{"id":724188,"date":"2026-06-09T01:39:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T01:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/724188\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T01:39:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T01:39:11","slug":"trump-is-attending-nba-finals-game-3-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/724188\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump is attending NBA Finals game 3 in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., questions Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on defense hearing on the budget request for the Department of Defense, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)\"   fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1780969150_61_.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                    Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., questions Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on defense hearing on the budget request for the Department of Defense, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)\n                <\/p>\n<p>Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., questions Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on defense hearing on the budget request for the Department of Defense, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)<\/p>\n<p>                Add AP News on Google <\/p>\n<p>        Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.<\/p>\n<p>            Share<\/p>\n<p>                            Read More<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., speaks at an event marking the installation of a plaque commemorating Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Allison Robbert)\"   fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1780969151_24_.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                    Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., speaks at an event marking the installation of a plaque commemorating Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Allison Robbert)\n                <\/p>\n<p>Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., speaks at an event marking the installation of a plaque commemorating Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Allison Robbert)<\/p>\n<p>                Add AP News on Google <\/p>\n<p>        Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.<\/p>\n<p>            Share<\/p>\n<p>                            Read More<\/p>\n<p>Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin and California Sen. Alex Padilla said in a letter Monday to the president that there are \u201cmultiple legal defects\u201d with the administration\u2019s decision to lift the <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-refugees-white-south-africa-border-cap-bfe3974adf6c655eca7a5c30c1f9197f\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">refugee cap<\/a>, but only for white South Africans.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrats, who criticized the \u201cshameful efforts to gut the refugee admissions program,\u201d argued there is no \u201cunforeseen refugee emergency\u201d that requires a mid-year adjustment to the refugee levels, which is typically done in September.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy contrast, there are numerous forced displacement crises and conflicts worldwide that would justify an emergency increase in the ceiling, including, for example, in Sudan, Burma, and Haiti,\u201d the senators wrote.<\/p>\n<p>They also said the administration\u2019s legally-required consultation process with Congress was insufficient, in that it sent deputy officials to meet with lawmakers, not Cabinet rank. The Democrats said the decision to admit solely Afrikaners was a \u201cbetrayal of our nation\u2019s longstanding bipartisan commitment to serve as a safe haven for those fleeing persecution.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., questions Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. 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