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As Trump Threatens to Close Border, CBP Surges Agents (Washington Free Beacon)
Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen responded Monday to the surging immigration crisis at the southwestern border, ordering a stepped-up deployment of hundreds of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers.
Nielsen instructed CBP commissioner Kevin McAleenan to immediately increase the agency’s temporary reassignment of personnel to cope with the massive influx of people. Some 750 agents are expected to be redirected to border sectors facing the highest rates of entrance, and Nielsen authorized CBP to consider raising that number substantially if necessary. [Read More]
John Huber leaves Congress in dark on FBI probe: ‘It’s like Where’s Waldo?’ (The Washington Times)
Attorney General Jeff Sessions thought he had already answered calls for a special counsel to look into the FBI’s handling of sensitive political investigations when he named a Utah prosecutor to conduct an inquiry and report back.
Nearly 18 months later, there has been nary a public peep from U.S. Attorney John Huber, the man Mr. Sessions assigned to get to the bottom of things. [Read More]
Should We Boo Bryce Harper? (Washingtonian)
Bryce Harper is making his not-very-long-awaited return to DC this week—his first since leaving the Nationals for a $330 million contract with the Philadelphia Phillies. Which means Washington baseball fans are faced with a vexing question: Should we boo the guy?
It’s not a simple question. In the superstitious world of sports fans, there’s probably a bit of karma riding on the answer. More interestingly to magazine journalists and other wonky types, the sort of reception given to the onetime local phenom will indicate something about what kind of local fan culture we have. How to sort it all out? [Read More]
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., will soon learn the conclusions of an investigation into allegations that she violated campaign spending laws during her time as a state lawmaker — including accusations that she used campaign money to pay for her divorce attorney and personal travel.
The culmination of the state probe is just the latest potential controversy for Omar, an embattled freshman in Congress who has repeatedly faced criticism for comments about Israel and U.S. foreign policy. [Read More]
The Virtuous Can Never Be Guilty (National Review)
Since ancient times, it has always been scary when moral auditors audit their own. Or as the Roman satirist Juvenal put it of male guardians entrusted to shield chaste girls from randy males, Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (“Who will watch the watchmen?”)
When humans sense that there’s neither an earthly nor divine deterrent between them and social acceptance, power, riches, or their appetites, what follows is a foregone conclusion. [Read More]
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