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The House of Representatives held a hearing for a bill to add the District of Columbia as the 51st state. Mayor Muriel Bowser testified, saying D.C. residents are “denied the fundamental right promised to all Americans” of representation in Congress. Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., dismissed the bill as part of the “radical leftist agenda to reshape America.” » Subscribe to …

More than 15,000 unaccompanied minors are in federal custody at the U.S.-Mexico border while the Biden administration is urging migrants not to cross into the U.S. Original source (ABC/Youtube)