Politics
By Leah Jessen – Health officials confirmed a second U.S. case of a coronavirus as China locked down more cities near the epicenter of the outbreak Friday. An unidentified patient in Illinois has the respiratory illness, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday. The Chicago woman in Read more…
By Terri Moon Cronk – The number of U.S. service members injured with traumatic brain injuries totals 34 after a Jan. 8 attack when Iran shot missiles into Al Asad Airbase in Iraq, the Defense Department’s chief spokesperson said today. During an update to the Pentagon press corps, Jonathan Rath Read more…
By R. Mitchell – Two officials from the local Iron Workers union pleaded guilty today for their role in a brutal assault on a group of non-union ironworkers in Dyer, Indiana. The attack, which left multiple workers with serious injuries, was part of an effort to obtain a contract for Read more…
By Chris White – Billionaire financier George Soros floated the possibility Thursday that President Donald Trump and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg are conspiring to get the president reelected. The tech titan has the ability to allow misinformation to spread widely on the platform, Soros said at the World Economic Forum Read more…
By Chuck Ross – Former Vice President Joe Biden said at a campaign event in Iowa on Tuesday that illegal immigrants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program are “more American” than most of their U.S.-born counterparts because they do well in school. “These kids have come, they’ve Read more…
By Chuck Ross – The Justice Department recently conceded that two of the four orders to wiretap former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page were “not valid,” Judge James Boasberg said in a court order unsealed on Thursday. The Justice Department made the surprising concession in response to an inspector general’s Read more…
By Jason Hopkins – The Trump administration will implement new rules that aim to prevent pregnant foreign nationals from visiting the U.S. for the sole purpose of giving birth on U.S. soil, a practice widely referred to as “birth tourism.” The White House announced new rules Thursday meant to crack Read more…
By Chuck Ross – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley said Wednesday he is expanding his probe of Department of Defense contracts awarded to Stefan Halper, a former professor who was a confidential source for the FBI in its investigation of Trump campaign associates. The Iowa Republican said that he Read more…
By Peter Hasson – Former Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday took a stand against school choice vouchers, despite the fact that he chose to send both of his sons to a posh private high school in Delaware. “When we divert public funds to private schools, we undermine the entire Read more…
By Jason Hopkins – Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), made clear how the U.S. government would respond if an incoming migrant caravan reached the U.S. southern border. “Being part of large group, like a caravan, provides no special treatment or benefits to those Read more…