by Alex Lederman | Jan 28, 2016 | Immigration
WASHINGTON – The Department of Health and Human Services suffers from serious systemic failures in protecting “unaccompanied alien children” from human trafficking, a Senate investigation says. “It’s intolerable that human trafficking, really modern day slavery,...
by Cat Zakrzewski | Mar 18, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — After President Barack Obama’s 2015 defense spending plan was unveiled, hawkish Republicans were quick to criticize the president for drawing back military funding as Russia intervened in Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula. “We are deeply concerned that the...
by Sylvan Lane | Mar 18, 2014 | Immigration, Politics
WASHINGTON — It’s not that the House Republicans don’t want to pass immigration reform, they say. It’s just that they can’t right now. If you ask GOP lawmakers, they’ll tell you the time just isn’t right. The midterm elections are fast approaching. They don’t trust...
by Sylvan Lane | Feb 6, 2014 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Senate was one vote short of allowing debate on the unemployment insurance extension bill Thursday afternoon, effectively killing the bill and leaving Democrats furious at their Republican counterparts. The final vote – to end debate, and cut...
by Shirley Li | Jan 24, 2012 | Politics
For the second year, some senators and House members ignored political labels and sat with colleagues from a different party at the State of the Union. Medill News Service asked senators taking the subway who their “dates” would be. Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn.,...
