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Crowds took to the streets of US cities Saturday to demand "Families Belong Together" nearly two months after the Trump administration implemented its "zero tolerance" policy toward undocumented immigrants, prompting the separation of thousands of children from their parents. The main rally was in Lafayette Square in Washington, but hundreds of marches, protests and rallies were underway across the country to call for the immediate reunification of migrant families and an end to family detentions and separations.
Pakistani residents cool off at a canal during heatwave as temperatures reach 44 degrees Celsius in Karachi on May 30, 2018. CREDIT: RIZWAN TABASSUM / AFP Steep U.S. cuts to global climate funding are taking a toll on developing countries, even as South Asia and other vulnerable regions face looming risks from global warming.
In this Monday, June 25, 2018 photo, people gather at the Supreme Court awaiting a decision in an Illinois union dues case, Janus vs. AFSCME, in Washington. The Supreme Court says government workers can't be forced to contribute to labor unions that represent them in collective bargaining, dealing a serious financial blow to organized labor.
The Billings Gazette reports the high court agreed Thursday to review the case of Clayvin Herrera, who was found guilty of killing an elk Wyoming in January 2014. The Wyoming Supreme Court declined to hear his case, saying the issue was decided by a federal appeals court in 1995.
President Donald Trump isn't willing to embrace the truth when it comes to immigration, violence and MS-13 gangs. In speech after speech, he links weak border enforcement to pervasive crime and the "vile gang MS-13," with his administration suggesting MS-13 is surging.
Saturday marks the last day of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's temporary housing program for nearly 1,800 Puerto Rican survivors of Hurricane Maria. The emergency shelter program currently provides 1,744 families whose homes were severely damaged in the September 2017 storm with hotels and motels free-of-charge on the island, in the District of Columbia and 28 states.
Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy this week announced he is retiring . Kennedy is the longest-serving justice, having joined the court in 1988 after being appointed by President Ronald Reagan.
More than 600 marches could draw hundreds of thousands of people across the country, from immigrant-friendly cities like Los Angeles and New York City -- where a march has started -- to conservative Appalachia and Wyoming under the banner Families Belong Together. Though many who show up will be seasoned anti-Trump demonstrators, others will be new to immigration activism, including parents who say they feel compelled to show up after heart-wrenching accounts of children forcibly taken from their families as they crossed the border illegally.
Several prominent Democrats who are mulling a bid for the White House in 2020 have sought to bolster their progressive credentials by calling for major changes to immigration enforcement, with some pressing for the outright abolition of the federal government's chief immigration enforcement agency. President Trump responded on Twitter Saturday that it will "never happen!" Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York said Immigration and Customs Enforcement, known as ICE, has "become a deportation force," telling CNN late Thursday "you should get rid of it, start over, reimagine it and build something that actually works."
BEDMINSTER, NJ President Donald Trump will have to watch the news or surf the Internet to see the tens of thousands of people gathering outside the White House protesting his "zero tolerance" immigration policies. He's 220 miles from the official residence, ensconced in Trump National Golf Club, his private resort in Bedminster, New Jersey.
Texas' 27th Congressional District is holding its third election of the year with Saturday's special election to replace Republican U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold. He resigned in April amid allegations of sexual harassment, and word that he used $84,000 from a special House fund to settle a 2014 lawsuit stemming from them.
Thousands of people descended on cities from coast-to-coast Saturday in "Families Belong Together" rallies to protest the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policy that left more than 2,000 children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. In the nation's capital, thousands poured into Lafayette Square, across from the White House, to chant "We care" and "No Trump, No KKK, No Fascist USA."
I love our form of government; and by all accounts it should work well. Unfortunately, the Democrats and Republicans have decided that everything should be decided with the stroke of the president's pen, thereby they as "our politicians" are not responsible for anything.
Illustration by Selman Design; Photographs by Tammy Bradshaw, Seth Wenig/Associated Press, Mark Makela for The New York Times, and Jeff Swensen for The New York Times. In May, three young progressive women running for the state Legislature in Pennsylvania, each endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America, won decisive primary victories over men heavily favored by the political establishment.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said in her weekly press briefing on Thursday that the Democratic Party is about "honoring the vows of our founders." Our values are about supporting America's working families, about honoring the vows of our Founders, about honoring the sacrifice of our men and women in uniform, honoring the aspirations of our children," she said."
On June 18, President Trump nominated Kathy Kraninger to replace Mick Mulvaney, the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Few had heard of Kraninger, Mulvaney's deputy at the other agency he leads, the Office of Management and Budget.
On Wednesday, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced he will be retiring from the bench at the end of July. President Trump is choosing Justice Kennedy's replacement from a list of 25 judges - the same list he chose Justice Neil Gorsuch from last year.
Plaintiff Mark Janus stands outside the Supreme Court after the court rules in a setback for organized labor that states can't force government workers to pay union fees. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption Plaintiff Mark Janus stands outside the Supreme Court after the court rules in a setback for organized labor that states can't force government workers to pay union fees.
A female tourist is lucky to be alive after floating for 21 hours on the open sea on an inflatable sun bed. Olga Kuldo was fried alive by the hot sun after her lounger was swept out into the ocean by a strong current.
A comedian has successfully pulled a prank on the U.S. president with a fake phone call, raising concerns that White House security had not been up to par. John Melendez, a radio show personality, said he had called Trump while the president was travelling to Washington D.C. on board the Air Force One after a rally Wednesday evening.