Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina is using Trump’s Mississippi nominees as leverage in a gambit to compel Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi to help the Lumbee Tribe finally achieve federal recognition—and all the rights and benefits it entails.
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Push to Recognize Lumbee Tribe Stalls Trump Judges, Prosecutors in Mississippi
Four of President Trump’s Mississippi nominees are stalled as part of an effort to compel federal recognition of the Lumbee Tribe.