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LANSING, Mich - n Wednesday, Michigan Attorney Dana Nessel joined a coalition of 19 state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order suspending the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program.
The AGs oppose the Trump Administration’s attempt to withhold congressionally appropriated funding for refugee processing and services.
Trump’s Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program executive order indefinitely suspends refugee admissions and application processing, which Nessel and the coalition argue contradicts federal law, according to a news release.
n Wednesday, Michigan Attorney Dana Nessel joined a coalition of 19 state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order suspending the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program.
The AGs oppose the Trump Administration’s attempt to withhold congressionally appropriated funding for refugee processing and services.
Trump’s Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program executive order indefinitely suspends refugee admissions and application processing, which Nessel and the coalition argue contradicts federal law, according to a news release. Click here to read more.
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - After President Donald Trump signed an order to ban transgender athletes from school sports, the NCAA claimed to have rewritten its rules to comply with the federal order. But now, women’s sports advocate Riley Gaines says that the league’s changes actually do not adhere to the president’s orders at all and would still allow transgender athletes to play in women’s sports.
Trump signed his order on February 5 to protect women’s sports from males who claim to be transgender females.
The very next day, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) claimed to have set a new policy to obey the new federal Title IX rules disallowing transgender athletes from playing as women.
However, Gaines, a former NCAA swimming champion turned women’s sports activist, says that the NCAA’s new rules are a sham. Click here to read more.
WASHINGTON D.C. - DOGE wants to see where our tax dollars go, and we should let them. No surprise that the “government industrial complex” will resist every effort to bring transparency and accountability to how those funds are spent when the system is ripe with problems.
I’ve had first-hand experience with USAID and other international aid organizations, such as the World Bank, UNESCO, and even the Red Cross, during my 40-plus trips to Haiti after being invited by then Haitian President René Préval to help rebuild the nation following the devastating 2010 earthquake.
And I’ve seen how USAID, along with other NGOs, delivered on very few of their promises, failed to coordinate relief activities, and even skimmed money off the top. Click here to read more.
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Two Virginia Beach police officers were shot and killed during a traffic stop late Friday night, authorities said, plunging the coastal city into mourning as investigators work to piece together the circumstances of the deadly encounter.
The shooting occurred shortly before midnight in the 1000 block of Virginia Beach Boulevard, a busy corridor near the city’s Town Center, according to the Virginia Beach Police Department. Officials said the officers, whose names have not been released, were conducting a routine traffic stop when an occupant of the vehicle opened fire, striking both officers. They were pronounced dead at the scene. Click here to read more.
LAKE MARY, Fla. – The Lake Mary City Commission voted on Thursday to eliminate fluoride from the city’s water supply, joining a growing number of other Florida cities.
The city’s Public Works Director Danielle Koury confirmed with Florida’s Voice that the city commission voted to discontinue the addition of fluoride in its potable water supply.
Koury said the city has already began the removal process, and it will take approximately 60 days to complete the discontinuation and decommission the equipment.
Lake Mary follows a growing number of other Florida cities opting to remove fluoride from its drinking water, including Ormond Beach, Melbourne, Winter Haven, Palm Bay, Port St. Lucie, and Lee County.
Spectrum News 13 reported that Mayor David Mealor said the city will save about $100,000 in eventual repairs following the decision and pointed to recommendations from Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo as a key motivator. Click here to read more.
