Eric Schmitt
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Republicans win congressional baseball game 11-2 over democrats — Eric Schmitt named MVP after this diving catch
https://x.com/Eric_Schmitt/status/2064888732008743111
Knicks on brink of title after historic comeback vs. Spurs
The patrons of Madison Square Garden stayed attached to each other well after, not able to believe what they had witnessed – the biggest comeback in NBA Finals history.
OG Anunoby etched himself into Knicks and NBA lore with a performance that put New York on the brink of winning its first NBA title since 1973. His tip-in off a Brunson miss barely getting his fingertips on it was the difference in the Knicks' 107-106 win over the San Antonio Spurs that saw them rally from a 29-point deficit.
Brown challenged Anunoby at halftime to be more active on the offensive glass, and it was almost as if fate had intervened when Anunoby outreached the long and athletic Dylan Harper and Devin Vassell for the basket.
Anunoby inbounded the ball to Brunson, who unleashed a deep 3 with 4.3 seconds left.
By 2.1 seconds, Anunoby's fingers were on the ball, touching history.
"You have to have a little luck in life," Brown said. "You've got to have a little luck in sports. But you can also make your luck too. So you've got to have some natural luck and some luck where you're going to make your own luck, and that was probably the biggest message."
Anunoby was intent on not leaving anything to chance, chasing down Spurs guard De'Aaron Fox to block a layup attempt with 11.7 seconds left when Fox could have held on to the ball and gotten fouled as San Antonio was nursing a one-point lead.
Fox made several critical errors late that held the door ajar for a Knicks comeback, and Anunoby, who has never made an All-Star team, put himself in position to win NBA Finals MVP with his steady performance through four games.
"We know it's a game of runs," said Anunoby, who is averaging 23.8 points per game on 58% shooting this series. "We're a resilient group. We've been through a lot. We've come back plenty of times when we're behind. Just staying with it, weathering the storm, not being too down or angry or frustrated. Just staying with it, cut down to 18, cut it down to six, push it through. It's a 48-minute game, just play 'til the end."
More than a couple of shots bounced around the rim before the Knicks completed the comeback that eclipsed the previous record: the Boston Celtics' rallying from down 24 against the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 4 of the 2008 Finals.
Both rallies resulted in the winning team taking a 3-1 lead, and the Celtics clinched that series in six games to end their 12-year title drought. The Knicks are about 72 hours away from a chance at ending five decades of championship futility.
Jose Alvarado was noted as an unsung contributor, as Brown turned to him late to take Brunson off the ball and present another option. All eight of his points came in the fourth quarter, setting the stage for Anunoby and Brunson to bring things home.
"It's unbelievable," Brown said. "You know, the tip, how he had to control it and tip it in, and then like I said, you know, that has to be the most iconic shot in the history of New York basketball."
These Knicks have made a habit of late comebacks in the playoffs, never fully allowing themselves to believe they were out of a game. The Spurs shot 20% in the second half after shooting a blistering 60% in the first 24 minutes, and some fans were booing as the Knicks left the floor at halftime down 27.
Brown didn't show much film and didn't address the team for a while at the break, preferring to let the players ruminate in their thoughts. All the work they had done in winning two games in San Antonio was about to be erased, and the massive expectations seemed to be suffocating.
"Really wasn't that much to be said at that point," Brunson said. "It was really just we need to chip away. We need to hit singles, get on base and make plays from there."
The Knicks were out of character in the first half. They were intent on laying wood to Victor Wembanyama after Wembanyama's shove of Brunson in Game 3 but seemingly abandoned their principles as the Spurs hit everything in sight. Karl-Anthony Towns was in early foul trouble, and Mitchell Robinson picked up a flagrant foul 1 for nailing Wembanyama in the face with a forearm in plain sight of the officials.
But soon after the third quarter began, it became apparent the Knicks were going to make a game of it; it was reminiscent of Game 1 of the East finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers, when they stormed back from a 22-point deficit in the fourth quarter to earn the win in overtime and effectively end that series before it started.
Hart said the fourth quarter is winning time, and usually it's Brunson time. But it was a team effort, leaving Brown almost speechless.
What happened was history.
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/49025502/knicks-brink-title-historic-comeback-vs-spurs
US lists China’s BYD, Alibaba, Baidu as ‘Chinese military companies’
The United States has designated Chinese corporate giants Alibaba, BYD and Baidu as companies that support China’s military, expanding its blacklist to some of the country’s best-known commercial brands.
