Tag: Joel Gehrke

Forty-five thousand Cuban immigrants came to the United States last fiscal year. (AP Photo/ Javier Galeano)

State Dept. brushes aside Latin American complaints about Cuba policy

Joel Gehrke · August 30, 2016 8:05 pm

The State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls issued "guidance" informing gunsmiths that they qualify as gun manufacturers under the International Traffic in Arms regulations. (iStock Photo)

GOP warns: State Dept. imposing ‘crippling’ rules on gunsmiths

Joel Gehrke · August 30, 2016 2:58 pm

The Department of Homeland Security, led by Secretary Jeh Johnson, released a Honduran national who was in the country illegally due to a "clerical error," just days before he stole a car from two elderly women and led police on a high-sped chase earlier this month. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Feds: ‘Clerical error’ let illegal immigrant carjack two women

Joel Gehrke · August 29, 2016 9:33 pm

HHS is projected to have $20.996 billion in "unobligated balances" that could be redirected to the Zika fight, Chuck Grassley and James Lankford reminded Sylvia Burwell in a letter. (AP Photo)

Senators: Feds should redirect foreign aid to fight Zika

Joel Gehrke · August 29, 2016 8:19 pm

The State Department announced that the Obama administration will exceed the target goal of 10,000 Syrian refugees resettled in the United States this fiscal year. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

National Security

State Dept. says it will exceed 10,000 Syrian refugees

Joel Gehrke · August 29, 2016 7:06 pm

Joe Biden admitted that the Obama administration isn't "showing enough respect" to middle-class people. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Biden: Admin ‘not showing enough respect’ to middle class

Joel Gehrke · August 26, 2016 10:29 pm

"He is, as usual, pretty ineffective," Rubio said of Murphy during a local radio interview. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Rubio: Senate Dem challenger has no pull with Obama

Joel Gehrke · August 26, 2016 6:16 pm

State Department officials withheld details about payments to Iran to respect foreign governments' privacy. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)

State Dept. will ‘respect the privacy’ of foreign governments on Iran payment

Joel Gehrke · August 24, 2016 8:53 pm

Treasury said it was freezing all assets of two sons of Joseph Kony, Salim and Ali Kony, that are within U.S. jurisdiction. (AP Photo/Stuart Price, File, Pool)

Treasury sanctions Kony sons for targeting civilians

Joel Gehrke · August 23, 2016 8:32 pm

"It just remains to come to an agreement with Erdogan that we get the NATO base Incirlik as our primary air base," Igor Morozov, a Russian senator, told a media outlet in his country last week. (AP Photo)

National Security

As Turkey considers letting Russia use air base, U.S. heaps on praise

Joel Gehrke · August 23, 2016 8:05 pm

The shooting of Kate Steinle in San Francisco, Calif., for instance, has prompted immigration hawks to introduce federal legislation cracking down on sanctuary cities. (Michael Macor/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, Pool, File)

Senators: Court ruling frees criminals in sanctuary cities

Joel Gehrke · August 22, 2016 10:10 pm

"Federal guidance documents should simply make regulations more clear, not create more uncertainty and regulatory control," James Lankford said. (AP Photo)

GOP cheers blocked transgender bathroom mandate

Joel Gehrke · August 22, 2016 6:06 pm