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Denver officials say that the city expects to spend up to $20 million on housing and caring for migrants within a six-month period, with costs estimated to be up to $1,000 per migrant per week. In a briefing at a city council budget meeting on Monday, officials outlined the ongoing costs of the city-wide crisis that began in December when it saw a surge of migrants coming in via the southern border.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis dismissed former President Donald Trump’s claim she is “racist.” Trump criticized Willis on Wednesday in a Truth Social post, which came after he was arraigned in New York City and pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. “The Racist District Attorney in Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, one of the most dangerous and corrupt cities in the U.S.

A Democrat lawmaker in Tennessee who survived a vote to expel her from the state legislature on Thursday attributed her survival to the color of her skin. The motion to expel Rep. Gloria Johnson, who is White, fell just one vote short after the motion to expel her Democrat colleague Rep. Justin Jones, who is Black and Filipino, reached the necessary threshold to remove him. Another Democrat, Rep. Justin Pearson, who is also Black, was expelled in a third vote.

Kansas lawmakers approved a bill Thursday aimed at helping parents opt their children out of public school lessons with LGBTQ-themed materials, as a Democratic lawmaker whose vote was crucial to banning transgender female athletes from girls’ and women’s sports faced calls to resign.

Republican Gov. Jim Pillen named a former prosecutor Thursday as the newest member of the Nebraska Legislature, which has been largely hamstrung by progressive lawmakers who are filibustering every bill before the body this session. Carolyn Bosn, of Lincoln, will replace Lincoln Sen. Suzanne Geist, who announced a day earlier that she is stepping down, effective midnight Thursday, to focus on her race for mayor of Lincoln.

Environmental groups heavily financed by a Swiss foreign national spent big on data mining operations targeting millions of President Biden’s voters, efforts that could be replicated ahead of the 2024 presidential elections.

Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., issued a stark warning over U.S. “vulnerability” to China following his meeting with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday alongside a delegation of congressional Republicans and Democrats. Speaking with Fox News Digital following the meeting, Zinke praised the bipartisan message that “peace through strength,” a phrase cemented by the late former President Ronald Reagan, was the best way to uphold the U.S.

Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., said that two county attorneys from Tennessee and Kentucky have asked him how they can “go after” the Biden’s following Former President Trump’s indictment. Comer made the comments on Wednesday on Fox & Friends. “And I’ll tell you, one of the things that I don’t think it’s been picked up a lot that’s going to be a problem.

The House Judiciary Committee is “seriously weighing” issuing subpoenas for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, and two prosecutors who resigned last year from his team to testify before Congress following the unprecedented indictment of former President Trump, a source familiar told Fox News Digital. Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree in criminal court in Lower Manhattan Tuesday afternoon.

Family and friends will gather next week to remember Little Rock attorney Herbert C. Rule III, a former state legislator, one-time candidate for U.S. Congress and leader on the Little Rock School Board. Rule died Monday, family members said in posts on social media and to news outlets. He was 87. A cause of death was not provided.

Thousands of people in the Federal Bureau of Prisons system who have been serving time at home due to the risks posed by COVID-19 may be able to remain under home confinement even after the Biden administration declares the COVID emergency is over, according to the Justice Department.

Americans outside Trump Tower reacted to the indictment of former President Trump as he arrived in New York City ahead of his expected arraignment. “I think the government is messing up, and they think that this is going to help not get Trump elected again,” said Alan, from the Bronx. “I think it’s going to backfire.” But Bill supported the indictment. “Yes, he’s going to get a fair trial without any doubt,” he said.

Three Tennessee state lawmakers, all Democrats, were pulled from their committee assignments and could face expulsion from the legislature after they participated in storming the state Capitol during a protest against guns following last week’s school shooting. Tennessee House Republicans voted Monday to strip committee assignments from state Reps. Justin Jones, Justin J. Pearson and Gloria Johnson, according to WPLN.

Roy McGrath, a chief of staff of former two-term Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan turned fugitive who has been on the run from the FBI and federal officials for weeks, is now dead, his attorney said.  Attorney Joseph Murtha confirmed in a statement to Fox News that his client is dead after succumbing to gunshot injuries following a standoff with police late Monday night.  During the standoff, at least one FBI agent fired a weapon and McGrath was injured.

A Democratic senator said on Monday that China intended to invade the airspace over the U.S. when a balloon traversed over the country for days in February, and he plans to hold the Biden administration accountable. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., turned to social media on Monday after reading an article from NBC that said the Chinese spy balloon collected intelligence from multiple military sites in the U.S.

Former President Trump was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury Thursday after a years-long investigation led by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.  The former president of the United States and the leading Republican candidate for the White House in 2024 was charged Thursday, after weeks of speculation on whether Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg would seek to indict him related to hush money payments made before the 2016 presidential election.

As tech experts sound the alarm on advanced artificial intelligence, congressional lawmakers were split on the extent to which the federal government is capable of regulating AI platforms. “I think it’s important that the government regulate these platforms,” Democratic Rep. Maxwell Frost said. “That’s one of the major functions of the federal government, to help protect consumers and data and privacy of our citizens.