Chicago to file federal lawsuit over sanctuary cities threat

Chicago will keep fighting President Donald Trump's immigration policies with a federal lawsuit alleging it's illegal for the federal government to withhold public safety grants from so-called sanctuary cities, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Sunday. The mayor said Chicago won't "be blackmailed into changing our values, and we are and will remain a welcoming City."

A storm is brewing for DACA this September

A suite of pressures on the policy that protects young undocumented immigrants is brewing -- and it could mean the program soon either becomes permanent or disappears entirely. Next month, the Trump administration faces both an ultimatum from challengers to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, or DACA, and a potentially nasty government funding fight that could require an 11th hour deal to avert a shutdown.

Minnesota mosque explosion a deeper and scariera than threats

The Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in suburban Minneapolis , like other U.S. mosques, occasionally receives threatening calls and emails. Its leaders say they're more frightened now after an explosive shattered windows and damaged a room as worshippers prepared for morning prayers.

There’s no such thing as a Trump Democrat

If so, you may have taken interest in a new mythical creature that appeared during the 2016 election: the Trump Democrat. It has become an article of faith that an unusually large number of people who voted for Barack Obama in 2008 or 2012 switched sides and voted for Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton.

Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson Joins Dignitaries for $16K Check…

The event will take place at 10:00 a.m., Monday, August 7, 2017, at the nonprofit's future headquarters located at 2428 Pine Street, Dallas, Texas, 75215. The 2nd Saturday CDC began in 2009 as a volunteer home improvement project.

Ryan can’t escape GOP failures

With a dysfunctional Congress on recess, House Speaker Paul Ryan has turned his focus back home, touring flood-damaged areas and visiting local businesses in Wisconsin. But he can't escape the questions about why Republicans in charge of Washington aren't delivering.

Cordrayand#8217;s conundrum: Quit now and run for Ohio governor, or wait to be fired by Trump?

Because of federal law, Cordray is prohibited from even discussing future political plans. On a conference call last month with Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Cordray tersely deflected questions about politics, saying he would only discuss his work as head of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Trump administration sides with Ohio on purging voter rolls

President Donald Trump's administration has reversed the government's position on a voter roll case before the U.S. Supreme Court and is now backing Ohio's method for purging voters. Ohio's system for removing inactive voters from the rolls does not violate the National Voter Registration Act, the Justice Department said Monday.

Minnesota mosque explosion a deeper and scariera than threats updated

The Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in suburban Minneapolis, like other U.S. mosques, occasionally receives threatening calls and emails. But leaders say they're more frightened after a weekend attack in which an explosive shattered windows and damaged a room as worshippers prepared for morning prayers.

Minnesota mosque explosion ‘deeper and scarier’ than threats

The Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in suburban Minneapolis, like other U.S. mosques, occasionally receives threatening calls and emails. But leaders say they're more frightened after a weekend attack in which an explosive shattered windows and damaged a room as worshippers prepared for morning prayers.

Hillary and Bill Clinton finally watch ‘Wonder Woman’

Los Angeles, Aug 7 Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton have finally seen the blockbuster superhero movie "Wonder Woman," and the credit goes to Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. The cinema house, which hosted a women-only screening of "Wonder Woman" in Austin, TX, to honour the iconic heroine, also hosted a private screening for Clintons, reported Entertainment Weekly.

California lobbyists soldier on despite that swamp-draining talk

President Donald Trump came to Washington, D.C., decrying lobbyists and vowing to “drain the swamp” - but six months into his administration, California's top lobbyists say the only major changes they've had to make are in their language. For the most part, California government agencies lobbying in D.C. are largely focused on the same issues as always: getting a cut of the federal budget and advocating for increased federal spending, according to federal lobbying disclosures due late last month.

‘Sanctuary City’ Chicago to File Suit Against Trump Administration

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Sunday the city will file a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's use of federal grant money as a way to force local authorities to cooperate with a crackdown on illegal immigration. The showdown over so-called sanctuary cities has been months in the making, as some local governments resist federal calls to hold people in jail when asked to do so by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency.