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Study finds D.C. police using more force (The Washington Post)

The number of times D.C. police officers used force each year has increased nearly steadily since 2013, according to a report by a District government watchdog agency that studied several years worth of data.

Most of the incidents last year occurred as officers tackled or “took down”… [Read More]

Fairfax County Sheriff terminates partnership with ICE (Fairfax Times)

Fairfax County Sheriff Stacey Kincaid has announced that on May 23, 2018, she will terminate the Intergovernmental Service Agreement (IGSA) with U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). As a result, the Sheriff’s Office will not hold inmates past their release date unless an ICE administrative request to detain is accompanied by a criminal detainer issued by a court.

“I am pleased with Sheriff Stacey Kincaid’s decision to take this step,” Chairman Sharon Bulova said. “The Sheriff and her Deputies operate the County jail and are not federal immigration officials.” [Read More]

Who Trump is listening to in DACA talks (Washington Examiner)

As Congress voted to reopen the federal government, senators huddled at the White House to discuss “the next steps on responsible immigration reform.” It was noteworthy that Sen. Tom Cotton was there and Sen. Lindsey Graham was not, according to the guest list.

That is the opposite of what some on Capitol Hill want, even as the White House dug in Tuesday with press secretary Sarah Sanders declaring a Graham-backed bipartisan immigration proposal “totally unacceptable to the president” and “dead on arrival.”
Graham, R-S.C., and his Democratic allies have been increasingly vocal about blaming Cotton, R-Ark., and other immigration hawks for the failure of talks about codifying Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and the rejection of their plan for handling the issue. Last week, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said as much on the Senate floor. [Read More]

Flynn kept FBI interview concealed from White House, Trump (NBC News)

A year ago today, President Donald Trump’s newly sworn–in national security adviser, Michael Flynn, met privately in his West Wing office with FBI investigators interested in his communications with Russia’s ambassador, without a lawyer or the knowledge of the president and other top White House officials, according to people familiar with the matter.

Flynn’s FBI interview on Jan. 24, 2017, set in motion an extraordinary sequence of events unparalleled for the first year of a U.S. presidency. Flynn was fired as national security adviser after 24 days on the job, the acting attorney general was fired 10 days after the president took office, the FBI director was allegedly pressured by the president to let go of an investigation into Flynn, and then eventually fired himself. [Read More]

Florida bill could mandate HPV vaccination for public school students (Fox13News)

A bill has been introduced in the Florida legislature that would make it mandatory for public school students to get vaccinated for the common virus, human papillomavirus.

Currently, only Virginia, Rhode Island, and Washington D.C. require the vaccination, but the bill, SB 1558: School Health Immunizations, or the “Women’s Cancer Prevention Act,” would require the HPV shot for public school attendance. All children, both boy and girl, between the ages of 11 and 12 would need to receive the vaccination.

Florida public school students are already required to receive vaccinations for tetanus, mumps, polio, and other diseases. [Read More]

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