U.S. to resume “neighborhood checks” for citizenship applications as part of Trump push to heavily vet immigrants

[ad_1] The Trump administration is reinstating a long-dormant practice of conducting “neighborhood checks” to vet immigrants applying for U.S. citizenship, expanding its efforts to aggressively scrutinize immigration applications, according to a government memo obtained by CBS News. The neighborhood checks would involve on-the-ground investigations by officials at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services that could include…

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Trump administration threatens some funding for 3 states for not enforcing trucker English rules

[ad_1] California, Washington and New Mexico could lose millions of dollars of federal funding if they continue failing to enforce English language requirements for truckers, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Tuesday. An investigation launched after a deadly Florida crash involving a foreign truck driver who made an illegal U-turn on Aug. 12 found what Duffy…

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California Republicans file petition to stop special election on Newsom’s redistricting plan

[ad_1] California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s redistricting plan is facing another bout of legal pushback, as state Republicans filed an emergency petition asking the California Supreme Court to block a November special election on the proposal. The redistricting measure, signed into law last week, would overhaul California’s congressional map to make five GOP-held districts more favorable…

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FEMA staff argue Trump administration’s cuts risk undoing progress since Hurricane Katrina

[ad_1] A group of current and former Federal Emergency Management Agency officials warned Congress on Monday that the Trump administration’s sweeping changes to the disaster relief agency could reverse decades of reforms made after Hurricane Katrina. The open letter was released as the U.S. this week marks 20 years since Katrina’s 2005 landfall — sparking…

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House panel subpoenas Epstein’s estate for documents, book reportedly containing Trump birthday letter

[ad_1] Washington — The Republican leader of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has issued a subpoena to the estate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein seeking documents and other material as part of its ongoing examination of the government’s investigation into Epstein. The subpoena issued by Rep. James Comer of Kentucky demands the…

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