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Saturday, December 26, 2020 |
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DoJ: Hawaii's Lum Crime Family Trades American Hostages in Trump's White House
By Andrew Walden @ 8:54 PM :: 16820 Views :: National News, Ethics, Hawaii History, Obama
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...Hawaii’s Lum Crime Family is back in the news—allegedly channeling a Malaysian billionaire’s money to buy Chinese communist influence in Donald Trump’s White House via a top Trump fundraiser--convicted fraudster Elliott Broidy....
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Sunday, December 13, 2020 |
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Hawaii Joins 46 State Anti-Trust Suit Against FaceBook
By Court House News @ 3:54 AM :: 3601 Views :: National News, First Amendment
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...Nearly Every State Suing Facebook for Monopolistic Behavior....
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Sunday, December 13, 2020 |
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Hawaii AG Joined States Opposing Trump Election Suit Before Supreme Court
By News Release @ 3:37 AM :: 2757 Views :: National News
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“The election was safe and secure, and the baseless, unsupported claims underpinning this legal action only damage our democracy.”
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Friday, November 6, 2020 |
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Guam, CNMI, Am Samoa Election Results
By News Release @ 1:22 PM :: 3067 Views :: National News
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... Guam Congressional Delegate goes to Runoff Nov 17 ....
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Thursday, September 24, 2020 |
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Federal Appeals Court hears American Samoa Citizenship Case
By Court House News @ 8:07 AM :: 3193 Views :: National News
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...The government of American Samoa argued his arrangement preserves the islanders’ traditional way of life, or fa’a Samoa, including communal property ownership which would be impossible to protect under the U.S. Constitution....
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Tuesday, September 1, 2020 |
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Lum Pleads Guilty in 1Malaysia Development Berhad Lobbying Scheme
By News Release @ 3:43 AM :: 4230 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...Lum Davis admitted that, between March 2017 and January 2018, she and others — including a prominent official of a national political party with ties to the administration — agreed to lobby the President of the United States, the Attorney General, and other high level officials....
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Friday, July 24, 2020 |
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Trump’s Case For Excluding Illegal Aliens From Census is Based on Hawaii Apportionment Ruling
By Selected News Articles @ 8:17 PM :: 4569 Views :: National News, Office of Elections
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... In Burns v. Richardson (1966) the Supreme Court held that tourists and other non-permanent residents could be excluded from apportionment in the Hawaii state legislature ....
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Tuesday, July 14, 2020 |
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COFA: United States Holds Second Round of Compact Consultations
By News Release @ 10:11 PM :: 3223 Views :: National News
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...United States Holds Second Round of Compact Consultations with the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of Palau...The U.S. government team also held an informal consultation with the Republic of the Marshall Islands....
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Tuesday, April 14, 2020 |
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American Samoa Leaders, State Department Appeal Citizenship Ruling
By News Release @ 9:43 PM :: 3848 Views :: National News
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...Congresswoman Aumua Amata confirmed that she and the Governor of American Samoa have filed an appellate brief to the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit in the Fitisemanu case alongside the U.S. Department of State....
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Thursday, March 26, 2020 |
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Trump Signs Guam War Claims Legislation
By News Release @ 10:31 PM :: 3013 Views :: National News
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...Updated Law Authorizes U.S. Treasury to Issue Payments to Guam War Claims Recipients....
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Thursday, March 12, 2020 |
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Corona Virus: Fortunately Hawaii Lost Case Against Trump
By Selected News Articles @ 9:32 PM :: 5227 Views :: National News, Health Care, Law Enforcement
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...on plaintiffs' reading the President would not be able to suspend entry from a particular country in the event of an epidemic in that country....
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Wednesday, February 5, 2020 |
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Full Text: State of the Union Address
By News Release @ 1:41 PM :: 3101 Views :: National News
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"...This Nation is our canvas, and this country is our masterpiece...."
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Friday, January 24, 2020 |
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DoI Micronesia and US Territories: 2019 Accomplishments
By News Release @ 3:44 AM :: 3531 Views :: National News
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...Interior Assistant Secretary Releases 2019 Accomplishments for the Offices of Insular and International Affairs....
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Friday, December 13, 2019 |
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Samoa Rep Aumua Amata: Disappointed in Citizenship Ruling
By News Release @ 5:01 PM :: 3376 Views :: National News
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...We are committed to the preservation of Fa’a Samoa, and we intend to appeal this ruling....
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Friday, September 27, 2019 |
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Friday, September 13, 2019 |
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Court: Fox Must Face Lawsuit over Malia Zimmerman Conspiracy Theory
By Selected News Articles @ 4:37 PM :: 5986 Views :: National News, First Amendment
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...Nearly a year after Rich’s death, in May 2017, Fox News published a story written by co-defendant and reporter Malia Zimmerman, which included the now-debunked claim that investigators had evidence showing Rich leaked the emails in the midst of the 2016 presidential election campaign....
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Friday, September 6, 2019 |
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DHS Amends REAL ID Rules for Micronesia
By News Release @ 3:28 PM :: 6324 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation, Labor
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...to Secure REAL ID Act-Compliant Identification for FAS Citizens....
