Flash Briefs 2021

According to a new list from a top immigration reform organization New York City has surpassed Los Angeles to become “America’s worst sanctuary city.”  

A recent opinion piece in Newsweek by Dominique Rivera, the widow of slain police officer Jason Rivera, shared that New York’s police officers are leaving the force in record numbers.

The Starbucks Corporation is advocating for vote-by-mail to be suspended in union elections, but the company is a leading advocate of vote-by-mail in ordinary political elections, including the upcoming 2022 midterms. 

On Tuesday, Wyoming and Alaska elections could relaunch a former Republican star’s political career and effectively end another’s.  

Through a nationwide operation in August dubbed “Operation Cross Country,” FBI agents rescued 141 adult victims of human trafficking, 84 minor victims of child sex trafficking and sexual exploitation, and they identified 37 actively missing children.  

According to a new poll, the Mar-a-Lago raid gave former President Donald Trump a 10-point boost over possible 2024 rival Gov. Ron DeSantis among Republican primary voters, further widening his already significant lead. 

A Tennessee McDonald’s employee called the police after a bus of migrants headed to the East Coast from Texas pulled into a Chattanooga neighborhood for a pit stop, and migrants began panhandling. 

On Sunday, Saudi energy company Aramco said its profits soared 90 percent in the second quarter compared to the same time last year, helping its half-year earnings reach nearly $88 billion.

Atlantic contributor Daniel Panneton declared that the Catholic rosary had become a symbol of religious radicalism.

In Tijuana, Mexico, the U.S. consulate is urging its employees to shelter in place until further notice as violent crime spreads throughout the city.