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US can deport leader of large mosque over national security concerns, immigration judge rules
Sasour was born in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and was imprisoned in Israel in 1988 after confessing to throwing a Molotov cocktail and stones at Israeli military personnel. He was also convicted in 1995 of attempting to possess weapons.
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Tennessee Sen. Blackburn sues ex-prosecutor Jack Smith for accessing her phone records
Smith obtained the phone records of several senators through a subpoena and secured a non-disclosure order from the court preventing the mobile carrier from notifying the lawmakers affected.
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White House begins sending $500 ObamaCare checks for excess user fees
The Treasury Department checks will go out to more than 950,000 Americans across 30 states who use healthcare.gov, the federal health insurance marketplace.
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Judge declines to dismiss Moderna patent infringement case involving COVID-19 vaccine
Arbutus Biopharma and Genevant Sciences sued Moderna in 2022.
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Biden blames bank failures on Trump signing 2018 bill passed with significant Democrat support
Thirty-three House Democrats and 17 in the Senate (including one independent who caucuses with the Democrats) voted for the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act.
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Jan. 6 defense attorney moves to dismiss case amid allegations FBI altered evidence
"...[T]he FBI is explicitly making a mockery of Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment restrictions in order to wrongly convict the defendants," Roots writes.
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Justice: Fox's Tucker Carlson in airing surveillance video of J6's 'QAnon Shaman' omitted key parts
Prosecutors said the four minutes of footage played by Carlson was disclosed to Pezzola and Chansley by September 2021.
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FDIC has only about half the cash needed to cover roughly $264B in deposits at failed banks, report
President Biden says taxpayers aren't paying for failed bank losses because the money comes from the fees banks pay into the deposit insurance.
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Border Patrol stops over 1,000 migrants who broke through Mexican lines to demand asylum
Normally, migrants are processed by agents at the port of entry.
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Biden says US 'banking system is safe,' day after government steps in on two bank failures
He said that people who had deposits in Signature Bank in New York and Silicon Valley Bank in California will be able to access their deposits starting Monday.
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Kennedy reignites entitlements debate, says Congress should 'talk about' extending retirement age
Hill Republicans talking about Social Security and Medicare reform in a presidential election cycle has been criticized by Democrats as well as GOP leadership.
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Republicans take aim at State Department-funded censorship
Government-funded censorship "wastes taxpayer funds and undermines constitutional protections for freedom of speech," Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) wrote in letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
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Treasury Sec. Yellen says gov. won't bail out Silicon Valley Bank investors, will protect clients
"We are concerned about depositors and are focused on trying to meet their needs," Yellen said.