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President Trump nominated Lance Schroyer, a former Oklahoma state trooper, to direct Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The agency hasn't had a Senate-confirmed director since the Obama administration.
The U.S. military is conducting strikes on Iranian targets in the area of the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for an attack Saturday morning on a commercial tanker, the U.S. military central command said. Why it matters: This is the second wave of U.S. strikes in Iran over the last 24 hours, amid increasing tensions in the strait —which could put the shaky U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding at risk. Driving the news: On Saturday morning the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps launched an attack drone at the M/T Kiku tanker, which was passing in the Strait of Hormuz with more than two million barrels of crude oil, CENTCOM said. - The incident happened several hours after the U.S. conducted strikes on Iranian targets in retaliation for…
President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he’s nominating Lance Schroyer, a longtime law enforcement officer from Oklahoma, to be his nominee for ICE director.
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His great achievement was to restore the Labour Party to government. His lack of conviction made him ineffective once he got there.
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The president said he was nominating Lance Schroyer, who currently serves as an adviser to Markwayne Mullin, the D.H.S. secretary, to lead the high-profile agency.
Supporters of incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan say a challenger with the same name is not running in “good faith,” but a judge says that is not an issue.
President Donald Trump says he is nominating Lance Schroyer as the next director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky said the authorities were investigating reports of fatalities as emergency crews rescued people from flooded homes and vehicles.
The Texas State Board of Education has voted to make Bible passages required reading for Texas public school children.
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Firefighters working on the nation's largest current wildfire, burning in southern Utah, are being challenged by historic weather conditions. Extreme wildfire behavior is expected to continue through the weekend.
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