'Although Trump lost in 2020, his immigration policies have won out'
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'Democratic elected leadership has turned away from their pro-asylum tenets at lightning speed'
Felipe De La Hoz in The New Republic
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'Garvey might have been a beloved Dodger ... but he's no Schwarzenegger'
Los Angeles Times editorial board
Former Los Angeles Dodgers star Steve Garvey is trying to "make the GOP relevant in California again," says the Los Angeles Times editorial board. The 74-year-old Republican is running for the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein's seat in a race dominated by three Democrats — Reps. Barbara Lee, Katie Porter, and Adam Schiff. But "good luck" reviving a party winless in statewide elections since 2006 with "positions on guns, abortion and immigration that alienate most Golden State voters."
'Forgiving student debt is a change in policy'
Timothy P. Carney in the Washington Examiner
President Biden calls some opponents of his student loan forgiveness program "hypocrites because their businesses received emergency pandemic aid through the 2020 Paycheck Protection Program," says Timothy P. Carney in the Washington Examiner. But these "are not remotely similar programs." The law authorizing student loans "was passed with the expectation they would be paid back," so Biden is proposing a fundamental change. "The PPP loans were designed to be forgiven" if used to keep people working.
'The heinous crime of feeding the needy'
C.J. Ciaramella in Reason
Houston is a test case in "an ongoing tug-of-war that pits public order against the First Amendment right to perform charity as a form of expression," says C.J. Ciaramella in Reason. Police keep ticketing Food Not Bombs activists for "distributing free food” outside a public library, instead of in a police parking lot designated for homeless services. The city says it's "a health and safety issue." Nonsense. "The government has no right to bully good Samaritans."
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Le Pen back in the dock: the trial that’s shaking FranceIn the Spotlight Appealing her four-year conviction for embezzlement, the Rassemblement National leader faces an uncertain political future, whatever the result
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The doctors’ strikesThe Explainer Resident doctors working for NHS England are currently voting on whether to go out on strike again this year
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5 chilling cartoons about increasing ICE aggressionCartoons Artists take on respect for the law, the Fourth Amendment, and more
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‘It’s good for the animals, their humans — and the veterinarians themselves’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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Trump sues JPMorgan for $5B over ‘debanking’Speed Read Trump accused the company of closing his accounts for political reasons
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Minnesota roiled by arrests of child, church protestersSpeed Read A 5-year-old was among those arrested
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‘We know how to make our educational system world-class again’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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Migrant death in ICE custody ruled homicideSpeed Read Geraldo Lunas Campos, 55, died of asphyxia, the coroner said
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ICE memo OKs forcible entry without warrantSpeed Read The secret memo was signed last May
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Washington grapples with ICE’s growing footprint — and futureTALKING POINTS The deadly provocations of federal officers in Minnesota have put ICE back in the national spotlight
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‘One day fentanyl will come back — and there will be little anyone can do’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
