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Report: Trump to Start Amerexit from NAFTA

The New York Times cited a senior administration official Wednesday saying that President Donald Trump is preparing an executive order to pull the United States from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

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Second Detroit Doctor Busted in Female Genital Mutilation Ring

Dr. Fakhruddin Attar was arrested in the Detroit suburb of Livonia, Michigan Friday, accused, along with his wife Farida Attar, of involvement in the same female genital mutilation conspiracy that led to the landmark arrest last week of Dr. Jumana Nagarwala.

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Sessions DOJ to Sanctuary Cities: Show Compliance or Lose Funds

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has made good on his threat to cut Justice Department grants to so-called “sanctuary cities” that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement. On Friday his subordinates sent letters to nine such jurisdictions demanding proof of compliance.

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Atlanta Firm Seeks to Certify Goods ‘America First’

An Atlanta firm has launched a new certification program to rate American companies on how they hire, buy, and source American. Those that meet certain requirements will be able to label their products and services “America First.”

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Weiner Rising in White House: Ally of Disgraced Ex-Congressman Hired

Jared Kushner and his wife Ivanka Trump enlisted the services of Risa Heller, a New York City public relations figure known for her work with Democrats, when they came to Washington to take up their official posts in the Trump White House, according to a report in Buzzfeed.

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Two Illinois Muslim-Americans Arrested for Helping ISIS

Joseph D. Jones and Edward Schimenti, who went, respectively, by “Yusuf Abdulhaqq” and “Abdul Wali,” were arrested by the FBI in Zion, Illinois Wednesday and charged with providing material support for terrorism.

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Foreign Nationals Plead Guilty to Major Identity Theft

The last of five defendants, all immigrants from the former Soviet Union, pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a multi-million dollar credit card fraud and identity theft scheme in federal district court in Los Angeles Tuesday.

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Foreigners Now Account for 61% of Federal Arrests

The Pew Research Center released an analysis of Justice Department numbers Monday showing a massive increase in the prominence of immigration-related offenses in federal law enforcement.

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Sessions Gets Congressional Backup on Sanctuary Cities

Four Republican representatives announced their plan Tuesday to deny general federal funds from American cities that harbor illegal aliens and frustrate federal efforts to enforce immigration laws.

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Rand Paul Wants Susan Rice Before Congress

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) told reporters Monday afternoon that former Obama National Security Advisor Susan Rice “ought to testify under oath” after Bloomberg News’s Eli Lake revealed that, during the presidential transition, she deliberately sought to “unmask” President Donald Trump’s associates from intelligence surveillance.

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Senate Judiciary Committee Sends Gorsuch Through for Vote

The Senate Judiciary Committee, in a party-line 11-9 vote Monday, has passed Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s nominee to replace conservative stalwart Justice Antonin Scalia, setting up a full Senate confirmation vote for April 7.

Neil Gorsuch, shown here on March 20, faces a confirmation vote in the Senate on his Supre

Trump Tweets, Vowing Obamacare Isn’t Safe Yet

President Donald Trump defiantly took to Twitter Sunday, decrying widespread media speculation that he was backing away from his campaign pledge to repeal and replace Obamacare after the failure of Ryancare.

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