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Wednesday, September 4, 2019 |
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Build a Wall? Mokapu Wall Money Moves to Border
By Ed Case @ 6:41 PM :: 5556 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation, Military
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...Action specifically affects $32 million in already-appropriated priority projects for Hawai’i....
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Thursday, August 1, 2019 |
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Lyon Corruption: Master Halbert gets 18 Months
By News Release @ 2:43 AM :: 231686 Views :: DHHL, National News, Ethics
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...for his participation in a money laundering scheme involving bribes made to corruptly secure engineering and project management contracts from the government of FSM....
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Thursday, August 1, 2019 |
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9th Circuit Rejects Race-Based Voting on Guam
By Selected News Articles @ 12:48 AM :: 4523 Views :: National News, OHA
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...case echoes Rice v Cayetano....
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Wednesday, July 31, 2019 |
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Hawaii Attorney General Urges Ban on Firefighting Foam
By News Release @ 11:38 PM :: 6071 Views :: Environment, National News, Law Enforcement
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"...contamination is most often associated with military bases, firefighting training centers, civilian airports, and industrial facilities...."
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Saturday, July 27, 2019 |
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Pacific Islands Caucus Formed to Counter Chinese Influence
By Ed Case @ 7:00 PM :: 6036 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation, Military
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...The bipartisan group will focus on issues critical to the Indo-Pacific region Alliances and relationships, defense, trade and environmental challenges top the agenda....
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Friday, July 26, 2019 |
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GAO: Micronesia Trust Funds Unlikely to Replace US Aid
By News Release @ 5:49 PM :: 3569 Views :: National News
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... To date, the U.S. Interior Department has not implemented the 6 recommendations we previously made to address the risks to the funds' ability to provide income after 2023 ....
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Monday, July 22, 2019 |
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U.S. Insular Areas Aid Supports More than 26,000 Jobs
By News Release @ 4:44 PM :: 4683 Views :: National News, Economy
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...the impact on government employment ranged from three to 17 percent in the territories and close to 45 percent in the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands....
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Thursday, July 4, 2019 |
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Lyon Corruption: While Son in Law Rots in Federal Detention, President Christian Returns to FSM Senate
By News Release @ 7:26 PM :: 5433 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...Former President of the FSM, Peter M. Christian, is the official declared winner for Pohnpei State’s at-large seat, having received 6,060 votes or 46.46% of all votes cast....
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Friday, June 28, 2019 |
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Owner of Engineering Firm Sentenced To Five Years For Tax Scheme
By News Release @ 3:40 AM :: 5929 Views :: National News, Ethics, Law Enforcement
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...Wagdy A. Guirguis was sentenced today to five years in prison for conspiracy to defraud the United States....
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Friday, June 28, 2019 |
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What The US Supreme Court's Property Rights Decision Means For Hawaii's Property Owners
By Robert Thomas @ 3:10 AM :: 10506 Views :: National News, Development, Judiciary, Land Use, Small Business, Tourism
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...Hawaii’s property owners now have many more options for fighting back against oppressive government regulation of property than they did last week....
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Thursday, June 20, 2019 |
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First Congressional Hearing on Citizenship Choice for Individual American Samoans
By News Release @ 6:12 PM :: 5138 Views :: National News, Military
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...The new hearing has been confirmed for the 3rd week of July....
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Thursday, May 30, 2019 |
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Bipartisan Effort Urging DHS Action on REAL ID for COFA Migrants
By News Release @ 5:22 PM :: 6295 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation, Law Enforcement
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...“When my legislation became law, it should have solved this issue and allowed FAS citizens to obtain REAL ID compliant identification. However, recent guidance put into place by the Department of Homeland Security has imposed additional burdens on these citizens." -- Rep. Don Young (R-AK)
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Monday, May 27, 2019 |
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Lyon Bribery: A Sewer Project in Chuuk
By Selected News Articles @ 9:33 PM :: 7716 Views :: National News, World News
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...A 2014 FSM government claim against Lyon Associates Inc. for over $4.6 million for ”errors and omissions” in the designs for a road and sewer project in Chuuk State raises additional questions about the company’s involvement in the FSM....
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Tuesday, May 21, 2019 |
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Joint Statement from the President of the United States and the Presidents of the Freely Associated States
By News Release @ 8:27 PM :: 5119 Views :: National News, Military
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...Today, many citizens of the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia serve in the United States military....
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Tuesday, May 21, 2019 |
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Lyon Corruption: Will Peter Christian Run or Turn Himself In?
By Andrew Walden @ 5:59 AM :: 21489 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...Four years ago, Panuelo’s predecessor as FSM President, Peter Christian, didn’t go to the White House. Instead he began his administration by meeting in Pohnpei at his Cliff Rainbow Hotel with corrupt Hawaii businessman Jim Lyon....
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Thursday, May 16, 2019 |
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Micronesian Presidents to meet Trump at White House
By News Release @ 7:35 PM :: 5257 Views :: National News, Military
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...This will be the first time all three Freely Associated States (FAS) leaders are hosted together at the White House by a United States president....
