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Ibram Kendi Anti-Racism Center Produced Just Two New Research Papers Since Founding

The revelation comes after the center announced last week that nearly half of the staff was laid off.

Under pressure over border, Biden admin grants protection to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans

Under intense political pressure from fellow Democrats, the Biden administration announced late Wednesday that it was granting protection to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who are already in the country.

McCarthy pitches plan for stopgap spending measure to keep government open

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Wednesday that the House will vote on a defense spending measure that failed earlier this week, and promised that he has flipped two of Republican holdouts after a closed-door meeting.

DHS scrambles to deal with thousands of migrants swarming across border Wednesday in Texas

Homeland Security shut down some lanes of traffic at a Mexican border crossing Wednesday and shifted personnel to help with the latest crisis, a new surge of thousands of migrants streaming into Eagle Pass, Texas.

Saudi Crown Prince on Khashoggi murder: ‘Anyone involved is serving jail time’

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in a recent interview insisted “anyone involved” with the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi is “serving jail time,” a comment that comes ahead of the five-year anniversary of the murder.  When asked in a rare interview with Fox News’s Bret Baier about if any individuals are serving time for...

House GOP reports progress in spending talks as some holdouts relent

House Republicans reported major progress charting a path forward on a partisan bill to avert a government shutdown and a Department of Defense spending bill — two measures that suffered public setbacks just a day before — after Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) hashed out a new framework for a GOP-only stopgap proposal in a House...

Bids reach close to $200,000 for Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s famous collar 

Bids have reached close to $200,000 in an auction for one of the famous collars of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. As of Wednesday around 7 p.m., the highest bid reached $195,000 with around 14 hours left in the auction for Ginsburg's collar, dubbed The Pegasus. The Potomack Company, an auction house based in...

Jayapal slams GOP over looming government shutdown: ‘Republicans cannot govern’  

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) on Wednesday sharply criticized her Republican colleagues for failing to find a path forward to avert a government shutdown before the looming deadline at the end of the month. “At this rate, we are headed to a Republican shutdown,” Jayapal said during a CNN interview with Wolf Blitzer. “And that gives...

Joint Chiefs pick moves past Tuberville hold

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Biden's Joint Chiefs pick makes it past Tuberville hold The Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to advance the nomination of Gen. Charles “C.Q.” Brown to become the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. © AP...

SpaceX countersues DOJ over hiring discrimination case

SpaceX countersued the Department of Justice (DOJ) to try and stop a case from proceeding that alleged the company engaged in discriminatory hiring practices against refugees and those granted asylum in the U.S.  In a complaint filed Friday, SpaceX argued the DOJ lawsuit was unconstitutional because it would play out in administrative proceedings, rather than...

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