DES MOINES, IA - More than 2,100 people on Iowa’s voter rolls self-declared as non-citizens when registering for drivers licenses, Iowa Secretary of State Paul D. Pate said.
He provided the names to US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), which researched each name to determine if it is a mistake or they are in fact non-citizens — who are not allowed to vote — then refused to tell Iowa what it found, Pate wrote in an October 31 letter.
He later said USCIS confirmed that at least 250 were, indeed, non-citizens, but wouldn’t tell the state which ones they are. (Others may have become citizens after getting their drivers licenses.) Meanwhile, left-wing groups sued to block him from removing names by claiming he could wind up accidentally removing citizens since the data Pate had wasn’t fully confirmed. People who were flagged would still be able to cast provisional votes.
“The Des Moines Field Office [of USCIS] has since informed us that they had completed a review of every name. Now, the office in Washington, D.C. is refusing to let the Des Moines office share those results with us. This information would be critical to Iowa’s election officials in this process,” the letter said.
“The work has been done. The most current, verified information is available. Yet Washington, D.C. will not share it with us,” it continued. “If the federal government has information that will ensure only U.S. citizens vote AND ensure naturalized citizens can cast their ballot as normal, that information must be shared.” Click here to read more.
WASHINGTON D.C. - A Federal Communications Commission (FCC) commissioner has claimed that Vice President Harris’s recent appearance on “Saturday Night Live,” commonly known as “SNL,” violates the “equal time” rule.
“This is a clear and blatant effort to evade the FCC’s Equal Time rule,” Commissioner Brendan Carr posted on the social platform X on Saturday in response to a post from The Associated Press about Harris being on the show that night.
“The purpose of the rule is to avoid exactly this type of biased and partisan conduct — a licensed broadcaster using the public airwaves to exert its influence for one candidate on the eve of an election. Unless the broadcaster offered Equal Time to other qualifying campaigns,” Carr, a Trump appointee, continued.
The FCC’s “equal time” rules let rival candidates ask for equal air time.
Carr, the senior Republican on the commission, was appointed by former President Trump.
During her appearance on this week’s episode of “SNL,” Harris joined comedian Maya Rudolph, who often impersonates her, for a cold open sketch. While Rudolph was playing the vice president, Harris began her “SNL” debut on the other side of a mirror from the comedian. Click here to read more.
LANSING, Mich - Michigan job numbers have been dropping since May, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers. More people lost jobs than gained them and state employment was down by a net 31,909 people between May and September, a 0.7% loss. Only Pennsylvania, Minnesota and the District of Columbia fared worse.
More people lost jobs than gained them and state employment was down by a net 31,909 people between May and September, a 0.7% loss.
Thirty-three states experienced an increase in employment over the period.
The figures come from a survey of households in Michigan. Mich Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, however, noted that Michigan was doing well and pointed to a survey of employers in Michigan.
"Michigan’s economy is strong, and we’re creating more opportunities for Michiganders to find work,” Whitmer tweeted Wednesday. “Our state added 27,000 new jobs over the past year. Together, we’re helping more people find good-paying work and building a brighter future for Michigan." Click here to read more.
SALEM, Va. (WSET) — Former president Donald Trump invited members of the Roanoke College Women's Swim Team onto the stage Saturday at his rally in Salem.
A little more than a year ago, the athletes made national headlines when they spoke out against the NCAA, after a transgender athlete who was formerly on the men's team tried to compete with the women.
Last year the radical left's gender insanity arrived right here in Salem when a man was allowed to transfer onto the Roanoke College Women's Swim team," Trump said.
The transgender athlete withdrew their request to join the team before ever competing, but many members of the women's team were outwardly against the move, claiming it was an attack on the future of women's sports.
"The brave members of the swim team stood up to the transgender fanatics. Something new in our country," Trump said.
Seven members of the team took the stage in Salem and were met with cheers of support. Team captain Lily Mullens said the former president is fighting for the rights of women across the country. Click here to read more.
PALM COAST, Fla. — Deputies rescued a struggling dog from a canal in Florida, a sheriff’s office said.
“Just toss me out,” said Flagler County Deputy Alex Wolfe as other deputies pushed his kayak into the water.
A little earlier, the sheriff’s office had received a call about a dog that appeared to be in “distress” in a canal on Palm Coast, according to an Oct. 29 Facebook post.
When authorities arrived, they found a neighbor in a kayak trying to rescue the dog, the sheriff’s office said.
But the neighbor was unsuccessful, so Wolfe borrowed the kayak to give the rescue mission another shot. Body camera footage shows him using the kayak to get close to the dog, then jumping in the water, taking the dog in his arms and carrying it safely back to shore.
“He’s got a training collar, yeah. Somebody’s looking for him,” one of the deputies said when the dog was on land. Click here to read more.
