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The Latest on a visit by Democratic members of Oregon's congressional delegation to a federal prison where immigrants from Latin America are being held : Democratic members of Oregon's congressional delegation visited a federal prison where immigrants from Latin America have been transferred and blasted the Trump administration for separating parents from children. Sen. Ron Wyden said Saturday afternoon that "what we saw over the last hour demonstrates that the Trump 'zero tolerance' policy makes zero sense and shows zero understanding of American values" Around 120 immigrants from Mexico and Central America are reportedly being held at the prison, located 20 miles northwest of Salem, the state capital.
CONNECTICUT Percentage of Kids Younger than 18 with Dad Present Living in Poverty Rank: 2 out of 51 Source: WalletHub CONNECTICUT Percentage of Kids Younger than 18 with Dad Present Living in Poverty Rank: 2 out of 51 Source: WalletHub In today's world where foregoing a paycheck is often not an option, many parents work outside the home while raising their kids. Two-thirds of family households depend on two incomes, according to financial site WalletHub.
U.S. President Donald Trump plans to nominate Kathy Kraninger, associate director of the Office of Management and Budget, to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which seeks to prevent financial abuses to consumers. In a statement Saturday, the White House said Kraninger would continue the efforts of the current CFPB chief, Mick Mulvaney, to scale back the agency's regulatory ambitions while continuing efforts to keep financial fraud in check.
Just this month, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, a driverless van began shuttling students and staff the one-mile round trip between a research complex and a distant parking lot and bus stop. In Las Vegas, an autonomous van launched last year, taking curious passengers on a three-block loop between a downtown retail park and Las Vegas Boulevard.
Kim Kardashian West, coming off her a recent a success in getting President Trump to pardon a grandmother serving a life sentence, has taken to Twitter to ask California Gov. Jerry Brown to give San Quentin death row inmate Kevin Cooper the DNA tests he has been denied, tests which could prove his innocence. a Cooper has been imprisoned for 34 years for a a savage crime he insists he did not commit-the slaughter of chiropractors and Arabian horse breeders Doug and Peggy Ryen, both 47, their 10-year-old daughter Jessica, and her 11-year-old friend Christopher Hughes, in 1983.
Sen. John McCain's legacy was thrust into focus nearly one year ago when he announced his brain cancer diagnosis. The six-term Senator and decorated Vietnam War veteran is now fighting the illness from his beloved Arizona, and filling the role of one of the few Congressional Republican voices to publicly rebuke Trump administration decisions.
A second sheriff's deputy has died after being shot while an inmate was being transported to a Kansas City courthouse. A second sheriff's deputy has died after being shot while an inmate was being transported to a Kansas City courthouse.
Conservatives crave sticking their middle fingers in the faces of their real or perceived ideological adversaries. To that end, one can't help wondering if the reason Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt-surely among the top five names on any list of the most corrupt Cabinet members in United States history-still has a job is because Trump knows that Pruitt's continued presence in his position serves as a constant irritant to progressives.
During the 2016 presidential campaign, the criticisms of Donald Trump came thick and fast: that he was a political amateur, inexperienced in the ways of government, a babe in the swamp of Washington. And yet, he steamrolled his GOP opposition and crushed Hillary Clinton in the Electoral College.
Washington Post columnist George Will took issue with Senator Bob Corker's characterization of the GOP's relationship with President Trump as "cult-like," instead calling it one based on "fear." "It's not a cult," Will told HBO host Bill Maher Friday night.
Democratic Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar admitted Saturday that the Obama administration attempted to cover up the child migrant crisis occurring at the Souther border. "It was kept very quiet under the Obama Administration.
That effort, part of a major immigration bill in the House of Representatives, threatens to undermine sanctuary policies across California by making jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate with immigration authorities liable for some crimes committed by undocumented immigrants they release. The bill, scheduled for a vote next week, also provides a path to citizenship for young undocumented immigrants but restricts legal immigration, limits asylum claims and budgets $25 billion for the construction of a border wall and other border security measures.
In this June 21, 2017, file photo, former FBI Director Robert Mueller, the special counsel probing Russian interference in the 2016 election, departs Capitol Hill following a closed door meeting in Washington. In this June 21, 2017, file photo, former FBI Director Robert Mueller, the special counsel probing Russian interference in the 2016 election, departs Capitol Hill following a closed door meeting in Washington.
Democratic members of Oregon's congressional delegation plan to visit a federal prison in Oregon where immigrants from Latin America have been transferred and an attorney seeking to represent the immigrants says they have been denied access to lawyers. Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and Reps.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions took his department's tough policy on illegal immigration to the graduating class of Pennsylvania police cadets. Democrats called on Republicans to find a solution for DACA recipients on the 6th anniversary of the program being installed.
In this March 1, 2016 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., his wife Jane Sanders, and his son Levi Sanders arrive at a primary night rally in Essex Junction, Vt. Levi Sanders has now officially filed the paper and is one of 10 candidates seeking the Democratic nomination to run for Congress from New Hampshire.
With summer bearing down on us , it seemed like a good idea to take one quick snap shot of the local political scene before moving into our summer hiatus , sensing something of a politics overload for you, the reader). As this could well be the final edition of PAU until - gasp - August, it's a good time to take inventory of the local political situation before everyone bails for the beach .
President Donald Trump is claiming exoneration in the Russia matter from a Justice Department report that actually offers him none. He's also branding fired FBI chief James Comey a criminal, though the report in question makes no such accusation.
President Donald Trump spoke to reporters on the White House lawn Friday morning and answered questions on topics ranging from his former campaign aide Paul Manafort to the detention of immigrant children at the southern border. AP reporter Chad Day explains that President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort is headed to jail after a federal judge revoked his house arrest, citing newly filed obstruction of justice charges.