by Dwight A. Weingarten | May 10, 2019 | Politics
WASHINGTON—House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said Friday that one reason to avoid impeachment charges against President Donald Trump is that the Republican-led Senate’s likely acquittal could set the precedent that presidents can ignore...
by Dwight A. Weingarten | May 10, 2019 | Topics
WASHINGTON—Congress met Wednesday to discuss the security of the 2020 election, and while many other states are looking to catch up, Maryland’s election systems already meet best practices. Larry Norden, deputy director of the Democracy Program at the Brennan...
by Dwight A. Weingarten | May 1, 2019 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Less than three weeks into his new job, acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan responded to tough questions about the department’s immigration enforcement Tuesday by saying “the system is full and we are beyond our capacity.” In a...
by Dwight A. Weingarten | Apr 24, 2019 | Immigration
WASHINGTON – The questions of whether Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross exceeded his authority and violated the Constitution in ordering that the 2020 census require people to disclose whether they are a citizen came before the Supreme Court Tuesday. In a controversial...
by Dwight A. Weingarten | Apr 22, 2019 | Demographics, Immigration, Topics
WASHINGTON – Thousands of children born in America who have moved to Mexico because their parents were deported or returned home voluntarily lack records and other documents needed to enroll in Mexican schools and access social services, officials of both countries...
