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ope, and then the Western Hemisphere. And that reflects a bipartisan consensus. ... They are just being extremely purposeful to not get dragged into the Middle East." In Third Attack In A Week, Three Rockets Land Near US Embassy In Baghdad. Politico (2/22, Seligman, 6.73M) reports three Katyusha rockets landed
rt to the Congress, with testimony from Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell; 10:00 AM • Senate Judiciary Committee concludes consideration of Merrick Garland to be AG - Nominations hearing considers Merrick Garland to be Attorney General, second and final day, with testimony from external witnesses * Hear
Garland "appears to be on his way to Senate confirmation." CBS' Kris Van Cleave: "Nearly five years after being nominated to the US Supreme Court, Merrick Garland finally got his Senate confirmation hearing today for attorney general. ... He'd take over a department beset by low morale and under fire by Democ
rma Settlement; Vatican-Support For Same Sex Unions; Child Separation Policy; Stimulus Talks; Oklahoma-Unmarked Mass Grave; FBI-Serial Bank Robber; Midwest-Snow Storms; Asteroid Images. CBS: Biden-Obama; Trump-North Carolina; Maryland-Election Threats; COVID-AstraZeneca Vaccine; COVID-CDC; COVID-Cases;
0 Democrats will boycott, Schumer highlighted" Senate Majority Leader McConnell's actions in 2016 "when he refused to consider Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland, the choice of President Barack Obama to fill the vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February." Reuters <https://www.reuters
s (4/23, Hauser, 20.6M) reports, "An Iowa woman who tried to kill two children in 2019 by hitting them with her car because she thought they were of Middle Eastern, African or Mexican descent has pleaded guilty to attempted murder and hate crime charges, the authorities said." Nicole Poole Franklin "made the a
acks as the 20th anniversary of the attacks looms." The Herald adds, "GOP lawmakers in DC — along with a few Democrats - wrote to both U.S. Attorney Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray to finally go public with the intel. It could expose how out of the 19 hijackers that day, 15 of them were citize
appearance in her hometown of Detroit." The Post says Tlaib has "suddenly gained political relevance in a fast-changing U.S. political debate about the Middle East." Biden Reportedly Leaning Toward Nides For Ambassador To Israel. Barak Ravid of Axios (5/20, 1.26M) reports that Biden is "closing in on his pick
pport of and commitment to a free and independent press,' Anthony Coley, the DOJ director of public affairs and a senior adviser to Attorney General Merrick Garland, said in a statement to the Washington Examiner on Thursday." The Hill (5/20, Choi, 5.69M) also reports. Wray Taps Merrill As New Hawaii SAC. Hono
law enforcement in four districts, leading to the arrest of defendants from 10 states that cover crime rings operating in the Eastern, Southern, and Midwest regions of the U.S. and throughout Alaska. The article noted that officials say these efforts are all part of a Department-wide Violent Crime Reduct
03, according to police department data. The article specified that robberies increased 67%, to 3,470 last year from 2,076 in 2022. Attorney General Merrick Garland said, "We saw an encouraging decline in violent crime in many parts of the country, but there is much more work to do, including here in the Distri
d like to raise is the troubling increase in hate crimes in America, including anti- Semitic, anti-Arab, and Islamophobic attacks in the wake of the Middle Eastern conflict. The FBI must continue to respond swiftly to these threats. In Illinois, we are still grieving the horrific murder of a six year old Pale
y in the last three years during the Biden administration. I think the Department of Justice has been profoundly politicized under Attorney General Merrick Garland, and I think the FBI has as well. TED CRUZ: And unfortunately, I think you've been unwilling to stand up to senior career officials in the FBI, wh
law enforcement in four districts, leading to the arrest of defendants from 10 states that cover crime rings operating in the Eastern, Southern, and Midwest regions of the U.S. and throughout Alaska. The article noted that officials say these efforts are all part of a Department-wide Violent Crime Reduct
03, according to police department data. The article specified that robberies increased 67%, to 3,470 last year from 2,076 in 2022. Attorney General Merrick Garland said, "We saw an encouraging decline in violent crime in many parts of the country, but there is much more work to do, including here in the Distri
cheduled. US Senate • No events scheduled. US House of Representatives • Hearing: The Success of Pro-Growth Pro-Worker Tax Policy in the American Midwest — 9:00 AM — Host: Committee on Ways and Means Cabinet Members • Secretary of State Blinken attends meetings and briefings at the Department of Sta
FBI and our partners will work together to pursue and hold accountable those who resort to violence." The article also quoted U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland: "We allege that the defendant threatened to carry out hate-fueled mass violence in our country, motivated in part by a desire to target businesses
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