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by David Jordan | Feb 15, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Despite previous defeats of legislation to bring paid parental leave to federal employees, two determined House members – a Democrat and a Republican – said Monday they are trying again this year and hope to have an ally in Ivanka Trump. The measure,...
by Guy King | Feb 14, 2017 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Democrats in Congress are demanding changes in President Trump’s authority to launch nuclear weapons, claiming that the president is unpredictable and “ignorant” about such weapons. A bill proposed by Sen. Edward Markey of Massachusetts and Rep. Ted Lieu...
by David Jordan | Feb 6, 2017 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump campaigned on the promise he would end a program that allows undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children to remain in the U.S., but in an interview less than a week after taking the oath of office he said those...
by Taylor Goebel | Feb 3, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday that President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking travel from Muslim majority countries is needed to keep out terrorists and was not a Muslim travel ban, but House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi called the...
by Maryam Saleh | Feb 3, 2017 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON–Civil rights advocates and Democrats in Congress are reacting angrily to reports that President Donald Trump wants to narrow the scope of a program established by the Obama administration to fight the roots of terrorism by instead singling out Islam....
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by Nona Tepper | Feb 3, 2017 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Wherever you are, Akmal, Scott Cooper remembers you. Akmal, an Iraqi and Cooper’s friend, wanted to visit America someday and connect with his friends from the U.S. Marine Corps on their home territory, said Cooper, a retired lieutenant colonel. But...
