State and cities nationwide are rebelling against the White House's push to withhold millions of dollars in police and anti-terrorism funding unless they impose new voting rules. Why it matters: President Trump's effort to impose election policies that he hasn't been able to get through Congress has now drawn two lawsuits from state and local governments that accuse the administration of threatening to defund the police unless Trump gets his way. - "They are trying to defund public safety and counterterrorism," Harris County (Texas) Attorney Abbie Kamin told Axios. - Harris County, which includes Houston, and the other jurisdictions stand to lose millions in public safety grants unless they impose the controversial voting rules Trump…
The USDA will reopen the livestock port in Douglas, Ariz, on Aug. 24. Ports in two New Mexico border cities, Santa Teresa and Columbus, will reopen after this, pending Mexico’s compliance with the Joint Action Plan adopted to address this outbreak.
In a crowded movie theater, the man next to you may have interviewed the stars on the screen. The post The Inner Depths We Hide From Strangers appeared first on The American Conservative .
Culture The Inner Depths We Hide From Strangers In a crowded movie theater, the man next to you may have interviewed the stars on the screen. As an inhabitant of one of the cities caught up in the nationwide heatwave earlier this month—Columbus, Ohio—I can confirm that the weather was stifling. The heatwave has dropped out of the news—that will happen when a Democratic Senate candidate has ended his cataclysmically ill-advised candidacy and the Iran War peace deal has evidently failed to hold—but the temperatures remain persistently unpleasant. But, having learned from my upbringing in the reliably hot and humid suburbs of New…Open
The city of Columbus faced criticism from conservatives after a now-deleted social media post stated that City Hall would raise the Somali flag in recognition […] Source
The flag of Somalia was raised at City Hall in Columbus, the state capital of Ohio, to mark Somali Independence Day, prompting widespread backlash.
The raising of the Somali flag at Columbus City Hall in Ohio has sparked criticism for prioritizing the independence of a foreign country over American independence, as well as concerns regarding demographic change and integration . PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The flag of Somalia was raised at City Hall in Columbus, the state capital of Ohio, to mark Somali Independence Day, prompting widespread backlash. DETAIL: On Wednesday, the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department posted a video of the Somalian flag flying over Columbus City Hall. “Happy Somali Independence Day! As we celebrate the unification of the Trust Territory of Somaliland and the State of Somaliland into the Somali Republic in 1960, City Hall will be raising the flag of…Open
