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Patrial shutdown seems increasingly likely as Democrats demand ICE changes

WASHINGTON (AP) — With a partial government shutdown looming, Senate Democrats laid out a list of demands Wednesday for the Department of Homeland Security, including an enforceable code of conduct for federal agents conducting immigration arrests and a requirement that officers show identification as the country reels from the deaths of two protesters at the hands of federal agents in Minneapolis.

It remained unclear if President Donald Trump and Republicans would be willing to meet those demands, even as funding for DHS and a swath of other government agencies was at risk of... Read More

Democrats visit 5-year-old detained in Minneapolis, in case that has stirred anger over ICE actions

DILLEY, Texas (AP) — Democratic Reps. Joaquin Castro and Jasmine Crockett on Wednesday visited a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father at a Texas federal detention center, in a case that has stirred anger over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown and given fuel to Democrats and others who are pushing back against ICE's actions.

Castro said the lawmakers met with Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, for about 30 minutes in a courtroom inside the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, near San Antonio. Outside the facility,... Read More

Two companies made dried milk powder linked to botulism in ByHeart baby formula

Two companies processed and supplied dried milk powder that could be a culprit in the outbreak of botulism tied to ByHeart infant formula that has sickened dozens of babies, The Associated Press has learned.

Organic whole milk powder that tested positive for the type of bacteria that causes botulism was made from milk provided by Organic West Milk Inc., a California company, and processed at a Dairy Farmers of America plant in Fallon, Nevada, company officials said.

The source of the contamination, however, is not yet known. Both companies and the U.S. Food and Drug... Read More

Worries deepen in US South after days of grappling with snow, ice and widespread outages

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Conditions were growing more dire in parts of the South still reeling from subfreezing temperatures and widespread power outages as vehicles got stranded for hours on major highways and officials warned Wednesday that people stuck at home were running out of food, medicine and other essentials.

Mississippi dispatched 135 snowplows and National Guard troops equipped with wreckers to sections of Interstates 55 and 22 gridlocked by vehicles abandoned in the state's ice-stricken northern region. Tens of thousands of homes and businesses remained without power... Read More

Mayors warn that Trump's hardline immigration tactics could dent trust in law enforcement

WASHINGTON (AP) — Elizabeth Kautz says she now carries her passport around the Minneapolis suburb where she's been the mayor since 1995.

“Those ICE agents don't know that I'm the mayor of the city of Burnsville,” Kautz, a Republican who has occasionally diverted from the Trump administration's views, said Wednesday as the United States Conference of Mayors opened its meeting in Washington. “I could be coming out of a store and be harassed so I need to make sure that I have credentials on me.”

Her comments reflected a sense of frustration and exasperation... Read More

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Patrial shutdown seems increasingly likely as Democrats demand ICE changes

Democrats visit 5-year-old detained in Minneapolis, in case that has stirred anger over ICE actions

Two companies made dried milk powder linked to botulism in ByHeart baby formula

Worries deepen in US South after days of grappling with snow, ice and widespread outages

Mayors warn that Trump's hardline immigration tactics could dent trust in law enforcement

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