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☆ Uncle Sam wants migrants. Facing shortages, military recruiters trade citizenship for service.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The biggest challenges have been identifying geographic pockets of immigrant populations, finding ways to reach them and helping any of those interested navigate the complex military recruiting applications and procedures. The Air Force effort began this year, and the first group of 14 graduated from basic training and were sworn in as new citizens in April. As of mid-May there were about 100 in basic training who had begun the citizenship process and about 40 who had completed it. Thomas said the program required changes to Air Force policy, coordination with U.S. By the time Air Force recruits finish their seven weeks of training, the process is complete and they are sworn in as American citizens.

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☆ Gasoline Prices, a Source of Pain Last Year, Have Come Way Down
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-26 | by ( Clifford Krauss | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Oil traders had expected Russian exports to fall because of the sanctions imposed on the country by the United States and its allies in response to the invasion. The war is still grinding on, but Russia has found a way to keep selling its oil, though at heavily discounted prices, primarily to China and India. It also helped that the United States and other industrialized countries released oil from their strategic reserves when prices were surging. In the United States, use of motor fuels has not changed much from last year and has yet to recover to prepandemic levels. Gasoline demand climbed over the last month, and AAA predicts a 7 percent increase in holiday weekend travel from last year.

☆ Jerry Springer, raucous talk show host, dead at 79
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Brendan O'Brien | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Television personality Jerry Springer at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 25, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File PhotoLONDON, April 27 (Reuters) - Television personality Jerry Springer, known for a long-running talk show that featured raucous audiences, controversial topics and fist-fighting guests and who briefly served as Cincinnati mayor, died at age 79 on Thursday, his family said. Springer was born in London on Feb. 13, 1944, and immigrated to New York City when he was 4 years old. In 1991, Springer landed his own television program, a syndicated talk show broadcast across the United States until 2018. The daytime program, known as "The Jerry Springer Show," was initially a politically oriented show but later featured everyday people discussing sensationalistic topics, often related to unconventional sexuality.

☆ Kyiv denies Wagner Bakhmut claim, Russia says forces advancing
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Tom Balmforth | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The claim by Russian entrepreneur Yevgeny Prigozhin that his Wagner mercenary group had seized more than 80% of Bakhmut was untrue, it said. And Russian forces, it said, had struck Ukrainian army reserves trying to break through. Serhiy Cherevatyi, spokesperson for Ukraine's eastern military command, dismissed Prigozhin's latest 80% claim in a comment to Reuters. Analyst Konrad Muzyka, director of the Rochan military consultancy in Poland, said his calculations bore out the Russian claim of 80%. Russian forces, it said, had tried unsuccessfully to move on two villages to the northwest.

☆ Some US volunteers in Ukraine have become embroiled in infighting that has undermined the war effort, with one individual having lied about being a Marine: NYT
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-25 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The squabbles have not only threatened the war effort, but have exposed deeply consequential lies. Some volunteers have left the war effort in Ukraine after questions arose about their backgrounds. Foreign Legion volunteers in Ukraine. And while Ukrainian officials estimated that there were possibly 20,000 Legion volunteers, that number was officially much smaller. Lackey told Legion members that he was a Marine and said that he had been an assistant manager at LongHorn Steakhouse.

☆ Chinese engineer sentenced to 8 years in U.S. prison for spying
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Chantal Da Silva Is A Breaking News Editor For Nbc News Digital Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

A former Chicago graduate student in electrical engineering was sentenced Wednesday to eight years in prison for spying for the Chinese government. Ji Chaoqun, 31, a Chinese national, was convicted last year of acting as an agent of China's Ministry of State Security and making a material false statement to the U.S. Army. Chinese engineer Ji Chaoqun. During the meetings, he said he could use his military identification to visit and take photos of "Roosevelt-class" aircraft carriers, the Justice Department said. The Chinese foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

☆ Biden pardons 6 convicted of murder, drug, alcohol crimes
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

The pardons, announced Friday, mean the criminal record of the crimes is now purged. In the 1990s, he supported crime legislation that increased arrest and incarceration rates for drug crimes, particularly for Black and Latino people. Byrnes-Jackson pleaded guilty to possession and sale of spirits without tax stamps when he was 18, and it involved a single illegal whiskey transaction. Nock pleaded guilty to using his property as a grow-house for marijuana 27 years ago. De Coito pleaded guilty at age 23 to being involved in a marijuana trafficking conspiracy.

