A federal judge has granted a request by a coalition of 26 states including Oklahoma to block President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration while a lawsuit to permanently stop the order goes through the courts.

U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen granted a preliminary injunction Monday, after hearing arguments at a hearing in Brownsville, Texas, in January. The decision is available online here. The federal government is expected to appeal Hanen’s ruling to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans.

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Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) today introduced the Federal Lands Freedom Act (FLFA) of 2015 (S.490), legislation that would give states the authority to develop all forms of energy resources on federal lands located within their borders, excluding only those areas specifically designated as off-limits.

At the time of introduction, the bill included the following co-sponsors:  Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas),  Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.),  Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) , David Vitter (R-La.), and Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark).

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Southern Poverty Law Center apologized to Dr. Ben Carson and removed him from an ‘extremist’ list Wednesday according to Fox News. Regardless, Tulsans are holding meetings to promote the rising Republican presidential contender.

The Southern Poverty Law Center apologized to Ben Carson after placing the potential Republican presidential candidate on its “Extremist Watch List” — which is mostly made up of hate groups and white supremacists.

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Sen. Ted Cruz

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, with 11 fellow Senators, Tuesday re-introduced the State Marriage Defense Act, which respects the definition of marriage held by the people of each state and protects states from the federal government’s efforts to force any other definition upon them.

“Even though the Supreme Court made clear in United States v. Windsor that the federal government should defer to state ‘choices about who may be married,’ the Obama Administration has disregarded state marriage laws enacted by democratically-elected legislatures to uphold traditional marriage,” said Sen. Cruz. “I support traditional marriage and we should reject attempts by the Obama Administration to force same-sex marriage on all 50 states. The State Marriage Defense Act helps safeguard the ability of states to preserve traditional marriage for their citizens.”
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In a revealing message from ISIS, women are instructed that beauty salons are condemned as the devil’s work and child marriage is encouraged in the recruitment document on jihadist forums.

Women should “remain hidden and veiled”, only leaving their homes in exceptional circumstances, according to an Islamic State manifesto intended as a recruitment tool.

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