
The battle for American democracy has just begun
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Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson writes that as partisan state lawmakers try to undermine the will of voters by enacting voter suppression laws, American citizens should not be deterred from going to the polls and they should recognize their collective responsibility to push back on every lie and every shred of misinformation.
As the death threats made against Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs reminded us last week, efforts to bully election officials who are standing guard and protecting every citizen's vote continue to escalate in a reflection of the ongoing battle over the future of our democracy.
Hundreds of Border Patrol officers are mobilizing to bolster the president’s crackdown on immigration in snowy Minneapolis, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Sunday, as tensions between federal law enforcement and local counterparts flare after an ICE-involved shooting last week left a mother of three dead.

Nationwide outcry over the killing of a Minneapolis woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent spilled into the streets of cities across the US on Saturday, with protesters demanding the removal of federal immigration authorities from their communities and justice for the slain Renee Good.

Since early December the US Coast Guard and other military branches have boarded and taken control of five oil ships that had previously been sanctioned, all either accused of being in the process of transporting Venezuelan oil or on their way to take on oil that has been subject to US sanctions since President Donald Trump began a pressure campaign against the leadership of the country during his first term.