☆ Pentagon and Army sued over decades-old policy barring recruits with HIV
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Zachary Schermele | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

After a successful effort earlier this year to ease longstanding restrictions on service members living with HIV, LGBTQ rights advocates are now pushing for more change. They want to end the U.S. military’s decades-old policy of barring people with HIV from enlisting. Isaiah Wilkins, 23, tested positive for HIV while trying to join the Army Reserves. Lambda LegalThe lawsuit describes the ban on HIV-positive recruits as “incompatible” with modern medical advancements. Before the court ruling, U.S. military policy was to place restrictions on service members if they were diagnosed with HIV after they had successfully enlisted.

☆ Democratic incumbent Gov. Kathy Hochul faces off against Republican Lee Zeldin in New York's gubernatorial election
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Kathy Hochul is running against Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin in New York's gubernatorial race. If elected, Zeldin will dismantle New York's Democratic trifecta, where Democrats hold the governorship and majorities in both legislative chambers. Kathy Hochul faces off against Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin in New York's gubernatorial election. New York's gubernatorial candidatesHochul, former lieutenant governor of New York, became governor following the resignation of Gov. Prior to being elected to the US House, Zeldin served four years in the New York State Senate.

☆ Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth faces off against Republican Kathy Salvi in Illinois' US Senate election
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth is running against Republican Kathy Salvi to represent Illinois in the US Senate. Duckworth holds a giant fundraising lead over Salvi and is highly favored to win the election. IL-17IL-06IL-13 HouseDemocratic incumbent Sen. Tammy Duckworth faces off against Republican Kathy Salvi in Illinois to represent the state in the US Senate. Illinois' Senate race candidatesDuckworth, an Iraq War veteran born in Bangkok, currently chairs the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Airland. Duckworth served four years as a helicopter pilot in the US Army Reserve before joining the Illinois National Guard in 1996.

Republican Esther Joy King is running against Democrat Eric Sorensen in Illinois' 17th Congressional District. Senate Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options. (5 Districts) Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options. IL-17IL-06IL-13IL-11IL-14 House Governor Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options. King has raised more — $4.3 million — and spent $2.9 million with about $1.4 million still remaining, as of September 30.

☆ Democrat Eric Sorensen faces off against Republican Esther Joy King for an open seat in Illinois' 17th Congressional District election
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Eric Sorensen's campaign; Esther Joy King's campaign; InsiderRepublican Esther Joy King is running against Democrat Eric Sorensen in Illinois' 17th Congressional District. Bustos, who led the House Democrats' campaign arm during the disappointing 2020 cycle, only bested King by about 4 percentage points. Sorensen, whose campaign logo includes a wind turbine, has pushed for aggressive action addressing climate change. Voting history for Illinois' 17th Congressional DistrictThe seat is a prime example in how former President Donald Trump accelerated the erosion of traditionally Democratic strongholds. King has raised more — $4.3 million — and spent $2.9 million with about $1.4 million still remaining, as of September 30.

WASHINGTON — Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii announced Tuesday that she's leaving the Democratic Party because she said it's "now under the complete control of an elitist cabal of warmongers driven by cowardly wokeness." Gabbard said that the Democratic Party stands for a government of, by and for the "powerful elite" and called on her fellow "independent-minded Democrats" to leave the party as well. Though Gabbard ran for the Democratic nomination for president in the 2020 cycle, she has often questioned where the party has stood on various issues and has criticized Democratic leaders. She served in the House from 2013 to 2021 and as the vice chair of the Democratic National Committee from 2013 to 2016. Since her White House run, Gabbard has frequently appeared as a political commentator on Fox News, where she has mostly railed against Democrats.

☆ Half the workers of Russia's biggest airline may be forced to join the army by Vladimir Putin, report says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Vladimir Putin announced Russian military mobilization in a speech on Wednesday. The Russian leader may force at least half the staff of Russia's biggest airlines to join the army. Military service is compulsory in Russia for those aged between 18 and 27. The Russian president announced a partial military mobilization in a speech on Wednesday, in which he also threatened to use nuclear weapons. Military service is compulsory in Russia for those aged between 18 and 27.

Timothy Hale-Cusanelli appears during a virtual hearing in a New Jersey court January 19, 2021 on charges related to the January 6th storming of the U.S. Capitol in Washington. REUTERS/Jane RosenbergWASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - A New Jersey man, who was accused of being a Nazi sympathizer and in May was found guilty of charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, was sentenced to four years in prison on Thursday, the Justice Department said. Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, 32, of Colts Neck, New Jersey, was sentenced in the District of Columbia on felony and misdemeanor charges stemming from his actions during the Capitol attack, the Justice Department said in a statement. An informant told investigators that Hale-Cusanelli was "an avowed white supremacist and Nazi sympathizer" who had posted online videos espousing extreme political opinions, the Justice Department had alleged earlier in court filings. The Justice Department says it has arrested more than 870 people for crimes related to the breach of the Capitol, including over 265 who were charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement.

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