Protesters flood US cities to fight Trump immigration policy
Activists flood more than 700 marches, from immigrant-friendly cities like New York and Los Angeles to conservative Appalachia and Wyoming. WASHINGTON - They wore white.
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Coast Guard, State Police, Protecting Whale in Raritan Bay
The photo is of #NYC0071 showing the gear with buoys wrapped around the whales body. The fishing gear is inside its mouth, at the hinge of the jaw and wrapped around the top of its Rostrum/Head running across the middle of the blow hole.
a Families Belong Togethera rally held in Downtown Vacaville draws hundreds
Michael Kitzes speaks to the crowd during the “Families Belong Together” rally Saturday morning at Time Square in Downtown Vacaville. Michael Morris - The Reporter Concerned residents took to the streets of 750 American cities demanding that “Families Belong Together” less than two months after the Trump administration implemented its “zero tolerance” legislation against undocumented immigrants.
Polls close in special election to replace Texas GOP congressman
Polls closed Saturday evening in a Texas special election to replace a Republican congressman who resigned amid sexual harassment claims. A crowded field fought to represent the 27th Congressional District, a conservative area along the Gulf Coast that President Donald Trump won by about 24 points in 2016.
Ben Shapiro: I’m Happy to Wait For the Mueller Indictments,…
Never Trumper, and EIC of The Daily Wire, Ben Shapiro, appeared on HBO's "Real Time With Bill Maher" Friday evening and said Trump is too stupid to have colluded with Russia but if he did collude, he's happy to see the Mueller indictments and ultimately happy to see Trump impeached. The Mueller witch hunt is political hit job by the Deep State.
FBI Assists DC Police in Search for Missing 9-Year-Old Girl
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is assisting D.C. police with the search for a missing 9-year-old girl who hasn't been seen since Friday. Moore is described as a black female with light brown complexion, 5 feet, between 120-125 pounds, with short black hair and brown eyes.
Federal Aviation Administration consumed by diversity and inclusion
My column a fortnight ago, titled "Diversity and Inclusion Harm," focused on the dumbing down of science, technology, engineering and mathematics curricula to achieve a more pleasing mixture of participants in terms of race and sex.
Giuliani criticizes Europe’s will to keep Iran nuclear deal
Rudy Giuliani has strongly criticized European democracies' will to maintain the Iran nuclear deal after the US decision to pull out from the accord. Giuliani, US President Donald Trump's lawyer, on Saturday attended the annual meeting of an Iranian exile group called the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq near Paris.
The Latest: Immigrant: Keep public officials accountable
A crowd gathers for a rally outside Bethany Christian Services in Grand Rapids on Wednesday, June 27, 2018, to protest the separation of immigrant children from their families at the southern border. Some of the children are currently being housed at BCS.
The Latest: Biden urges Americans to ‘rise up’
The Latest on the looming battle to choose a successor for retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy : Former Vice President Joe Biden is urging Americans to "rise up" to demand President Donald Trump nominate a "consensus candidate" to the Supreme Court. Biden sided with Democrats who have said the Senate should postpone the confirmation process until after the mid-term elections.
The Latest: Trump met with Kennedy, discussed replacement
FILe - In this Feb. 18, 1988, file photo Anthony Kennedy, left, takes the constitutional oath as a Supreme Court Associate Justice from Chief Justice William Rehnquist at a White House ceremony in Washington. Holding the Bi... .
New York’s Kirsten Gillibrand, Bill de Blasio echo progressive calls to ‘abolish ICE’
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio both called for the dismantling of ICE this week amid backlash over President Donald Trump's "zero tolerance" immigration policy. "I don't think ICE today is working as intended," Gillibrand said on CNN Thursday evening.
12-year-old’s powerful moment at immigration rally: ‘I’m afraid they will take my mom away’
WASHINGTON Some of the most powerful and emotional messages at Saturday's coast-to-coast immigration rallies came from the smallest of people: children. Leah, 12, who did not give her last name, tearfully told the thousands gathered at Lafayette Square across from the White House that she was the daughter of undocumented immigrants and feared that at any moment her mom could be taken away.
Charleston-area lawyer to clerk for Clarence Thomas at U.S. Supreme Court
Charleston-area native Christopher Mills was selected out of thousands of applicants to clerk for Justice Clarence Thomas at the Supreme Court. The Wando High School graduate is leaving for Washington next month.
With Corey Stewart atop the ticket, Virginia Republicans are…
Republican Senate candidate Corey Stewart of Virginia delivers a brief speech at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. Republican Senate candidate Corey Stewart of Virginia delivers a brief speech at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. Corey Stewart's Republican nomination for U.S. Senate from Virginia has prompted an identity crisis within the state GOP, with some donors and activists saying they are so turned off, they are willing to vote for his Democratic opponent, Sen. Tim Kaine.
Michael Moore warns of fight to save democracy from Trump
Of all the pebbles in President Donald Trump's shoe, liberal filmmaker Michael Moore has aspired - since before day one - to be one of the most conspicuous. Moore has called for Trump to step aside - even before Trump took office.
3 black US senators introduce bill to make lynching a federal hate crime
"It's a travesty that despite repeated attempts to do so, Congress still hasn't put anti-lynching legislation on the books," Sen. Corey Booker, a New Jersey Democrat, said in a statement. "This bill will right historical wrongs by acknowledging our country's stained past and codifying into law our commitment to abolishing this shameful practice."
US protesters urge President Donald Trump to reverse immigration crackdown
Thousands gathered in front of the White House on Saturday to protest the Trump administration's immigration policies, which have separated children from parents at the U.S-Mexico border and sparked plans for military-run detention camps. Joined by protesters nationwide, people crowding downtown Washington waved signs and chanted "shame" as religious leaders and activists urged the administration to be more welcoming of foreigners and to reunite families.
For Texas ranchers living along border fence, talk of an illegal crossing crisis is exaggerated
Jaime Portillo works on his property along U.S. Highway 281 in El Calaboz. Portillo's property is divided by the border fence that runs along farmland in the Rio Grande Valley.
Paddle boarder has close encounter with great white shark in Carpinteria
A man in his underwear was captured on video running in a restricted area of the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on June 26, 2018. For one teenager who fled violence in El Salvador on his own in 2014, the days he spent in a Texas border detention center were some of the worst of his life.