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There are less than three weeks to go before the March 5 deadline when protections for "Dreamers" expire, leaving about 700,000 young immigrants vulnerable to deportation. Congress appears frustratingly far from a solution.
In the latest installment of Social Media Theater of the Absurd, Mr. Walker recently went full-on hyperbolic about Mount Pleasant's attempt to ban plastic bags. The town took another step this week on that decidedly local issue when it sent the proposed ban on single-use plastic and foam containers to two council committees for more work.
If you think growing older is synonymous with diminished mental activity, think again. There's an old saying that the old can do anything the young can do - it just takes longer.
How many kids have to die before America makes a change? When will people stop commenting "thoughts and prayers" on a Facebook post and actually DO something? When will we stop doing the same thing and finally decide that enough is enough? To keep doing the same things and expecting different results is insanity. The 19 year old who killed 17 people on Wednesday legally bought an AR-15 a year prior to the shooting.
The use of the Second Amendment to block consideration of sensible gun control measures is a national disgrace. And conservatives themselves have explained why this is true.
The showdown between Alberta and B.C. over the TransMountain pipeline is not only pitting the two westernmost provinces against each other. The battle has larger implications not only for the New Democratic Party - which counts two premiers in the fight - but also for the federal government and the panorama of Canadian voters and economic interests.
Yenita Rodriguez, 26, and her two children, Yelianis, 1, and Yelismary, 3, arrived from Puerto Rico on Jan. 24 with $400. She is staying at a hotel in Dedham.
While rescuers were searching for an active shooter and extracting schoolchildren from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, Connecticut Senator Christopher Murphy says television showed a horrific scene of children running for their lives in what he says is the 19th school shooting incident of 2018. Here are the remarks U.S. Senator Chris Murphy made on the floor of the U.S. Senate Wednesday in response to reports of an active shooter at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
President Donald Trump, unwilling to acknowledge the degree of Russian meddling in the 2016 election , has brushed aside numerous admonitions from Congress, outside experts and even his own advisers to harden our defenses against future interference. On Tuesday, Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats was the latest to testify to Russia's threat to our democracy and our unpreparedness.
When White House staff secretary Rob Porter resigned Wednesday amid allegations that he abused his two ex-wives and a former girlfriend, he parted the curtains on a Trumpian-scale personnel and security disaster.
The president proposes allocating $200 billion in federal money that he wants to see matched by state and private investment to the tune of $1.3 trillion.
Refugee migrants, arrived on Greek island of Lesvos in dinghy boats on 12 October 2015, wait in refugee camps for the ferry to Athens continuing their journey through Europe to seek asylum. [ Anjo Kan/Shutterstock ] The EU Commission is soon to re-enter the conflict over immigration.
The War with Iran has Begun - Come Hear What Israel's Defense Minister Has to Say Save Your Seat Now US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland. On March 4, thousands of Israel lovers will fill another AIPAC Policy Conference.
In this Jan. 21, 2018, file photo, lights illuminate the U.S. Capitol on second day of the federal shutdown as lawmakers negotiate behind closed doors in Washington. The era of trillion-dollar budget deficits is about make a comeback _ and a brewing budget deal hastened the arrival.
At the recent State of the Union address, President Trump said, "One of my greatest priorities is to reduce the price of prescription drugs. In many other countries, these drugs cost far less than what we pay in the United States.
Once upon a time, in comic book land, there was a planet called Bizarro World, a strange place where up was down and down was up and beauty was ugly and ugly was beauty. In one installment, a salesman was doing a brisk business selling "Bizarro Bonds," hawking them to potential customers with this pitch: "Guaranteed to lose money for you."
It started out as a sweeping proposal to open coastal waters all around the United States to exploration and exploitation for oil. No doubt in just that order.
Fun: A proposed bill that forces congressmen to pay their own sexual harassment settlements. Rep. Pat Meehan of Pennsylvania and Michigan Rep. John Conyers paid settlements with tax payer money.