Johns Hopkins, UMd. officials voice support for DACA, affected students
Administrators at local universities have pledged to support the program that protects thousands of undocumented immigrants from deportation.
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Fifteen states, D.C. sue Trump administration over plan to end DACA
Fifteen states and the District of Columbia on sued Wednesday to block President Donald Trump's plan to end a program protecting young immigrants from deportation - an act Washington state's attorney general called "a dark time for our country." The lawsuit was filed in the Eastern District of New York.
Trump Agrees To Fund The Gov’t, Raise The Debt Ceiling
President Donald Trump agreed Wednesday afternoon to raise the debt limit and fund the federal government through mid-December, allowing members of Congress to deal with the federal budget in the coming months. "In the meeting, the President and Congressional leadership agreed to pass aid for Harvey , an extension of the debt limit, and a continuing resolution both to December 15, all together," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said in a statement Wednesday.
Rescinding DACA is a test for the GOP | Ed Rogers
Refusing to uphold the law became somewhat fashionable in the Obama era - especially when it concerned immigration. Well, now enter Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
House to vote on $7.9B Harvey relief bill
In this Sept. 5, 2017, photo, a worker walks past a pile of debris outside a business damaged by floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in Spring, Texas.
Senators seek bipartisan deal to shore up insurance markets
Senators are launching hearings to help Republicans and Democrats decide if they can forge a modest agreement to shore up the nation's individual insurance markets. The effort will show whether divided Republicans are ready to pivot from trying to obliterate the Obama health care law to helping it survive, and if both parties can overcome lingering raw feelings over that battle.
Harvey aid, debt on returning Congressa daunting to-do list
The Trump administration is demanding a swift increase in the nation's borrowing authority, and President Donald Trump's actions on immigration are certain to upend the fall agenda. Lawmakers face a daunting workload and fast-approaching deadlines, including the need to fund the government and increase the United States' $19.9 trillion debt ceiling by month's end.
Sessions announces demise of immigrant program he opposed
Attorney General Jeff Sessions makes a statement at the Justice Department in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, on President Barack Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA program.
Ap Fact Check: What the Trump administration said about Daca
The White House took a firm stance on Tuesday in outlining why an immigration program created by President Barack Obama needs to be eliminated. President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions described the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program as an unconstitutional action that contributed to a surge in immigration and gang violence in recent years.
Catalan parliament paves the way for independence vote
People in Oregon covered their faces with scarves to keep choking ash from wildfires from filling their lungs and wiped the soot from windshields, similar to what long-time residents said they had to do in 1980... People in Oregon covered their faces with scarves to keep choking ash from wildfires from filling their lungs and wiped the soot from windshields, similar to what long-time residents said they had to do in 1980 during the eruption of Mount St. Helens. The most powerful Atlantic Ocean hurricane in recorded history has made its first landfall in the islands of the northeast Caribbean.
Trump orders end to DACA
President Donald Trump on Tuesday began dismantling Barack Obama's program protecting hundreds of thousands of young immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as children, declaring he loves the Trump didn't specify what he wanted done, essentially sending a six-month time bomb to his fellow Republicans in Congress who have no consensus on how to defuse it.
Sessions as face of DACA decision reveals WH struggle
When the time came for the Trump administration to announce it was ending DACA on Tuesday, there was a familiar face at the podium. But it wasn't the President, it was Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Trump hurts his presidency by going it alone
President Donald Trump speaks as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan listen during a meeting with House and Senate leadership in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, June 6, 2017. Faced with a stalled agenda and weak poll numbers, President Donald Trump has resorted to a familiar presidential tactic: running against Congress.
Grizzly bites, claws hunter; man’s head got worst of it
A grizzly bear mauled a bow hunter in southwestern Montana, slashing a 16-inch cut in his head that required 90 stitches to close. A grizzly bear mauled a bow hunter in southwestern Montana, slashing a 16-inch cut in his head that required 90 stitches to close.
Former U.S. president Barack Obama to speak in Toronto:Sept. 29…
Former U.S. president Barack Obama will speak on global citizenship in Toronto on Sept. 29 at a time when all eyes are on his Oval Office successor, Donald Trump.
The Latest: Trump decision on immigrants leads to protests
3, 2017. The president last week named today a National Day of Prayer for victims of Hurricane ... .
Immigrants accuse Trump administration of betraying them
In a Sunday Sept. 3, 2017 photo, Michele Kessler holds a sign of support at a Defered Action for Childhood Arrivals or DACA rally on Public Square in Wilkes Barre Pa.
Why it wouldn’t take much to start China-Japan war – new book explains
Drawing on lessons from history, Richard McGregor's Asia's Reckoning explores the complex relationship between China, the US and Japan - and how it might evolve peacefully, or tragically A protest outside the Hong Kong Consulate-General of Japan, in 2014, marks the 83rd anniversary of the Japanese occupation in China. Picture: SCMP Demonstrators who regularly gather outside Exchange Square, home of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, aren't protesting against capitalist greed, or the gap between rich and poor.
McMorris Rodgers Splits With Trump On DACA
Eastern Washington's Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers is the most powerful Republican woman in the U.S. House of Representatives. And now, she's speaking out against President Donald Trump's decision to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals -or DACA.
Barack Obama Responds to Donald Trump’s Decision to End DACA
Now, , who introduced the program during his time as president, is responding to what many are calling an unconscionably cruel decision. The former president, who has spoken out against President Donald Trump's policies on a few occasions, released a statement regarding the news on Facebook.