The Pentagon included the firms in an update on Monday that is likely to complicate the fragile detente under way between Washington and Beijing after years of rocky relations.
China’s embassy in Washington, DC, condemned the listing as “discriminatory” and an example of the US government “overstretching” the concept of national security.
“Chinese companies that do business overseas have been strictly observing laws and regulations of their host countries,” an embassy spokesperson said.
“The US should stop its wrong practice and create a fair, just and non-discriminatory environment for Chinese companies.”
Alibaba, China’s biggest e-commerce company, said there was “no basis” for its inclusion on the blacklist.
“Alibaba is not a Chinese military company nor part of any military-civil fusion strategy,” a company spokesperson said.
“We will take all available legal action against attempts to misrepresent our company.”
Baidu said there was “no credible justification” for its listing.
“The suggestion that Baidu is a military company is entirely baseless,” a company spokesperson said.
“We will not hesitate to use all options available to us to have the company removed from the list.”
BYD did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The Pentagon’s list of “Chinese military companies,” which is updated annually, now includes 188 firms, up from 134 in 2025.
Firms included on the list, which was created in 2021, and entities under their control will be barred from consideration for US defence contracts under rules set to come into effect later this month.
The Pentagon defines “Chinese military companies” as entities owned or controlled by the Chinese military, or that contribute to China’s “military civil fusion”, referring to Beijing’s strategy of melding civilian and defence-related research and innovation.
Companies must also carry out some of their operations in the US to be designated.
In its updated list, the Pentagon said Alibaba, BYD and Baidu supported China’s military development via their affiliations with the state-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
Republican lawmaker John Moolenaar, who chairs the US House of Representatives committee on strategic competition with the Chinese Communist Party, said the updated list served as a warning about Chinese companies working against US national interests.
“Any of them that are publicly traded on US exchanges should be immediately delisted and their products should be removed from supply chains our country depends on,” Moolenaar said in a statement.
“American companies must stop doing business with these threats to our national security, otherwise they are enabling China’s military ascendance.”
The expansion of the blacklist comes less than a month after US President Donald Trump met Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing for a two-day summit aimed at lowering the temperature in their countries’ years-long trade war and tech rivalry.
Alibaba, Baidu, and BYD are among China’s most prominent brands, claiming the top spots in the e-commerce, internet search and electric vehicle markets, respectively.
The addition of several household brands not normally associated with the defence sector mirrors last year’s designation of tech firm Tencent, the owner of the ubiquitous messaging app WeChat.
Other additions to the list include RoboSense Technology, an AI and robotics company with headquarters in Shenzhen, and Hangzhou-based Unitree Robotics.
RoboSense Technology and Unitree Robotics did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Dennis Wilder, a national security expert who worked on China at the CIA and the White House’s National Security Council, expressed scepticism about the feasibility of implementing such a “broad-brush” blacklist.
“Although it may make some US firms wary of engaging with the labelled entities, in fact, many US firms already have deep relationships with these entities that they are not going to give up unless there are real penalties attached to working commercial deals with them,” Wilder told Al Jazeera.
“Sanctions that range this widely are sanctions that don’t work. Unless the US is willing to decouple from the Chinese economy altogether, these sanctions are simply performative,” Wilder said.
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/6/9/us-lists-chinas-byd-alibaba-baidu-as-chinese-military-companies
Disrupting Iran’s Weapons Procurement
Press Statement
Thomas "Tommy" Pigott, Spokesperson
June 10, 2026
Today, the United States is imposing sanctions on thirteen individuals and entities based in Iran, Belarus, and China, including Hong Kong, that have sought to source and purchase weapons, including man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS), on behalf of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). These designations follow our action on May 8, 2026, to disrupt procurement networks that support Iran’s military programs and degrade Iran’s ability to advance its military activities in the region.
Today’s action supports the implementation of United Nations (UN) sanctions and restrictive measures on Iran, reimposed as a direct result of Iran’s “significant non-performance” of its nuclear commitments. UN Security Council resolution 1929 requires UN Member States to prevent the supply, sale, or transfer of conventional weapons such as MANPADS to Iran.
