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The Week
The House slams Obama over immigration, NASA launches next-generation spacecraft, and more
1. House GOP slams Obama over immigration in symbolic vote
House Republicans on Thursday passed a bill chastising President Obama for his executive order potentially shielding more than four million undocumented immigrants from deportation. The legislation, drafted by Florida Tea Party star Rep. Ted Yoho, was symbolic, as the Democrat-controlled Senate will ignore it. But House leaders reportedly hoped the 219 to 197 vote would soothe conservatives enough that they won’t block a spending bill over the issue next week, and force a government shutdown. [The Washington Post]
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2. Garner protests sweep the U.S.
Protests spread from New York across the nation on Thursday in a second day of public outrage over a grand jury’s decision not to indict a white police officer for the chokehold death of…
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