Month: November 2019

The Trump administration separated more families along the US-Mexico border than was previously disclosed, according to a court document filed Wednesday. The government has identified 1,556 children who officials believe were separated from their parents at the border between July 2017 and June 2018, adding to the more than 2,700 families who had been separated

Roads and highways named after presidents are ubiquitous — Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama and Jimmy Carter all have stretches of road dedicated to them. Some state senators want to add another name to that list: Donald Trump. Two state senators in Oklahoma introduced a bill Tuesday calling for a section of Route 66 to be

Defending President Donald Trump’s oft-repeated claims that there was no quid pro quo in his relationship with Ukraine becomes more difficult by the day. Which forces Republicans to bend over backward — and crush logic — to do so. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, whose transformation from Trump critic to Trump confidant is one

Senate Democrats unsuccessfully attempted to pass a unanimous resolution Wednesday to recognize the role of Congress and the executive branch in protecting whistleblowers, days after Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky called for the whistleblower who sparked the impeachment inquiry to be named publicly. On Wednesday, Paul objected to the attempt to pass the proposal

Nigeria’s recently disqualified premier Oscar entry “Lionheart” had the makings of a good film — a film you want to root for. Acquired by Netflix last year, it was also the company’s first original produced in the country, and starred A-list actors from Nigeria’s film industry, Nollywood, including Chief Pete Edochie, Nkem Owoh and Genevieve

Vice President Mike Pence’s office and political appointees have been pressuring the US Agency for International Development to direct its Middle East funding to preferred Christian groups in Iraq, an effort that career officials warned could be unconstitutional, ProPublica reports. USAID last month announced grants to two Iraqi organizations that had been previously been rejected,

The people of Jersey City voted overwhelmingly to uphold new restrictions on short-term rentals, in a move expected to cut down on the number of properties listed on Airbnb in New Jersey’s second-largest city. Unofficial results from Tuesday’s referendum showed that about 70% of voters supported restrictions on short-term rentals, with 97% of precincts reporting.

When it comes to controversy, Emma Watson’s personal brand usually registers somewhere close to mild objection, like leaving the skins on mashed potatoes, or sneaking store-bought snacks into the movies. But the woman who gave us Hermione, Belle and that eerily convincing thief from The Bling Ring has now, at the ripe age of 29,

Joe Biden said Elizabeth Warren has an “elitist attitude” in a radio interview. He wrote on Medium that the Massachusetts senator is “condescending.” He told donors her 2020 Democratic campaign is based on a “my-way-or-the-highway attitude.” And he told reporters on Wednesday that Warren was the one who started it. The former vice president has

The Justice Department on Wednesday announced settlement agreements with two hotels under the Americans with Disabilities Act to “protect and advance” equal access for veterans with disabilities who use service dogs. The settlement comes after two separate cases in which desk clerks allegedly refused to honor hotel reservations from veterans who had service dogs with

The Trump administration and Republicans may really like the idea of making Medicaid recipients work, but voters in Kentucky apparently aren’t so enamored with the idea. Andy Beshear, Kentucky’s Democratic attorney general who campaigned on rescinding the state’s mandate, is poised to defeat Republican Gov. Matt Bevin, who was the first to receive federal approval

The Democratic National Committee will no longer host its sixth debate at the University of California, Los Angeles, due to a labor dispute between the university and a local union, according to an email the DNC sent to the Democratic candidates. “In response to concerns raised by the local organized labor community in Los Angeles,