Consistent with the President’s National Security Memorandum 2 (NSPM-2), the United States continues to maintain maximum pressure on Iran and take actions to deny the IRGC and the government of Iran access to the resources that sustain their destabilizing activities. The United States continues to use all available tools, to expose, disrupt, and counter Iran’s destabilizing activities and to stop Iran from efforts to reconstitute its proliferation-sensitive programs.
The Department of State’s action was taken pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13949, which targets certain persons with respect to the conventional arms activities of Iran. The Department of the Treasury’s action was taken pursuant to E.O. 13382, which targets weapons of mass destruction (WMD) proliferators and their supporters, and E.O. 13902, which targets persons operating in Iran’s financial sector. For more information on today’s actions, please see the Department of State’s fact sheet and Department of the Treasury’s press release.
https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/06/disrupting-irans-weapons-procurement/
Cleveland Clinic commits $2 million to detransition care in DOJ settlement
The hospital also agreed to not provide pediatric gender-affirming care for two decades, though state law already severely restricts that type of care.
As part of a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, the Cleveland Clinic pledged $2 million in care for people who detransition after receiving medical interventions as minors.
The Clinic said not much is changing, because it already provides that care. But transgender advocates say the settlement with such a high-profile institution lends credibility to a politically charged effort to roll back transgender healthcare across the country.
The settlement followed a 2025 investigation into the hospital system over allegations it falsely billed insurance for what the Department of Justice called “sex-rejecting procedures on minors,” which the agreement defined as providing puberty blockers, hormone therapy, surgical interventions or voice modification interventions.
This type of healthcare is more commonly known as gender-affirming care. That’s an umbrella term for the treatment of gender dysphoria, or the discomfort that comes when someone’s gender identity differs from the sex they were assigned at birth.
“The Clinic is jumping to the front of the line to comply not with science and medicine, but with cruelty and anti-trans hate,” said Dara Adkison, executive director of TransOhio. The hospital is the second in the country to settle a dispute with the federal government by providing detransition care in the last month.
Under the agreement, the hospital also agreed to pay $308,000 to resolve the billing allegations. The dollars will go to both the federal government and the State of Ohio, whose attorney general is a party in the settlement. Additionally, the Cleveland Clinic committed to not perform or offer most medical interventions associated with gender-affirming care to minors for two decades at its hospitals across Ohio, Florida, Nevada, Canada, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom.
By committing dollars to detransition care, the Cleveland Clinic is helping to “provide essential medical care for individuals living with the harmful consequences of such misguided medical interventions performed on them as children and adolescents,” a press release from the Department of Justice stated.
The hospital system largely downplayed the settlement. The Cleveland Clinic — and all hospitals in Ohio — are already banned from providing gender-affirming care to minors under state law. And a Clinic spokesperson wrote in response to questions that the hospital has always offered services to patients wanting to detransition and that the settlement simply indicates a commitment to continuing to do so.
“We are pleased to have worked collaboratively toward a resolution related to an unintentional coding issue involving a small number of patients,” wrote Angela Kiska, the executive director of public and media relations for the Cleveland Clinic, in a statement. “We remain focused on providing exceptional care to our patients and communities.”
The Cleveland Clinic does provide gender-affirming care to adults, which will not change under the settlement, a hospital spokesperson wrote in an email.
A copy of the settlement was provided to Signal Cleveland and the Buckeye Flame by the Ohio Attorney General’s office. It alleges that the Cleveland Clinic knowingly submitted claims to Ohio Medicaid with false diagnosis codes in order to “obscure the true reasons” the patients were treated, i.e. for gender dysphoria. In the settlement, the Clinic denied those allegations.
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https://signalcleveland.org/cleveland-clinic-commits-two-million-to-detransition-care-department-of-justice-settlement-transgender/
US expands crackdown on birth tourism networks, revokes hundreds of visas
The U.S. State Department said it has dismantled multiple international “birth tourism” networks that allegedly helped foreign nationals obtain visitor visas for the primary purpose of giving birth in the United States so their children would automatically acquire U.S. citizenship.
The announcement, posted by the State Department on social media and highlighted by immigration enforcement officials, outlines investigations spanning Africa, Europe, and North Africa that resulted in hundreds of visa revocations and the disruption of organized visa-fraud operations.
“Under President Trump, the State Department is defending the integrity of U.S. citizenship by ending illegal birth tourism schemes,” the agency said in a statement.
