From NBC News, new congresscritter Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich) gets off to a flying start, you might say. (via HotAir)
From National Review, so does new congresscritter Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). (I would like to give her the nickname "Asteroid Lady".)
From American Thinker, some serious questions for these new congresspersons Tlaib and Ilhan Omar (D-MN).
From Townhall, congresscritter Warren Davidson (R-OH) aids and abets a private attempt to contribute funds to the wall.
From FrontpageMag, there should not be any comprise involving a border wall and DACA.
From The Washington Free Beacon, veteran congresscritter and new committee chairman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) wants to investigate the census "citizen" question.
From the Washington Examiner, immigration will save President Trump from the shutdown, which the media doesn't like.
From The Federalist, a look a those "extremist" Knights of Columbus.
From Voice Of Europe, a Swiss woman visiting Austria breaks the nose of an Afghan migrant who sexually assaulted her. (If you read German, read the story at the Austrian site Heute, which name means "today". Although the Heute story is two days old, it was too good to pass up.)
From ANSA, the Italian rescue ship Mediterranea will be allowed to take women and children from the Sea-Watch 3.
From the Malta Independent, a migrant jumps from the Sea-Watch 3 "in a desperate attempt to reach Malta".
From Malta Today, according to a candidate for the European Parliament, the planned tunnel between Malta and Gozo is really an attempt at reclaiming land.
From El País, police arrest people who illegally built 14 luxury homes in La Línea de la Concepción, Spain without any permits. (A look at GoogleMaps shows that this town is adjacent to the U.K. territory of Gibraltar.)
From France24, France tightens security at its northern ports to stop migrants from going to the U.K.
From Global News, according to a poll by Ipsos, Canadians felt more negatively about immigration in 2018 than in 2017.
From the Irish Examiner, Ireland's Taoiseach still hopes that the current Brexit withdrawal plan will be successful. (Again, I welcome any advice as to how to pronounce "Taoiseach".)
From the (Irish) Independent, a student dies after falling from the Cliffs of Moher while trying to take a selfie. (I visited this place during my trip to Ireland in 1997. There are no artificial barriers at the tops of the cliffs.)
From the (U.K.) Independent, the U.K. is helping to fund drones used to spot migrant boats trying to leave France.
From BBC News, the American held in Russia for alleged spying also has U.K. citizenship and an Irish passport.
From the Evening Standard, the U.K. will use airport-style scanners on their prison officers.
From Politicalite, a Muslim man has been charged for hitting a U.K. soldier with his car.
From the Express, a former Remainer explains why he is now a Brexiteer.
From VRT NWS, about 1,000 people march for democracy in Ninove, Belgium.
From the NL Times, homes in Amsterdam are evacuated after another ATM is bombed.
From Dutch News, the Netherlands offers to take up to six migrants from the above-mentioned Sea-Watch 3. (If you read Dutch, read the story at De Telegraaf.)
From Deutsche Welle, according to Frontex, illegal immigration into the E.U. reached a five-year low in 2018.
From Radio Poland, Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini will meet with Polish Interior Minister Joachim Brudziński and PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński.
From Radio Praha, the Czech government will debate guaranteeing the rights of U.K. citizens in their country after a "hard" Brexit.
From the Hungary Journal, Bavarian political candidate Manfred Weber regards Hungarian Prime Minister Orban as "a difficult partner".
From Daily News Hungary, a look at the "dismemberment" of Hungary after World War I.
From Hungary Today, Hungary's government sets up the Institute for Hungarian Studies.
From About Hungary, Hungary will take a leading role in climate protection.
From Sputnik International, what we currently know about the gas explosion which partially destroyed a building in Magnitogorsk, Russia.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, Albanian students will resume their protest for lower tuition and better living conditions when the school year resumes.
From Total Croatia News, the plan for Croatia to buy F-16 jets from Israel is probably going to be scrapped.
From the Greek Reporter, a man jumps from the Acropolis in Athens in an apparent suicide.
From Hürriyet Daily News, the mayor of Edirne, Turkey comes under fire for welcoming tourists with multilingual signs that include Greek.
From Turkish Minute, detention warrants have been issued for 134 people over suspected Gülen links.
From Arutz Sheva, the U.S. has not made any timeline for withdrawing from Syria.
From The Times Of Israel, Iran is set to deploy warships in the western Atlantic.
From YNetNews, "where did all the Jews from the Arab world go?"
From The Express Tribune, Pakistan's Supreme Court declares a Gülen-linked group illegal, which pleases Turkish President Erdoğan.
From Khaama Press, 52 Taliban and ISIS-K terrorists are sent to their virgins.
From The Straits Times, China tests its own version of the "mother of all bombs".
From Bloomberg, a Lebanese Muslim lawmaker attends a Catholic mass and causes controversy by receiving a blessing.
From Coconuts, an official of the Indonesian Ulema Council admits that the organization is debating proposing sharia-based amputation punishment.
From the Nyasa Times, a gift to a mosque in Malawi results in a fight. (When it was under British colonial rule, Malawi was known as Nyasaland.)
From LifeZette, President Trump and congressional Democrats meet again, which again produced no result.
From AP News, reports of a man's brain death prove to have been greatly exaggerated. (via The Daily Caller)
From Twitchy, actor James Woods drops congresscritter Steve Cohen (D-TN) for proposing to eliminate the Electoral College.
From the New York Post, according to Trump, congresswoman Tlaib only dishonored herself with her vulgarity.
And from The Verge, PepsiCo rolls out the snackbots.
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