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Trump wants to end birthright citizenship with an executive order (NBC News)
President Donald Trump said in an interview published Tuesday that he intends to sign an executive order that would end birthright citizenship for the children of many immigrants to the U.S.
Trump, in an interview with Axios, part of which aired Tuesday morning, said birthright citizenship “has to end” and that it would, “with an executive order.”
“We’re the only country in the world where a person comes in, has a baby, and the baby is essentially a citizen of the United States for 85 years with all of those benefits,” Trump said. “It’s ridiculous. It’s ridiculous. And it has to end.” [Read More]
Congressional leaders decline invites to join Trump in Pittsburgh (Washington Examiner)
Republican and Democratic leaders in Congress reportedly declined invitations to appear with President Trump when he travels to Pittsburgh later Tuesday.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., were invited to join Trump in Pennsylvania but declined, congressional sources told CNN.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., both had scheduling conflicts and could not attend. [Read More]
Virginia Republicans aim to cut 1,200 regulations in coming years (WJLA)
Virginia Republicans say they are on track to eliminate about 1,200 regulations in coming years.
House Speaker Kirk Cox announced last week a pilot program had identified about 5,000 regulations in two state departments that are not mandated by state or federal law.
Cox and Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam announced earlier this year that they’d reached a bipartisan compromise that would look to make significant cuts to certain regulations overseen by the Department of Professional and Occupational Licensing and the Department of Criminal Justice Services. [Read More]
Migrant Caravan Demands Mexico Provide Them Transportation (Daily Wire)
The massive chain of migrants slowly making its way towards the U.S. southern border, which is still some 1,000 miles north, is now demanding that the Mexican government provide transportation for its estimated 4,000 participants — demands issued amid reports of outbreaks of violence as more groups have forced their way through Mexico’s southern border.
“Worn down from long miles of walking and frustrated by the caravan’s slow progress, some migrants have been dropping out and returning home or applying for protected status in Mexico,” AP reports. “Conscious of that frustration, its representatives demanded ‘safe and dignified’ transportation to the capital Monday after the group arrived in the Oaxaca state town of Niltepec.” [Read More]
HILLARY CORRECTS INTERVIEWER WHO MIXED UP ERIC HOLDER AND CORY BOOKER (The Daily Caller)
Hillary Clinton laughed at a white interviewer for confusing two prominent black Democrats and quipped, “I know they all look alike.”
The cringe-worthy comment came during an interview with Recode’s Kara Swisher at a conference over the weekend. Swisher confused Senator Cory Booker and former Attorney General Eric Holder during the interview. Both prominent Democrats are black men. Hillary corrected the interviewer mistaking Booker for Holder, saying, “I know they all look alike.”
The audience gasped and laughed at the comment, as did Hillary herself. [Read More]
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