According to the department, a U.S. embassy in West Africa uncovered a network involving more than 100 foreign nationals who allegedly relied on fraudulent documents and visa intermediaries, often referred to as “fixers,” to secure visitor visas. Officials said the visas were revoked and local authorities were engaged to identify related operations.
In Europe, investigators identified more than 400 suspected birth tourism cases dating back to 2024. The State Department said at least six companies allegedly coached applicants on how to answer visa interview questions, arranged housing in the United States, and coordinated delivery plans designed to facilitate childbirth on American soil.
Officials said those operations were shut down, visas were revoked, and several individuals accused of organizing the schemes received permanent travel bans.
Separately, a U.S. embassy in North Africa revoked more than 100 visas issued to parents whom authorities said traveled to the United States primarily to give birth and secure citizenship benefits for their children.
The crackdown reflects a broader immigration enforcement effort by the Trump administration, which has made visa fraud and birthright citizenship-related issues a recurring policy focus. While the U.S. Constitution grants citizenship to nearly all individuals born on American soil under the Fourteenth Amendment, federal immigration law prohibits the use of visitor visas under false pretenses.
The State Department emphasized that obtaining a visa for the purpose of concealing birth-related travel constitutes fraud and may result in visa denial, revocation, or future inadmissibility to the United States.
The issue has drawn attention in immigrant communities worldwide, including among Indian Americans and prospective immigrants who closely follow changes in U.S. visa policy. Immigration attorneys note that while legitimate travel during pregnancy is not automatically prohibited, applicants must be truthful about the purpose of their visit and satisfy all visa eligibility requirements.
“A U.S. visa is a privilege, not a right,” the State Department said. “The State Department is taking action around the world to stop this abuse, dismantle birth tourism networks, and hold accountable those who try to scam our system.”
The agency did not identify the countries involved or disclose how many additional investigations remain underway. However, officials indicated that consular officers, law enforcement partners, and data analytics teams will continue monitoring visa applications for signs of organized fraud.
The latest enforcement actions underscore the administration’s efforts to tighten oversight of visitor visas while continuing a broader debate over citizenship, immigration enforcement, and the legal boundaries of birthright citizenship in the United States.
https://americanbazaaronline.com/2026/06/10/us-expands-crackdown-on-birth-tourism-networks-revokes-hundreds-of-visas-482580/
Ebola Response Update – June 10, 2026
Media Note
Office of the Spokesperson
June 10, 2026
The Department of State, in close coordination with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and in partnership with the governments of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Uganda, and other countries in the region, is continuing to mount a rapid and comprehensive response to the Ebola outbreak. Today, the Department is announcing $20 million in additional funding toward the Department’s ongoing Ebola response and preparedness efforts, bringing the total direct funding for the Department of State’s Ebola response to more than $220 million. This additional funding will help support comprehensive preparedness activities in countries surrounding the current outbreak, including in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, and South Sudan. This funding is in addition to $350 million for Ebola response and other humanitarian assistance in the DRC, South Sudan, and Uganda, as part of our $1.8 billion in assistance to UN OCHA announced on May 14. The United States continues to be the largest financial contributor to the Ebola response.
Through more than $220 million the Department of State is providing directly for the Ebola response and preparedness efforts, implementing organizations continue to support contact tracing, border and point-of-entry screening, response efforts at dozens of health clinics in affected areas, and community education to combat misinformation about how Ebola spreads.
Below are recent U.S.-funded response partner activities:
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Commodity Procurement and Delivery
-In the DRC, UNICEF has delivered 150 metric tons of critical water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and infection prevention and control supplies to frontline health facilities in Bunia, enough to meet the immediate needs of approximately 100,000 people for six months.
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Border Screening and Surveillance
-In Uganda, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) trained approximately 1,000 Village Health Teams to strengthen community-based surveillance.
-In South Sudan, IOM conducted more than 30,000 traveler screenings, strengthening early detection capacity.
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Contact Tracing and Risk Communication
-In the DRC, U.S.-funded implementers continue to support safe and dignified burials (SDBs) of deceased Ebola patients, a critical activity to reduce further transmission of Ebola. Recent SDB activities include training dozens of members of SDB teams in the Rwampara and Nizi health zones.
-In the DRC, UNICEF has trained 24 local “Decontamination Teams” in high-risk health zones in Ituri. These teams carry out rapid decontamination of households and public spaces following a confirmed or suspected case, helping to break chains of transmission, and are positioned to respond within 24 hours of an alert.
