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Those looking for reasonable solutions to the nation's fractured immigration system won't find them in the Republican Party. Under the banner of "Make America Safe Again," this year's Republican National Convention highlighted and gave prominence to a populist, more knee-jerk approach to immigration that is not only harmful but counter to what actually makes America great.
A Maryland man says his wife has been wrongfully sentenced to three years' imprisonment in Gambia following her arrest during an anti-government protest there. Ebrima Jawara of Frederick said Thursday he learned of the sentence from news reports and a relative in the west African nation.
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The United States moved Wednesday to recover more than $1 billion that federal officials say was stolen from a Malaysian wealth fund by people close to prime minister Najib Razak. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, center, with from left, U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Eileen Decker, Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell, FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, and IRS Criminal Division Chief Richard Weber, speaks at a news conference, Wednesday, July 20, 2016, at the Justice Department in Washington, announcing that the U.S. government is seeking the forfeiture of more than $1 billion in assets that federal officials say were misappropriated from a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund.
Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump's children Ivanka Trump, background, and Tiffany Trump walk on the convention floor after their father clinched the Republican nomination during the second day of the Republican... . A supporter of Melania Trump holds a sign during the second day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Tuesday, July 19, 2016.
At least one Republican senator thinks the calls for Hillary Clinton to be imprisoned are going one step too far. As speakers and delegates at the Republican National Convention lifted their voices with chants of "lock her up" on Tuesday, Sen. Jeff Flake tweeted that Republicans are "jumping the shark."
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan discussed the status of U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, blamed by Turkish authorities for masterminding a recent failed coup, during a call on Tuesday, the White House said. The Turkish government has filed material in electronic form about Gulen with the U.S. government, which has been waiting for a formal extradition request, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said.
Lawyers for eight death row inmates in Arkansas say their challenge of the state's execution procedures should warrant a U.S. Supreme Court review that would likely revisit the high court's ruling on an Oklahoma case. The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled against the prisoners last month, but the inmates' lawyers want the court to withhold a final order pending a possible U.S. Supreme Court review.
Public safety issues including terrorism, illegal immigration and gun violence are shaping Pennsylvania'a closely watched U.S. Senate race. Republican incumbent Pat Toomey and his Democratic challenger Katie McGinty also are striving to show unity with police in response to the killings of officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge.
Tuesday will be the perfect sunny July day, with a high of 85 and a low of 73. Enjoy it while it lasts! [ AccuWeather ] Mayor Rahm Emanuel has a $21 million property tax rebate for homeowners in the pipeline, but several aldermen and activists want him to give renters a break as well. Emanuel has already rejected Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa's $35 million plan, but the alderman gathered with colleagues and community activists at City Hall Monday to demand that the administration reconsider.
A delegate shouts as a call for a roll call vote on the rules goes out during the opening day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Monday. A former top intelligence official says Donald Trump “recognizes the threats we face and is not afraid to call them what they are.” Michael Flynn once led the Defense Intelligence Agency under President Barack Obama and was thought to be on the short list of potential running mates for Trump.
Residents along the U.S.-Mexico border are feeling ignored in the midst of a U.S. presidential election in which immigration, border security and a proposed wall are being hotly debated, a poll released Monday suggests. A Cronkite News-Univision News-Dallas Morning News border poll found a majority of urban residents surveyed on both sides of the border are against the building of a wall between the two countries and believe the campaign's tone is damaging relations.
In tapping Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate, Donald Trump moved to persuade America that the White House would be in steady hands with his election. Now, Trump will no doubt use the Republican Convention, which starts Monday, to reinforce that message while lacquering his policy prescriptions with a gloss of mainstream rationality.
Eight years ago, Barbara Conley was one of the millions of Americans swept up in Barack Obama's promises of hope and change when he accepted the Democratic nomination at a packed football stadium a few miles from her home in the Denver suburbs. With Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton preparing for their own nominating conventions, the 68-year-old independent is filled with so much frustration at the candidates and the political system that propelled them to victory that she can't even imagine voting in November.
P.J. O'Rourke once called Hillary Clinton "a chowder-skull" and "a bossy little rich snoot of a goody-two-shoes." So it surprised a lot of people when the political humorist announced that he's voting for her.
The first very first "presidential" test in public for every nominee for the White House is the selection of a vice presidential running mate. Right after the 1968 Miami Beach convention where he had won the Republican nomination, Richard M. Nixon explained why he chose his running mate: "There is a mysticism about men.
The Turkish government appeared to be regaining control of major cities Saturday the morning after a faction of the Turkish military tried to take over the country. A failed coup in Turkey -- a longtime ally of the U.S. and member of NATO -- could have significant and wide-ranging implications for the U.S. That's particularly the case, since Turkey is one of the world's few Muslim majority democracies and it sits at a key crossroads between the West and the Middle East, with Turkey playing a critical role in the fight against ISIS in Syria, the handling of Syrian refugees and in serving as a transit point for foreign ISIS fighters.
As his tenth anniversary at Guantanamo Bay draws near, an al-Qaida plotter from Baltimore is at the center of a new plan that could help resolve the cases of the dozens of men still held at the military outpost on Cuba. The idea is for detainees to strike deals with federal prosecutors, plead guilty over a video link to a federal judge in the United States and serve any prison time overseas.
A town of Pamelia man has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for possessing machine gun conversion kits. Bruce D. Fowler, 60, of 24030 Route 37, was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court, Syracuse, after pleading guilty March 9 to illegal possession of machine guns.