killing at least 11 more elderly women whose jewelry and other valuables he stole, authorities said Thursday. Kim Leach, a spokeswoman for the Dallas County district attorney’s office, said...

Trump administration to release some migrants caught along southern border into South Florida

Via: 1stwarrior  •  News & Politics  •  14 Comments  •  7 years ago

MIAMI – The Trump administration is preparing to release hundreds of asylum-seeking migrants caught along the southern border into Florida's Broward and Palm Beach counties, with no apparent plan to house, feed or care for them, according to local officials who have been briefed on the plans....

ICE to hire contractor to transport 225,000 migrants to shelters across the US

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The Trump administration is looking to hire a private contractor that will be responsible for transporting approximately 225,000 migrant children and families to shelters across the country over the next five years as they wait for their asylum claims to be processed. ICE (the federal...

‘It’s a blessing’: 241 students graduate from Diné College

Via: 1stwarrior  •  Anishinaabe - The First People  •  12 Comments  •  7 years ago

Henrietta Kinsel’s story is not much different from other community college students – she’s a single mother of three and worked for a few years before deciding to go back to school. These facts are enough of an excuse to keep working adults from even thinking about pursuing higher education....