The group of Venezuelan migrants flown from Texas to Martha's Vineyard, Mass., last week by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) filed a class-action suit against the governor and the state's transportation secretary on Tuesday. The suit provides a detailed account of how the migrants came to board the two planes allegedly under false pretenses, arguing the relocations violated their Fourth and 14th Amendment rights and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. "These immigrants, who are pursuing the proper channels for lawful immigration status in the United States, experienced cruelty akin to what they fled in their home country," the suit alleges. The suit, filed in a federal trial court in Massachusetts, asks a judge to declare DeSantis's relocations illegal under the Constitution as well as federal and state laws. DeSantis has said the flights were "clearly voluntary." Read more here. |
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Welcome to The Hill's Evening Report, catching you up on news from the afternoon and looking at the big stories likely to impact tomorrow. |
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🐘 McConnell: 'Well-to-do blue enclaves' now facing border reality |
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) says he thinks Republican governors' efforts to transport migrants from the southern border to northern Democratic-led cities is showing "well-to-do blue enclaves" the reality of the U.S.-Mexico border crisis. |
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✈️ Biden responds to DeSantis possibly sending migrants to Delaware |
President Biden responded to reports that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) was possibly sending migrants from Texas to Delaware by quipping that the governor ought to stop by himself. |
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📄 Trump seeks to block DOJ's latest effort on classified docs |
Former President Trump's legal team is again seeking to block the Justice Department from bypassing a special master review of the classified records it seized from his Florida home. |
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🌐 Biden to rail against Russia's 'naked aggression' in UN speech
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President Biden will call on world leaders to stand up against Russia's invasion of Ukraine when he addresses the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday. |
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🍎 Dozens charged with defrauding child nutrition program
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The Department of Justice has charged 47 people for defrauding a federal meal program for children from low-income families of $250 million during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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| You're Invited: The Cost of Mental Health Inequities, Wednesday, Sept. 21 at 8 a.m. ET Concurrent crises have brought new waves of mental health challenges in America – with about half of women and a third of men reporting declining mental health since the onset of the pandemic, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. What are the costs of mental health inequities today, and how might these costs grow if they go unaddressed? Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.), NAMI's Hannah Wesolowski, Black Mental Health Alliance's Andrea Brown and Satcher Health Leadership Institute's Daniel Dawes join The Hill to explore the economics of mental health disparities. RSVP today to attend in-person or get livestream link |
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⚖️ Graham: Abortion 'not a states' rights issue'
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is arguing abortion is "not a states' rights issue" as he continues to promote his legislation that would ban abortions nationwide after 15 weeks.
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📊 Voters split on which party they trust more on hot-button issues: poll |
A new Politico-Morning Consult survey shows Americans are closely split on which political party they trust more on hot-button topics such as gun control, energy and inflation ahead of November's midterm elections.
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🍑 Warnock leading Walker by 5 points in new poll
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🎓 White House releases state-by-state debt forgiveness estimates
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The White House has released a state-by-state breakdown of borrowers impacted by President Biden's student debt forgiveness plan, which could eliminate student debt entirely for 20 million borrowers.
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🚀 Space Force reveals new song saluting 'guardians beyond the blue'
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The U.S. Space Force, the newest branch of the nation's military, now has an official song hailing the "guardians beyond the blue." |
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📚 James Comey announces debut novel |
Former FBI Director James Comey will publish his debut novel in the spring as the first in a series he will write.
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"Despite the serious blows he has suffered, Putin remains one of the most consequential oligarchs of the post-World War II era," David Lingelbach, professor at the University of Baltimore, and Valentina Rodríguez Guerra, an author and oligarch researcher, write. |
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