Politico: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) says President Barack Obama is spreading “false†information about the Arizona immigration bill. McCain was rebutting a statement the president recently made about the law that grants police in the state the ability to ask anyone they suspect of being an illegal immigrant for documentation proving their citizenship. “If you [...]
MEXICO CITY – The mayor of a southern Mexico town allegedly beat his wife during a Mother’s Day celebration, sparking national criticism and prompting federal authorities to urge the woman to file a complaint. Local media reported Wednesday that Enrique Hernandez, mayor of Petantepec in southern Chiapas state, punched and kicked his wife and pulled [...]
Politico: President Barack Obama travels to lower Manhattan on Thursday afternoon to thank the NYPD for its heroic thwarting of an attempted Times Square bombing — but the photo op may not go according to plan. The Department of Homeland Security told congressional officials Wednesday that it’s moving to make cuts in planned anti-terror funding [...]
Los Angeles Times: Framing the Arizona immigration situation as a “moral crisis,” a group of seven Arizona religious leaders, including Catholic and Methodist bishops, descended on Capitol Hill on Thursday in an “emergency” visit to lobby for comprehensive immigration reform. “Our role here is to invite dialogue … on this complex issue with many dimensions,” [...]
The Telegraph: Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, fears that America shares many of the same fiscal problems currently haunting Europe. He also believes that European Union must become a federalised fiscal union (in other words with central power to tax and spend) if it is to survive. Just two of the nuggets [...]
Washington Post: After a week of preemptive attacks on a possible IMF bailout of Greece, Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) introduces the European Bailout Protection Act, aimed at preventing taxpayer dollars from going to a rescue plan. “This legislation would require that countries like Greece cut spending and put their own fiscal house in order,” says [...]
Washington Times: Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., who has been critical of Arizona’s new immigration law, said Thursday he hasn’t yet read the law and is going by what he’s read in newspapers or seen on television. Mr. Holder is conducting a review of the law, at President Obama’s request, to see if the [...]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who’s running for Senate as an independent, said Friday that providing a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants will help keep Social Security solvent—an idea he favors over his opponent’s suggestion to raise the eligibility age for benefits. Crist told The Associated Press there are as many [...]