-In the DRC, FHI 360 reached more than 1,200 individuals with community engagement activities, including community dialogues at schools and prisons, to enhance awareness of Ebola prevention measures, dispel false rumors related to the outbreak, and build trust in Ebola treatment centers and response teams.
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Diagnostic Supplies
-In the DRC, IOM deployed a mobile laboratory to the outbreak zone in Beni to expand diagnostic capacity.
-In the DRC, FHI 360 delivered thousands of liters of fuel to labs to mitigate service interruptions caused by power outages and continued providing vehicles to ensure uninterrupted laboratory mobility and specimen transport.
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Detection and Treatment
-In the DRC, U.S. implementers MedAir and International Medical Corps are supporting 100 health facilities in Ebola-affected areas as of June 8. These facilities include six specialized Ebola treatment centers and 94 health centers that provide broader health care and prevent transmission, screen suspect cases, and transport patients to dedicated Ebola treatment facilities.
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Leveraging Private Sector Involvement to Support Response Efforts
-The United States, through implementing partner Airlink, continues to deliver critical response supplies to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Bunia, DRC. These shipments consist of two distinct consignments: safe and dignified burial kits, along with separate infection prevention and control supplies. Airlink, through its extensive partnerships with commercial airlines, utilized donated cargo space to transport the commodities from Dubai, United Arab Emirates to Entebbe, Uganda, where Airlink subsequently used U.S. funding for the last-mile transportation to Bunia.
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https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/06/ebola-response-update-june-10-2026/
AAGHarmeetDhillon
U.S. Department of Justice
@AAGDhillon
At @TheJusticeDept, @CivilRights is making every effort to ensure that law-abiding Americans enjoy the provisions of the Second Amendment.
We’ve launched several suits in states with no prior rulings to ensure that the laws on the books align with our Constitution!
https://x.com/AAGDhillon/status/2059442491040878894
Make L.A. Great Again 🇺🇸
@lalovestrump
Los Angeles Voter fraud EXPOSED
Skid row denizen admits she was paid $5 to vote for Karen Bass ..
Says they come multiple times a week to get people to vote for Bass or Raman !
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https://x.com/lalovestrump/status/2064445071018312159
Washington Post hit with class action over ‘surveillance pricing’ scheme
Following the scheme’s disclosure, subscribers compared the practice to a grocery store selling loaves of bread for different prices based solely on customers’ shopping habits.
WASHINGTON (CN) — The Washington Post faces a class action filed in the local D.C. Superior Court on Thursday over the legacy paper’s recent use of reader data to set subscription prices, a practice referred to as “surveillance pricing.”
The proposed class of readers argue in the suit The Post turned its audience’s reading habits into a “pricing profile” in 2024 to offer different prices to subscribers based on the demographics and their activities, like reading the morning headlines, checking an election update or following a favorite columnist.
“The Post has been monitoring usage and implementing this pricing practice, often referred to as ‘surveillance pricing’ since at least December 2024, at which point not a single subscriber was aware of The Post’s surveillance pricing or secret harvesting of subscriber data,” the readers wrote.
“The law does not allow this conduct. State attorneys general across the country along with the Federal Trade Commission have begun investigating companies that engage in ‘surveillance pricing’ (also referred to as ‘algorithmic pricing’) using consumer personal information instead of market forces to set individualized prices,” they added.
The proposed class is led by Chelsea Blink, a subscriber to billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Post who says she would have unsubscribed had she known her activity and data were being tracked for pricing purposes.
According to the readers, The Post had to disclose the surveillance policy in when New York required companies that set prices using algorithms based on consumer personal data to do so. That law took effect in late 2025, but the Post only made the disclosure in March 2026 via a renewal email to subscribers.
The class action includes several reactions from subscribers who were outraged by the revelation, with one customer comparing the scheme to a grocery store charging two customers different prices for a loaf of bread “with the difference only being their browsing habits.”
“That sense of unfairness became even more powerful when customers compared notes on their pricing publicly,” the readers said. “One frustrated user described seeing a renewal jump from $170 to $260, canceled in response, then later clicked a link to an article and was shown a new subscription offer again, referencing the old lower annual price. Another person immediately asked: ‘Why was yours $170 originally … I managed to get a $60 deal.”