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Monday, May 13, 2019 |
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"Equality" Act Hits Rewind on the Rights of Women
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 6:42 PM :: 8427 Views :: Education K-12, National News, Family, Higher Education, Military
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... This week Congress will vote on H.R. 5, the Equality Act, sweeping legislation that would add “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to the definition of sex throughout federal law ....
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Friday, March 15, 2019 |
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American Samoa Governor Undergoes Heart Surgery in Seattle
By Selected News Articles @ 7:43 PM :: 4775 Views :: National News, Politicians
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...Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga underwent surgery last Wednesday (March 6)....
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Thursday, March 14, 2019 |
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Forgotten Voices: The Inadequate Review and Improper Alteration of Our National Monuments
By News Release @ 4:10 PM :: 7329 Views :: Environment, National News, Small Business, Obama
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...The American Samoan Government and its people were barely consulted before these monuments were established or expanded. As a result, our local fishermen were barred from accessing the waters that Samoans have been visiting for over a millennium....
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Friday, March 8, 2019 |
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FSM Election 2019 Certified Results
By News Release @ 6:31 PM :: 8370 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...On March 5th, 2019 the citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) voted for their elected representatives in the Congress of the FSM....
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Sunday, February 24, 2019 |
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Double Trouble: Lyon Also Offered Cash to Son of FSM President
By Andrew Walden @ 10:11 PM :: 19905 Views :: DHHL, National News, Ethics, Law Enforcement
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...Christopher Ivan Christian, was offered a “retainer” --$5K per month by Lyon—with a plan to increase to $10K....
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Tuesday, February 19, 2019 |
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Trump Sued by Hawaii Over Emergency Declaration
By Selected News Articles @ 12:59 PM :: 5292 Views :: National News, Law Enforcement
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...“As I predicted, 16 states, led mostly by Open Border Democrats and the Radical Left, have filed a lawsuit in, of course, the 9th Circuit,” Trump said....
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Tuesday, February 19, 2019 |
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Halbert-Lyon Indictments: Timeline of Corruption in FSM
By Andrew Walden @ 3:45 AM :: 11242 Views :: DHHL, National News, World News
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...a 2010-2016 timeline of the alleged corrupt dealings between Lyon Associates and individuals within the FSM Government....
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Wednesday, February 6, 2019 |
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SOTU: "America will never be a socialist country"
By News Release @ 4:02 AM :: 3750 Views :: National News
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...President Trump’s State of the Union address as prepared for delivery and released by the White House....
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Friday, February 1, 2019 |
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Birth Tourism Bust: Hawaii Easier to Clear Customs
By Selected News Articles @ 1:01 PM :: 5432 Views :: National News, Law Enforcement
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"...The clients were also told to enter the country by flying into Hawaii instead of Los Angeles where clearing U.S. Customs was perceived to be more difficult...."
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Tuesday, January 29, 2019 |
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House Republicans Call on DHS to Reverse Philippine H-2 Visa Ban
By News Release @ 10:52 PM :: 5535 Views :: National News, Republican Party
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..."As we speak, a special meeting is taking place at the White House asking for Hawaii to be exempted from this ban," said Rep. Gene Ward....
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Wednesday, January 9, 2019 |
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Fact-Checking 5 of Trump’s Claims in Border Speech
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:20 PM :: 5587 Views :: National News, Law Enforcement
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...Trump made the case Tuesday night for the $5.7 billion he wants Congress to approve for a wall expanding the physical barrier along the southern border to stop the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs. The Daily Signal examines five of the president’s claims....
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Saturday, December 29, 2018 |
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Nancy Pelosi Vacations at Fairmont Orchid During Government Shutdown
By Selected News Articles @ 3:20 PM :: 7006 Views :: National News, Tourism
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...Pelosi was spotted on Thursday vacationing at a four-diamond resort in Hawaii despite an ongoing battle in Washington, D.C., that led to a government shutdown....
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Monday, November 26, 2018 |
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Schatz deletes tweet suggesting ‘chemical weapons’ used at US-Mexico border
By Selected News Articles @ 5:44 AM :: 5623 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation
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...U.S. agents shot several rounds of the gas after migrants tried to penetrate several points along the border at the San Ysidro border crossing....
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Thursday, November 22, 2018 |
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Honolulu Tax Evader a Big Deal in Guam, Micronesia
By News Release @ 3:49 PM :: 8800 Views :: National News, Ethics, Law Enforcement, Taxes
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...Businessman convicted of tax fraud has Guam, Micronesia deals....
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Wednesday, November 21, 2018 |
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Hawaii AG Demands More Focus on Trannies
By News Release @ 11:29 PM :: 4005 Views :: National News
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...Attorney General Russell A. Suzuki joined a coalition of 20 state attorneys general urging the Trump Administration to abandon efforts to adopt a definition of “sex” that would exclude transgender and gender nonconforming individuals....
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Tuesday, November 20, 2018 |
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Grandstanding: Hirono Lawsuit Challenges Trump Appointment
By Selected News Articles @ 5:36 PM :: 5754 Views :: National News, Politicians
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...The Justice Department said in reaction Monday that the claims by the senators “ignore centuries of practice and precedent.”....
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