Palestinian activist with green card detained by ICE • Tennessee Lookout
WASHINGTON – A legal permanent resident who helped organize a Palestinian protest at Columbia University remained in US immigration and customs enforcement custody Monday after a weekend arrest. Ice Agent arrested Mahmoud Khalil on Saturday, saying he was initially acting on the State Department’s order to cancel his student visa. Amy Greer, Halil’s lawyer He […]
Republicans control Congress, but need Democrats to help avert a shutdown just days away • Tennessee Lookout
WASHINGTON – Congressional Republicans will try to pass this week’s attack spending bill to avoid government shutdowns and keep the government running until September, but they need Democrats’ help. Page 99 suspension expenditure invoiceIt is necessary for the House where the Republican House was released over the weekend, as lawmakers have not discussed decades of […]
U.S. Education Department escalates crackdown on Gaza protests with warning to colleges • Tennessee Lookout
Washington – US Education Department Monday Warned 60 universities “If they fail to protect Jewish students on campus, they could face impacts. In a statement that released letters to schools around the country, the department did not detail what outcomes schools will face, but the letter came less than a week after the administration announced […]
Appropriators in Congress issue warning to White House budget office • Tennessee Lookout
WASHINGTON – Top Republicans and top Democrats on the U.S. Senate Budget Committee sent a joint letter to the Trump administration on Thursday, informing the Bureau of Management and Budget that it was on thin ice along with the panel. The conflict relates to how the White House implements Congressional Suspension Expense Act Approved earlier […]
Tennessee wetlands bill sees support from law firm that spearheaded national deregulation • Tennessee Lookout
On Wednesday, the representative of a law firm that fought to deregulate American wetlands on the U.S. Supreme Court said Tennessee Building This will roll back up to 80% of protection for isolated state wetlands. Tennessee lawmakers are considering bills to do so Greatly reduces wetland development requirementssupporting a diverse ecosystem, absorbs floods, and charges […]
Trump withdraws threat of double tariffs on Canadian metals in dispute over electricity • Tennessee Lookout
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would double Canada’s steel and aluminum tariffs to 50%, expanding the trade war that helped the stock market decline recently. Later Tuesday, Trump retracted the threat after negotiations between Commerce Secretary Howard Luttonick and Ontario Premier Doug Ford, with Ford dropping additional charges for electricity from states sold […]
U.S. House GOP pushes through bill averting shutdown on Friday; Senate is next • Tennessee Lookout
WASHINGTON – House Republicans approved a suspension spending bill Tuesday that will keep government funds in place, but the legislation must pass the Senate before the late-night deadline on Friday to avoid government shutdowns. 217-213 House Voting Although mostly along the party line, Democrats are opposed to the measure that they say they want to […]
U.S. Education Department to cut hundreds of staff members • Tennessee Lookout
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Education on Tuesday said “a significant number of agency staff is cutting “the ‘” out.Reducing power” Process, when President Donald Trump took office, introduced about half the number of departmental workforce. About 1,315 employees will be eligible for the initiative, according to senior department officials who spoke to reporters […]
U.S. House Republicans urge local coordination with ICE for immigration enforcement • Tennessee Lookout
WASHINGTON – House Republicans at Tuesday’s hearing were called on by local law enforcement officials to increase cooperation between U.S. immigration customs and enforcement and to strengthen deportation. Louisiana Republican Rep. Clay Higgins, a Louisiana Republican, on the House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Committee Panel, advised local and state law enforcement to “prepare” […]
Vets worry Trump cuts to VA workforce will interrupt benefits • Tennessee Lookout
WASHINGTON – A group of veterans said they cancelled Trump administration’s job cuts and contracts with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on Tuesday, and saw the disruption from the proposed downsizing, where a large agency that manages benefits and healthcare programs for millions of veterinarians and their families would see the disruption. As part […]