According to the readers, the newspaper implemented a new privacy policy in December 2025, which allowed the company to gather subscriber information, analyze their cookies and browsing history and compile comprehensive profiles of the users.
The profiles reportedly include reading habits and engagement patters, behaviors, preferences, demographic data, income, user preferences and characteristics, internet and browsing activity, location data, device information and more. Under the policy, the readers say, The Post could also access information from other “Bezos-owned” companies like Amazon, particularly users who used subscription promotions and linking services on Amazon.
In the readers’ view, the policy goes well beyond an average user’s expectations for internet use, where accepting cookies and browsing data are regularly tracked for advertising. No subscriber would anticipate a company use their data against them to set higher prices, nor would they expect the tracking to “transform into a profiling system designed to predict their economic value.”
Blink asserts that the newspaper’s conduct violates D.C.’s Consumer Protection Procedures Act and is asking a Superior Court judge to order the Post to accurately disclose its data practices and end its undisclosed surveillance pricing.
The lawsuit comes as the major news outlet has undergone significant changes after Bezos bought the Post for $250 million in 2013.
Just this February, The Post laid off over 300 journalists — 30% of its staff — as part of its effort to boost the newspaper’s finances and better meet readers’ needs.
Matt Murray, The Post’s executive editor, said at the time that the layoffs were “about positioning ourselves to become more essential to people’s lives in what is becoming a more crowded, competitive and complicated media landscape,” adding that online search traffic had fallen by nearly half in the last three years.
In February 2025, in the wake of President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, Bezos announced the paper’s editorial section would focus on defending “personal liberties and free markets.”
https://www.courthousenews.com/washington-post-hit-with-class-action-over-surveillance-pricing-scheme/
Another ex-girlfriend of Graham Platner speaks out
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/ex-girlfriend-reveals-graham-platner-called-america-the-worlds-evil-bad-guy/
Congress passes immigration funding bill, delivering major win for Trump after Democrat antics
The vote passed 214-212 after Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., switched his vote from no to yes.
he House passed a reconciliation funding bill to support Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol on Tuesday, sending the measure to President Donald Trump's desk in a major win for the administration after months of Democrat antics.
The vote passed 214-212 after Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., switched his vote from no to yes, The Hill reported.
The $70 billion budget package came in the wake of the record-breaking Democrat-led shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, which ended after Congress passed a DHS funding bill without the money for the immigration enforcement agencies.
Republicans later opted for a reconciliation package, which allowed the incumbent party to bypass the Senate's 60-vote filibuster threshold. The upper chamber passed the measure in a 52-47 vote.
Both agencies were funded under the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act and operations continued throughout the lapse of the traditional funding.
The new law, if signed by the president, will fund immigration enforcement for the rest of the Trump presidency.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/congress-passes-ice-border-patrol-funding-bill
US attorney in California suspects voter fraud investigation will result in charges
Essayli said his team and Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Harmeet Dhillon have been trying to audit the state for over a year under the National Voter Registration Act, the Help America Vote Act and the Civil Rights Act.
First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli warned recently that a federal investigation into allegations of voter fraud in the state could yield criminal charges.
Essayli announced Saturday that his office was partnering with the FBI on multiple election fraud investigations and accused California of denying federal prosecutors access to voter registration records.
The federal prosecutor said his team and Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Harmeet Dhillon have been trying to audit the state for over a year under the National Voter Registration Act, the Help America Vote Act and the Civil Rights Act.
“I expect people will be charged," Essayli said in a Monday appearance on “The Glenn Beck Program.” "But we need a wide-scale audit of the California voter roll, which is what Harmeet and I have been trying to do for the last year."
The comment comes amid questions of fraud in the state's most recent primary where more than 4.2 million mail-in ballots have been returned and accepted by the state. In California, mail-in ballots are counted as long as they are either dropped off in person by 8 p.m. on Election Day, or postmarked by Election Day and received by county election offices by the following Tuesday.
Essayli admitted that successful prosecution of widespread election fraud would face significant hurdles because thousands of voters would need to be charged to prove that the misconduct changes the outcome of the California election.
“California is a fraudster’s paradise, make no mistake about that, whether it’s hospice fraud, health care fraud or election fraud,” Essayli told Beck.
The attorney did not provide evidence of voter fraud in the state or recent election.
https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/us-attorney-california-suspects-voter-fraud-investigation-will-result-charges