by Ebony Curry and Kelly Rissman | Jul 1, 2019 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — One week before President Trump’s planned mass deportation operations, hundreds of protesters marched in a bilingual community rally, sponsored by Sanctuary DMV and other immigrant advocacy groups, on Saturday evening. The rally also was spurred by...
by Apoorva Mittal | Jul 1, 2019 | National Security
WASHINGTON — The United States should more strictly regulate sales of U.S. surveillance technology to China when it is used to spy on Uyghur Muslims and other ethnic minorities, Rep. Mike Gallagher and human rights experts warned. “Human rights are an...
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by Sruthi Darbhamulla | Jul 1, 2019 | Living
WASHINGTON — Every year the National Mall in Washington, D.C. comes alive during the summer for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, touted as an ‘international exposition of living cultural heritage’ organized by the Smithsonian Institution’s Center for Folklife...
by Holly Barker and Matt Reynolds | Jun 28, 2019 | Politics
WASHINGTON – As the House passed legislation Thursday to bolster election security, Democrats resurrected a new version of a bill that would go after Russia and other foreign adversaries that meddle in U.S. elections. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman...
by Kimberly Jin | Jun 28, 2019 | Environment
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of senators has revived the longstanding issue of where to store and dispose of nuclear waste with a new bill proposing centralized interim storage while a search for a permanent disposal site is conducted. Thirty-two years ago,...
by Josephine Chu, Thomas Ilalaole and Ariana Puzzo | Jun 28, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Thursday emphasized the need for humanitarian aid for migrant children at the southern border, reluctantly pledging that the House would pass the Senate’s version of a border funding bill. The Senate on Wednesday passed a $4.5...
