New election sought after video scandal in Austria
for migrants crossing into the country from Mexico than the $2.9 billion in emergency money requested two weeks ago.
In a White House letter released Saturday, acting budget chief Russell Vought said “the situation has continued to deteriorate and is exceeding previous high end estimates.”
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said in a separate letter that needs for the unaccompanied children account “could grow further and be closer to the worst-case scenario HHS had proposed be the basis for the supplemental request, which was $1.4 billion higher.”
The notice comes as lawmakers are trying to put the final touches on a $19 billion package for hurricane relief and other disaster needs. Parkrose High School.
The Portland Police Bureau said Saturday that Angel Granados Dias had been booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center on suspicion of possessing a firearm in a public building, attempting to shoot a gun at a school and reckless endangerment. He is being held on $500,000 bail and was scheduled to appear in court Monday
Witnesses told The Oregonian that he pulled the weapon from beneath a black trench coat, and that a football and track coach who also works security at the school, Keanon Lowe, tackled him. Lowe is a former football standout at the University of Oregon.
VIENNA — Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz called for an early election after his vice chancellor resigned Saturday over a covertly shot video that showed him apparently promising government contracts to a purported Russian investor.
Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache resigned after two German publications Friday published extracts of a video purportedly showing Strache offering Austrian government contracts to a Russian woman who was allegedly interested in investing large amounts of money in Austria.
Strache’s resignation was a black eye for the populist and nationalist forces who favor tighter European immigration policies.
It came only a few days before the May 23-26 elections in 28 European Union nations to fill the European Parliament.