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U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Tucson, was arrested in New York Tuesday afternoon on a charge of civil disobedience while leading a protest against President Trump's immigration policies with two other members of Congress. The Associated Press reported Grijalva was arrested, along with Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y. and Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., after they and the protesters sat in the middle of Fifth Avenue, in front of Trump Tower, and refused to move.
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So far, I have refrained from weighing in on Hillary Clinton's post-mortem, What Happened , even though, as one of the few pundits who predicted that Donald Trump would win the presidential election, I perhaps can claim at least some insight into what happened. Why did I foresee that Trump would win? Not because I anticipated or understood what became the Trump phenomenon.
Hillary Clinton walked back her controversial comments on Tuesday after floating the idea of the possibility of contesting the 2016 election in wake of mounting evidence showing Russian interference. "I think no one, including me, is saying we will contest the election," Clinton clarified speaking at a Mic roundtable in New York on Tuesday.
U.S. environmental groups opposed to the Pacific Northwest becoming an international fossil fuels gateway scored a major victory when a Washington state board invalidated two permits for a $2 billion project to manufacture methanol from natural gas and export it to China.
Minnesota is at risk of losing hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding for the state's health care program for the working poor as it pursues a waiver aimed at lowering premiums for people buying insurance through the state exchange. Gov. Mark Dayton wrote Tuesday to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price urging President Donald Trump's administration to "reverse this very destructive financial penalty" to MinnesotaCare, the state's program that covers those who make too much to qualify for Medicaid but can't afford private coverage.
Mayor Bill de Blasio proclaimed that cities like New York City that are inclusive of immigrant communities have the opportunity to define a "good, new normal" that demonstrates why inclusive cities succeed and thrive. On Monday, de Blasio gave the keynote address at his New York City Global Mayors Summit at the Grand Hyatt on how cities can and are executing policies that encourage migrant and refugee integration, protection of their rights and civic engagement.
U.S. Reps. Adriano Espaillat , Luis GutiA rrez and Raul Grijalva , along with City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, were arrested in front of Trump Tower for a civil disobedience action that urged passage of the DREAM Act, which benefits undocumented youth brought to the U.S. in early childhood.
U.S. Reps Raul Grijalva, of Arizona; Luis Gutierrez, of Illinois; and Adriano Espaillat, of New York, were among a small group of demonstrators who sat down in the street on Fifth Avenue Tuesday afternoon and refused to move. President Donald Trump delivered an address at the United Nations earlier Tuesday.
NEWARK -- The judge in the federal corruption case of U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez indicated Tuesday that he is willing to let the jury hear some evidence on a case by case basis likening his decision to the traditional Jewish stew, tzimmes. Before the jury entered the courtroom for the eighth day of the New Jersey Democrat's bribery trial, attorneys in the case had argued a motion the government filed to suppress evidence related to the senator's official acts in other cases.
On September 14, designers, journalists, educators, and civic leaders from Anchorage to Australia met in Chicago for this year's Design Matters Conference, presented by the Association of Architecture Organizations and co-sponsored by APA. Ahead of the official kick-off of the Chicago Architecture Biennial , discussions focused on engaging a diverse general public with the built environment.
U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro is repeating that he has no plans to run for Texas governor despite the state's Democratic Party chairman insisting last week that the congressman's still considering it.
The 37-year-old , red-headed congressman from Brookline, heir apparent to the thinning Kennedy political dynasty, is quickly emerging as a player in a Democrat Party bereft of leaders. He recently gave a rip-roaring speech in Texas that tore into President Donald Trump and had Texas Democrats clamoring for more.
The Merrimack, Nashua and Shawsheen rivers connect the 3rd District and throughout history have played key roles in the region's economy, culture and environment. U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas will continue her celebration of these natural resources with her 11th Annual River Day on Saturday, featuring events in Andover, Haverhill and Devens.
Affiliates of Republican President Donald Trump are reportedly targeting U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat from Ohio, in the 2018 election. Trump's allies see Brown as a potential 2020 foe.
Since nobody else seems to want to stick their neck out, this old fool might as well do it and point out the obvious: those who have shouldered the heavy lifting in the disaster and rescue work in South Texas and South Florida during our hurricane events have been with plenty of exceptions, of course those hated white males the left loves to disparage. Yep, those despicable conquerors of Caucasian extraction, who are responsible for all the ills of the world, were repeatedly caught on camera in countless settings and poses doing the unthinkable: helping people of color in dire straits reach safety, shelter, and succor.
Ohio has spent billions on school buildings over the past 20 years, but U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown and local school officials say it hasn't been enough. Between state funding caps, diversions to charter schools and other issues, the Columbus City School District has scores of buildings in need of renovation, they said.
The Minnesota Supreme Court acted in the interests of Minnesotans where the governor and Legislature could not when it ordered mediation in a dispute that threatened to make Minnesota government dysfunctional. The court gave the Legislature and the governor a reprieve of sorts to come to compromise Minnesotans expected five months ago.