'I have it on so they can let me in!' says Honduran illegal wearing Biden shirt.

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Black members of Congress are hoping that Joe Biden will use his State of the Union Speech to speak directly to the concerns of African Americans who are feeling lukewarm about this reelection bid. There’s not necessarily a secret formula that will win those voters over‚ some members say‚ but he at least needs to explain in clear terms what he’s accomplished for them. “I just want him to reaffirm a lot of what he has done already and how it impacts Black communities‚” Rep. Yvette Clarke‚...

The House on Thursday passed a bill that would require the detention of any migrant who committed burglary or theft‚ legislation that House Republicans named after a Georgia student who police say was killed by a man who illegally crossed the border. The measure — dubbed the Laken Riley Act — cleared the chamber in a 251-170 vote‚ with 37 Democrats joining all Republicans present in voting “yes.” It was the latest move by GOP lawmakers to put a spotlight on the situation at the...

New York Attorney General Letitia James was booed at a firefighters' ceremony on Thursday‚ drowned out by a crowd who shouted‚ "Trump! Trump! Trump!"  The booing erupted as James walked up to the podium to honor the swearing-in of the first African-American woman chaplain of the FDNY‚ the Rev. Pamela Holmes‚ as well as other first responders.  "Oh‚ c’mon‚ we’re in a house of God. Simmer down‚" James told the rowdy crowd. "Thank you for getting it out of your system."...

TikTok dropped a public hammer on Washington on Thursday‚ sending a direly worded alert to users urging them to call Congress and stop a bill designed to cut China’s ties to the app. It signaled how seriously the video-sharing giant is taking Congress’ latest effort to rein in a platform that has long been under fire from Washington with little regulation to show so far. The move recruited TikTok’s vast user base as a new kind of influence weapon — a maneuver that some tech companies have...

About four in ten Republican voters believe abortion should be legal in “all or most cases‚” according to a new poll. Among that group of voters‚ the KFF tracking poll found that 52% of them trust the GOP more on the issue of abortion. Just 8% said they trust the Democratic Party. Thirty-three percent said they didn’t trust either party on the issue. In June‚ the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case‚ ending constitutional protections...