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Mica Soellner

msoellner@washingtontimes.com

Mica Soellner was a Capitol Hill reporter for the Washington Times focusing on the House of Representatives.

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In this Thursday, June 21, 2018, file photo, Ever Castillo (left) and his family, immigrants from Honduras, are escorted back across the border by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents in Hildalgo, Texas. The U.S. Justice Department is in talks to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to each child and parent who was separated under a Trump-era practice of splitting families at the border. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) ** FILE **

GOP lawmakers seek to block Biden’s repayments for illegals

A group of GOP lawmakers on Tuesday moved to block taxpayer money going to illegal immigrants, which the Biden administration is considering to compensate families separated at the border under former President Trump's zero tolerance policies.

December 14, 2021
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, should step down from office, Dr. Mehmet Oz said recently. The Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate from Pennsylvania said Dr. Fauci has lost the "faith and confidence of the American people." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)  **FILE**

Dr. Oz prescribes a Fauci exit from NIAID

GOP Pennsylvania Senate candidate Mehmet Oz called for Dr. Anthony Fauci to step down from his role in leading a major U.S. health agency, saying the longtime head of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases has lost the "faith and confidence of the American people."

December 11, 2021
Rally attendees loyal to President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. Voters can expect to be bombarded in 2022 with TV campaign ads laden with video of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and Democratic messaging that ties Republicans to the riot. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Jan. 6 to dominate Dems’ 2022 races as some in party say tactic goes too far

Voters can expect to be bombarded in 2022 with TV campaign ads laden with video of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and Democratic messaging that ties Republicans to the riot. Some Democrats worry, however, that nationalizing the midterms by invoking Jan. 6 will hurt the party's already slim chances of retaining the majority.

December 8, 2021