• GOP effort to make Mayorkas face of border runs into Senate dead-end

    The dismissal of impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas caps a nearly two-year campaign to boot the official from his job — ending the legislative play to make him the face of the border while raising questions about what comes next for a GOP determined to put migration front and center. For Senate

  • Border Patrol sector apprehends more than 50 sex offenders with child abuse convictions

    The United States Border Patrol’s Del Rio Sector has apprehended 54 convicted sexual predators since October 2023, Chief Patrol Agent Robert Danley stated in a post on X Wednesday.More than 50 of those apprehended were convicted of sexual crimes against children, the post revealed.“Since October 1, 2023, Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents have apprehended 54 convicted sex offenders after illegally crossing the border and attempting to evade law enforcement. Our agents remain steadfast in...

  • GOP senators: Senate Democrats plan to dismiss Mayorkas impeachment charges

    (The Center Square) – Republican U.S. senators are sounding the alarm over a purported plan by Senate Democrats to dismiss House impeachment charges against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The House was expected to deliver impeachment charges this week after voting to impeach Mayorkas in February. They rescheduled for next week after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, changed scheduling on the Senate calendar. Schumer has called...

  • Massachusetts sex offender sent to prison for attempting to pay for sex with a child

    A Massachusetts registered sex offender was sentenced to prison for attempting to pay for sex with a minor and for possession of child pornography.

  • The GOP’s Problem with Child Care

    To their credit, many Republican leaders, particularly at the state level, recognize the magnitude of the child care crisis and have been working to address it through various funding fixes (e.g. grants, tax credits) in their respective states. But the reality is that, at the national level, their party remains the principal roadblock to any meaningful, long-term More

  • Inside the Beltway: GOP encounters the encounters in border crisis

    The Republican National Committee continues to track the ongoing arrival of unauthorized visitors to the U.S. The committee tells Inside the Beltway that 189,372 illegal immigrants were encountered attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border in March alone, marking the 37th straight month of President Biden’s tenure in office that such encounters have exceeded 150,000.

  • House GOP grills Mayorkas on the ongoing border crisis

    Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla., on Republicans accusing DHS Secretary Mayorkas of

  • GOP senators demand full trial in Mayorkas impeachment

    Senators will be sworn in now that House GOP managers delivered the

  • GOP senator calls for US retaliatory strikes on Iran

    Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) called for retaliatory strikes against Iran after Tehran launched drone and cruise missile attacks against Israel on Saturday. “Iran has begun launching drone strikes on Israel,” Blackburn said Saturday on social media platform X. “@POTUS — we must move quickly and launch aggressive retaliatory strikes on Iran.” Blackburn's post gives

  • DeSantis signs measures that will target child predators

    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently signed legislation meant to protect minors by targeting child predators.One of the measures will establish a program to provide law enforcement with grants to conduct online sting operations."There is created within the department the Online Sting Operations Grant Program to award grants to local law enforcement agencies to support their creation of sting operations to target individuals online preying upon children or attempting to do so," the measure reads....

  • Allegations of child sex crimes against Neosho school counselor

    NEOSHO, Mo. — A Neosho school counselor, placed on leave on March 22, is now charged with a child sex crime. Today, Newton County Prosecutor William Lynch filed a charge of statutory rape against Jacob Oakes, 40. Oakes is listed on the district's website as an elementary school counselor. His wife also works for the []

  • Sixth district GOP candidates talk about border concerns

    The seven Republicans seeking the Republican nomination for Indiana’s Sixth Congressional District all feel it is important to secure our nation’s border, but have different perspectives on how to best accomplish that. Continue reading at The Republic News.