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  A Virginia mother on Thursday told members of Congress that Biden administration policies enabled a teenage Salvadoran and MS-13 gang member to illegally enter the country and brutally rape and strangle to death her autistic daughter. In her statement before the House Homeland Security Committee, Tammy Nobles said that on July 27, 2022, three days after her daughter, Kayla Hamilton, turned 20, she “received the worst news that a parent doesn’t want to hear.” Her daughter, who was autistic, was found “murdered in her own room and left on the floor like trash.” She had been strangled to death and brutally raped by an MS-13 gang member and Salvadoran who illegally entered the country but was released by Border Patrol agents because he was an unaccompanied minor (UAC). He was transported by the federal government to Aberdeen, Maryland, where he claimed his aunt lived. In actuality, he rented a room in a trailer park from another illegal foreign national, authorities found. ...

  Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., announced Thursday he would not run for reelection for his Senate seat but will instead travel the country to see if there is an appetite for a movement made up of the political middle to "take back America." “After months of deliberation and long conversation with my family, I believe in my heart of hearts that I have accomplished what I set out to do for West Virginia,” Manchin said in a video announcement on X, formerly known as Twitter. “I have made one of the toughest decisions of my life and decided that I will not be running for election to United States Senate." “But what I will be doing is traveling the country and speaking out to see if there is an interest in creating a movement to mobilize the middle and bring Americans together,” he added. Manchin, who is known as one of the most moderate Democrats in the Senate, sparked rumors with his announcement that he was feeling out a possible presidential run. “The growing divi...

“This is a shortage that’s coming from multiple angles...we’re lacking new construction, we’re lacking the ability to develop lots.“ -Mary Duff, Wisconsin Realtors Association The latest proposal at the Wisconsin Capitol to find more affordable housing in the state focuses on cutting red tape for builders and young people. A handful of Republicans on Thursday introduced their housing reform plan. Among the proposals is a focus on cutting red tape, giving developers and builders tax credits to build new homes, and pushing local communities to allow more homes to be built. The number two Republican in the Assembly, Rep. Jim Steineke , R-Kaukauna, said the lack of affordable homes is driving up the price of homes, particularly first homes. “We need to look into regulations,” Rep. Rob Summerfield, R-Bloomer, said at a statehouse news conference. “Local communities also need to look to see what they can do to help.” Steineke is a realtor himself. “Wisconsin’s media age for first ...