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Jun 01 2016
News
The Art of the Swindle
In court filings, former employees of Trump University allege that it preyed on the insecurities of its students, selling them courses they did not need or could not afford.
The Atlantic
Jul 23 2019
News
Thousands of unaccompanied migrant children could be detained indefinitely
An unprecedented number of unaccompanied migrant children are at risk of spending the rest of their childhoods in federal custody, CBS News learned in an exclusive interview with the head of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), the agency that cares for these children.
The federal government is required to pursue "prompt and continuous efforts toward family reunification" of
CBS News (Online)
Jul 23 2019
News
Trump sues lawmakers, NY officials to thwart potential release of state tax returns
President Trump on Tuesday sued the Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee, the New York state attorney general and a New York state tax official to try to block any potential efforts by lawmakers to obtain his state tax returns.
The president filed the lawsuit in federal court in Washington, D.C., alleging that House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass
The Hill
Nov 01 2019
News
A Crying Shame
On Wednesday, Lawrence VanDyke, Donald Trump’s nominee for a seat on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, made news by crying at his confirmation hearing. He began weeping after he was confronted with a letter from the American Bar Association that had deemed him “Not Qualified,” a ranking based on 60 interviews with 43 lawyers, 16 judges, and one other person who had worked with him. In
Slate
Mar 21 2017
News
In Gorsuch hearings, questions of religious liberty and the law
'The balance of faith and freedom, the balance of free exercise rights and ... self-determination rights, are pretty fundamental questions,' says Sen. Chris Coons, a member of the committee that will question the high court nominee, in an exclusive interview.
Christian Science Monitor
Dec 13 2019
Fact Check
Fact-checking Barr’s dispute of inspector general’s report on the FBI, Russia probe
Attorney General William Barr blasted the FBI over its 2016 decision to open the Russia investigation later led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, rejecting an inspector general’s conclusion that the FBI’s probe was justified from the get-go.
"The Inspector General’s report now makes clear that the FBI launched an intrusive investigation of a U.S. presidential campaign on the thinnest
PolitiFact
Jun 22 2019
News
ICE set to begin immigration raids in 10 cities on Sunday
(CNN)Immigration and Customs Enforcement is pressing forward to arrest and deport families with court-ordered removals in 10 cities beginning Sunday, according to a senior immigration official, after President Donald Trump's tweet revealing an operation was imminent.
But acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan has been hesitant about elements of the operation,
CNN (Online News)
Oct 04 2019
News
Documents heighten scrutiny on Biden-Ukraine dealings, indicate Hunter may have made ‘millions’
A batch of newly released documents, including court filings as well as notes from interviews conducted by Rudy Giuliani, have put the spotlight back on Biden family dealings in Ukraine—even as House Democrats' impeachment probe zeroes in on President Trump’s push to convince Kiev to investigate them.
And they've raised more questions about how much money Joe Biden's son Hunter made
Fox News (Online News)
May 18 2019
News
Mnuchin Defies Subpoena for President Trump’s Tax Returns
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig defied congressional subpoenas by missing a Friday deadline to hand over six years of President Trump’s tax returns and audit records. Their decision was expected after weeks of rebuffing requests from Rep. Richard Neal (D., Mass.), the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, who invoked a statute that lets him
Wall Street Journal (News)
Dec 10 2019
News
In a first, U.S. starts pushing Central American families seeking asylum to Guatemala
WASHINGTON — U.S. officials have started to send families seeking asylum to Guatemala, even if they are not from the Central American country and had sought protection in the United States, the Los Angeles Times has learned. In July, the Trump administration announced a new rule to effectively end asylum at the southern U.S. border by requiring asylum seekers to claim protection elsewhere.
Los Angeles Times