The rule authorizes asylum officers to offer asylum to individuals who assert a fear of persecution or torture and pass the required credible fear screening. Currently, such cases are decided only by immigration judges.
Leahy: Supreme Court nominee “writing a new page in the history of America”
KBJ isn’t ‘soft on crime,’ former Chittenden County prosecutor Patrick Leahy scoffs.
West Virginia moves COS past half-way mark to Constitutional Convention
The Mountain State is all in on the Convention of States. The Green Mountain State? Not yet.
Durham filing alleges Hillary Clinton’s team ‘mined’ White House servers to dig up dirt on Trump
We’re not in Kansas anymore, Toto.
National debt tops $30 trillion as Biden continues borrowing and printing
Americans will be saddled with national debt of $30 trillion (and growing) for decades to come. ‘Long Covid’ indeed.
Backpedaling fast: OSHA withdraws vaccine and testing mandate
Another blow to the Biden administration as OSHA backpedals on its vaccine and testing mandate.
Warren Buffet ignores Sanders’ call to support strike
Sanders writes a letter to Warren Bufffet demanding he stand with striking steelworkers.
2020 largest decrease ever in US crude oil production
While Texas led both in crude oil production and bankruptcies, New Mexico became second-largest oil producer in the U.S.
Update: Rolling flight cancellations continue
Fear of the Omicron variant is what’s to blame for those added nights in an airport.
Lawsuits pile up against Biden’s vaccine mandate
The nation’s highest court will start 2022 hearing appeals to Biden’s various vaccine mandates.
