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NYTIMES (Emmanuel Akinwotu) - First U.S. Deportees to Arrive in Liberia Amid Growing Backlash

Critics in the small West African nation say their government has not said why it agreed to one of the largest U.S. deportation deals, who the deportees are, or how they will be handled.

THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - DATA: U.S. Unemployment Claims DROPPED Last Week.

The latest drop in unemployment claims suggests a stable labor market, despite the Iran war and a hiring slowdown, although inflation remains a concern for the Federal Reserve.

PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The number of Americans filing initial unemployment claims fell by 6,000 to a seasonally adjusted 206,000 for the week ending August 15, according to the Labor Department. This drop comes despite the Iran war and a recent decline in the employment numbers for July, suggesting the labor market remains resilient. DETAIL: Economists had anticipated 210,000 claims but were surprised by the lower-than-expected figure. While some expected an increase in claims due to wildfires in states like Oregon and Washington, the data shows no such impact. Jobless claims remain within the lower range of 189,000-230,000 seen this year, reflecting a low-layoff environment even as hiring slows. IMPACT: With unemployment claims…Open

AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - FBI agents seize Eric Swalwell's phone and electronics at San Francisco Airport in sexual misconduct probe

Federal agents armed with a search warrant met former congressman Eric Swalwell at the gate when he stepped off a plane in San Francisco, seizing his cell phone and electronic devices as part of a criminal investigation into sexual misconduct allegations. The confrontation happened Saturday at San Francisco Airport, where FBI agents were waiting for […] The post FBI agents seize Eric Swalwell's phone and electronics at San Francisco Airport in sexual misconduct probe appeared first on American Almanac .

Federal agents armed with a search warrant met former congressman Eric Swalwell at the gate when he stepped off a plane in San Francisco, seizing his cell phone and electronic devices as part of a criminal investigation into sexual misconduct allegations. The confrontation happened Saturday at San Francisco Airport, where FBI agents were waiting for Swalwell as he arrived on a flight from Washington, DC. They served him with a court-approved search warrant and took his phone along with other electronic devices. Swalwell, a former Democratic congressman from California, cooperated with agents, according to well-placed sources who spoke to the Daily Mail . The next day, FBI agents executed additional search warrants at Swalwell's residence…Open

AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Tudor Dixon warns Abdul El-Sayed's Michigan Senate bid could 'permanently change America'

Former GOP gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon says Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed's opposition to Sharia law bans, ties to a streamer who said America deserved 9/11, and progressive economic agenda make this Michigan race a fight over the country's future. Dixon, who ran for governor of Michigan in 2022, laid out her case against El-Sayed […] The post Tudor Dixon warns Abdul El-Sayed's Michigan Senate bid could 'permanently change America' appeared first on American Almanac .

Former GOP gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon says Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed's opposition to Sharia law bans, ties to a streamer who said America deserved 9/11, and progressive economic agenda make this Michigan race a fight over the country's future. Dixon, who ran for governor of Michigan in 2022, laid out her case against El-Sayed in an interview with Fox News Digital published from Muskegon, Michigan. She framed the November contest between El-Sayed and Republican nominee Mike Rogers not as a standard partisan fight but as something more fundamental, a referendum on whether a candidate who, in her words, "fundamentally disagrees with the Constitution" should hold a six-year Senate term. El-Sayed is running for the…Open

AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - Surrogate who refused to abort a baby with a heart defect says the newborn was taken from her the moment the cord was cut

A 28-year-old Alaska nurse who defied a California couple's demand to terminate a surrogate pregnancy is now fighting to see the infant she carried, and says she held him for just 60 seconds before he was removed from her arms. McKenna West gave birth on August 12 at a Texas hospital she had chosen specifically […] The post Surrogate who refused to abort a baby with a heart defect says the newborn was taken from her the moment the cord was cut appeared first on American Almanac .

A 28-year-old Alaska nurse who defied a California couple's demand to terminate a surrogate pregnancy is now fighting to see the infant she carried, and says she held him for just 60 seconds before he was removed from her arms. McKenna West gave birth on August 12 at a Texas hospital she had chosen specifically because she believed it could save the baby's life. The boy was diagnosed at 20 weeks with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a severe but treatable heart condition. When the biological parents, Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed of California, learned of the diagnosis, West says they ordered her to end the pregnancy. She refused, and the legal and personal fallout has only escalated since. The day before the birth, West secured a legal…Open

AMERICANALMANAC (Charles McAdams) - Illegal immigrant released under Biden charged with stabbing Virginia mother, dousing her body in gasoline

A 19-year-old Salvadoran illegal immigrant who entered the U.S. through Biden-era catch-and-release is now charged with the premeditated stabbing death of a Virginia mother, a case the White House calls "100% preventable." Fairfax County Police arrested Alexis Antonio Cedillos-Campos on Wednesday for the killing of Carmen Lizet Puch, a 42-year-old mother from Reston, Virginia, whose […] The post Illegal immigrant released under Biden charged with stabbing Virginia mother, dousing her body in gasoline appeared first on American Almanac .

A 19-year-old Salvadoran illegal immigrant who entered the U.S. through Biden-era catch-and-release is now charged with the premeditated stabbing death of a Virginia mother, a case the White House calls "100% preventable." Fairfax County Police arrested Alexis Antonio Cedillos-Campos on Wednesday for the killing of Carmen Lizet Puch, a 42-year-old mother from Reston, Virginia, whose body was found beside her car in the parking lot of Difficult Run Park in Great Falls. A jogger had called police at approximately 6:45 a.m. Monday after spotting Puch unconscious just off a popular trail. Officers found her with stab wounds. She had been doused in gasoline. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Cedillos-Campos faces a second-degree murder…Open