Border crossings hit a historical high in Dec. 2023 with nearly 250,000 encounters with migrants crossing the southern border from Mexico, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data — the most seen since May 2022 when there were roughly 224,000 encounters.
“Borders crossings are lower today than when the previous administration left my office,” Biden claimed in his presidential address Wednesday evening, just days after he suspended his re-election campaign.
President Biden makes first appearance since contracting COVID-19 and self-isolating at home and addressed his abrupt exit from the 2024 race on Wednesday evening at the Oval Office.
JUST IN - According to State Department reports reviewed by Reuters, a U.S. conducted sweeping fraud investigation suspects an estimated 4,000 Iraqis of filing fraudulent resettlement applications as refugees. Authorities are re-examining more than 104,000 other cases. (Reuters)
🚨JUST IN - According to stats from AAA and Oil Price Information Service, the average price of gas in Los Angeles County reached $4.251 on Thursday— rising 7.7 cents more than last month. (FOX LA)
🚨 JUST IN - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that chocolate companies can’t be sued for child slavery that occurs on the African farms they buy most cocoa from, however, the court never stated that a lawsuit couldn’t go forward. (The Independent)
ICYMI - Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY4) said he will not be getting the vaccine until there is “data that shows it will improve upon the immunity that’s been conferred to me, as a result of a natural infection I had.”
🚨JUST IN - A California state appeal court rules that the state can no longer hold people in jail for months after they’ve been ruled as mentally incompetent to stand trial. (FOX LA)
🚨JUST IN - 500 hundred Hong Kong police raided Apple Daily, a pro-democracy newspaper, seizing reporting materials and arresting 5 senior executives. (Reuters)
According to new #2020Census numbers, Texas will be adding two new seats in the House of Representatives. California and New York, along several Midwest states, will lose seats.
BREAKING: #RecallGavinNewsom effort has collected and verified enough signatures to qualify for the ballot. More than 1.6 million signatures have been verified, according to the California secretary of state’s office.
Journalist @FromKalen from @ScriberrNews was targeted and physically assaulted tonight in Hollywood Ca.
After his assault while unconscious on the ground, an activist is slapping him in the face saying “have you learned your lesson?”
Prayers to @ScriberrNews journalist @FromKalen he was attacked while on Instagram live in Hollywood , still waiting for updates on his condition, his phone fell to the floor and stayed on Instagram live for about 5 mins before cutting out
“Police were behind us, and they [protesters] were pushing me and pushing me and pushing me and getting in my way, trying to make me fall to the floor. And then someone ran up and just sucker punched me––I never saw that point, I just knocked out.”
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