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The American right’s growing embrace of Orbán builds upon millions of dollars that his government has spent on lobbying in the US, and new connections between Hungarian and American conservative think tanks. “Make America great again, make Europe great again!” Orbán declared in English, before continuing in Hungarian: “Go Donald Trump! Conservatives from around the US, Europe and beyond traveled to Budapest for the two-day event, which was organized by a Hungarian government-funded think tank. Two American nonprofits that are actively planning policies for a second Trump term have shown an interest in Hungary and Orbán’s model. But some of the American conservatives who flew into the country for CPAC seemed more focused on the optics of Budapest than on democratic rights.

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Dec 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday left in place for now a pandemic-era policy allowing U.S. officials to rapidly expel migrants caught at the U.S.-Mexico border. The court said it would hear arguments on whether the states could intervene to defend Title 42 in its February session. Enrique Lucero, director of migration affairs in Tijuana, said it was "absurd" that Title 42 remained in place, noting the city had a large backlog of U.S. asylum seekers. It also failed to weigh the harm asylum seekers would face from Title 42, he said. When a federal appeals court on Dec. 16 declined to allow them to intervene and put Sullivan's order on hold, they took the matter to the Supreme Court.

The Title 42 order was first implemented in March 2020 under Republican former President Donald Trump at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Close to half of those arrested were rapidly expelled under the Title 42 policy. In that case, U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan in Washington, D.C., sided with the migrants on Nov. 15 and ruled Title 42 was unlawful. He said the government also failed to weigh the harm asylum seekers would face from the Title 42 order. When a federal appeals court on Dec. 16 declined to allow them to intervene and put Sullivan's order on hold, they took the matter to the Supreme Court.

☆ Arizona Gov. Ducey ordered stacked shipping containers with razor wire to be used as a makeshift border wall over federal objections
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-11 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Doug Ducey has ordered shipping containers be used as a border wall. Governor-elect Katie Hobbs said the barrier is "not effective" and called for cooperation with the federal government. Doug Ducey has ordered empty shipping containers to be stacked on top of one another and topped with razor wire as a makeshift border wall, in the face of federal objections. In August, Ducey ordered the Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs to use the containers to secure gaps along the state's southern border, particularly near Yuma, according to CNN. "I think what we need to do is look at how we can cooperate with the federal government on border security issues," Hobbs said.

☆ Arizona's Republican governor congratulated his Democratic successor despite her Trump-backed opponent refusing to concede
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

This despite Hobbs' GOP opponent Kari Lake refusing to concede the race. Doug Ducey congratulated Democrat Katie Hobbs on Wednesday, after she secured enough votes to succeed him, despite the refusal of her Trump-backed GOP rival, Kari Lake, to accept defeat. Trump famously refused to accept defeat in the state after the 2020 presidential election, and stirred baseless voter fraud allegations. Arizona state election authorities have said there were printing issues with voting machines in around 70 voting centers, but that this did not prevent any voters from casting their ballots. Support for his election fraud "Big Lie" was one of the key criteria Trump used to select the candidates he endorsed in the 2022 midterms.

☆ Fact Check-Imposter Twitter account mimicking Arizona’s Kari Lake posts fabricated election concession statement
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A Twitter account impersonating Kari Lake, Republican Arizona gubernatorial candidate, tweeted a fabricated statement on Nov. 11 in which she concedes defeat in the election to be governor. The verified account (@KariIakeAZ) tweeted a post on Nov. 11 that reads: “It is with heavy heart that I must concede to my opponent, @katiehobbs. We didn’t get the outcome we wanted but I promise we’ll be back even stronger in next year’s gubernatorial election” (here), archived (archive.ph/wip/7j6rT). On Nov. 11, Lake told Fox News that she had “100% confidence” that she would win the governorship race against her Democrat opponent, Katie Hobbs (here). An imposter profile mimicking Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake was created on Nov. 11 and tweeted a fabricated concession statement.

Here is a summary of significant cases filed ahead of the Nov. 8 election and where they stand. The case is now before the Nevada Supreme Court, which earlier this month blocked officials from livestreaming the count ahead of election day. And in North Carolina, Republicans lost a bid to shorten the deadline for election officials to receive mail ballots from Nov. 14 to Nov. 11. Another lawsuit in Illinois, challenging the counting of mail ballots up to two weeks after election day, is pending. In Texas, the Justice Department and civil-rights groups are challenging a wide-ranging 2021 state law that criminalizes many voter outreach efforts.

Here is a summary of significant cases filed ahead of the Nov. 8 election and where they stand. County election officials halted the hand count in response to a ruling by the Nevada Supreme Court late Thursday, the ACLU said. And in North Carolina, Republicans lost a bid to shorten the deadline for election officials to receive mail ballots from Nov. 14 to Nov. 11. Another lawsuit in Illinois, challenging the counting of mail ballots up to two weeks after election day, is pending. In Texas, the Justice Department and civil-rights groups are challenging a wide-ranging 2021 state law that criminalizes many voter outreach efforts.

☆ Video: Why top Arizona Republican says he won't vote for some of his party candidates
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

Republican Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers says he will not support candidates who aren't honest about the 2020 election even if they are in his own party. He joins CNN's Anderson Cooper to explain why.

☆ Secret Service took cellphones of 24 agents involved in agency's Jan. 6 riot response
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Julia-Ainsley-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Julia Ainsley | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Senior leadership at the Secret Service confiscated the cellphones of 24 agents involved in the agency’s response to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol and handed them over to the Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General, according to two sources with knowledge of the action. It is unclear what, if any, information the Office of Inspector General has been able to obtain from the cellphones. One source familiar with the Secret Service decision to comply with Cuffari’s request said some agents were upset their leaders were quick to confiscate the phones without their input. The Secret Service has said the texts were lost as part of a previously planned systems upgrade that essentially restored the phones to factory settings. A spokesperson for the Secret Service declined to comment about the confiscated phones.

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