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mmigrants denied entry to the US are amassing on the Mexican side of the southern border, preparing for the end of Title 42, a pandemic-era policy that barred migrants from entering the country. Venezuelan asylum seeker Samuel Guerra told The Post he plans to be among an “avalanche” of immigrants he predicts will enter the US. He’s currently living in a tent city of mostly Venezuelans half a football field away from El Paso, Texas — with only the Rio Grande and Title 42 standing between him and the US. A federal judge ended the Trump-era policy — used to...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is set to announce a plan to roll back indoor mask requirements this afternoon. Pritzker is scheduled to give an update at 2 p.m. Wednesday on COVID-19. He is expected to announce a plan to roll back mask requirements for most indoor settings. "The intention is to lift the mask mandate in indoor locations by Feb. 28," said Pritzker at an unrelated press conference Wednesday morning. Masks will still be required in some settings, including "sensitive locations such as K-12 schools," according to Pritzker. New York is expected to announce its plan for dropping indoor mask...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul will lift her statewide indoor mask mandate on Wednesday, the New York Times reported.Hochul will make the announcement on Wednesday as other Democrat-run states make the same changes.It is unclear if Hochul will lift the mandate for schools.Just two weeks ago Kathy Hochul waged war with an appellate judge who overturned her mask mandate.A New York State Supreme Court judge two weeks ago ruled Governor Kathy Hochul’s mask mandate “unconstitutional” and declared it null and void.The judge, who is out of Nassau County, said Hochul had no authority to enact the mask mandate without the...

February 26, 2021 News - COVID-19 Updates WHEREAS, on March 16, 2020, I issued a Declaration of Local Disaster for Public Health Emergency for Collin County in response to COVID-19; and WHEREAS, ongoing business closures and government-imposed restrictions have threatened the lives, livelihoods, and liberties of Texans; and WHEREAS, on March 24, 2020, I declared that “All businesses, jobs, and workers are essential;” and WHEREAS, constitutionally protected rights do not cease to exist in the midst of a crisis, and executive orders are (and must always be) subordinate to the provisions of the Constitution; and WHEREAS, there are no county-issued...

Key restrictions on Iran's nuclear program imposed under an internationally negotiated deal will start to ease years before the 15-year accord expires, advancing Tehran's ability to build a bomb even before the end the pact, according to a document obtained Monday by The Associated Press. The document is the only text linked to last year's deal between Iran and six foreign powers that hasn't been made public, although U.S. officials say members of Congress have been able to see it. It was given to the AP by a diplomat whose work has focused on Iran's nuclear program for more...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration on Friday removed sanctions against three Russian organizations the U.S. had previously accused of assisting Iran's effort to develop nuclear weapons. Penalties against a fourth Russian entity previously accused of illicit arms sales to Syria also were lifted.

Roll Call is reporting that during the typical Friday afternoon document dump — a practice used to hide actions that might prove somewhat embarrassing to the White House — the administration quietly announced that some of the former restrictions on lobbying ballyhooed about during the late campaign have been lifted.Let special interests ring!Roll Call (see here, but subscription is required) says that the administration lifted bans on lobbyists that have some part of spending “stimulus” funds. So now getting hooks into bloated federal spending is open season for the very lobbyists that Obama pretended to disdain only months ago.So much...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3, 2007 – Less than six months after arriving in Baghdad for its third tour of duty, the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 3rd Infantry Division has “lifted the blanket of fear” that al Qaeda imposed on the Sunni communities under its protection, the brigade’s commander said today. Army Col. Terry Ferrell spoke with Pentagon reporters in a teleconference from Iraq. He said the brigade was the last of the surge brigades to arrive in the Baghdad area in June, and it’s responsible for the southwestern Tigris River Valley, covering the towns of Abu Waitha, Arab Jabour,...

Rep. Patrick Kennedy (news, bio, voting record) crashed his car near the Capitol early Thursday, and a police official said he appeared intoxicated. Kennedy said he had taken sleep medication and a prescription anti-nausea drug that can cause drowsiness. Kennedy, D-R.I., addressed the issue after a spate of news reports. His initial statement said: "I consumed no alcohol prior to the incident."'Later, however, he issued a longer statement saying the attending physician for Congress had prescribed Phenergan on Tuesday to treat Kennedy's gastroenteritis.Kennedy said he returned to his Capitol Hill home on Wednesday evening after a final series of votes...

Bird flu restrictions are lifted Vets believe the dead whooper swan did not spread the disease Some bird flu restrictions, imposed after a dead whooper swan at Cellardyke in Fife tested positive for a strain of the H5N1 virus, have been lifted. The measures, limiting the movement of poultry and eggs in parts of eastern Scotland, were introduced on 5 April. Tests since then have established that no further cases have been found. The immediate 3km protection zone will lapse, but a 10km control zone on the movement of poultry and captive birds will not be removed until 1 May....

President George W. Bush on Wednesday waived some defense export restrictions on Libya to allow U.S. companies to participate in destroying Tripoli's chemical weapons and to refurbish eight transport planes. It was another step in improving ties after Libya decided in December 2003 to abandon its nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs. In a memorandum to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Bush said he was waiving some restrictions under the U.S. Arms Export Control Act because it was in the national security interest of the United States. The law restricts defense exports to Libya because the State Department has designated...