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Trump to Congress: ‘Get ready to do your job’ on immigration

President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday it’s up to Congress to ultimately decide the fate of hundreds of thousands of young immigr ...

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Trump to Congress: ‘Get ready to do your job’ on immigration

President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday it’s up to Congress to ultimately decide the fate of hundreds of thousands of young immigr ...

8 years ago

Trump, Pence, and Ryan
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The North Korea conflict; Congress returns to Washington

Guests: Joe Cirincione, Reid Wilson, Rosie Gray North Korea tested a nuclear bomb on Sunday. Secretary of Defense ...

Air Date: September 5, 2017

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the Tet Offensive
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Mark Bowden on “Hue 1968” and North Korea

Guest: Mark Bowden Historians often point to the battle of Huế, part of the Tet Offensive, as the turning point ...

Air Date: September 4, 2017

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 Members of the KKK are escorted by police past a large group of protesters during a KKK rally Saturday, July 8, 2017, in Charlottesville, Va. A month later, as white supremacists protested the proposed removal of a Confederate monument, counter-protester Heather Heyer was killed when James Alex Fields drove a speeding car into the crowd. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

We are the land of the free, but at what price?

Is our ability to tolerate Nazism in the United States vis à vis our First Amendment protections really something for ...

8 years ago

 Gabriela Pedroza and her daughter (Photo provided)
Immigration
Mental Health

Shielding immigrant mothers from deportation benefits their children’s mental health

A new study in the journal Science shows that the debate over unauthorized immigrants is not just an political issue; it’s ...

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New Jersey

Christie says fighting opioid addiction will be primary focus in his final months

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie leaves office in January and said the opioid crisis will be his primary focus until then. He sa ...

8 years ago

A car sits in floodwater from Tropical Storm Harvey rise Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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Infrastructure
National

Harvey blows away Trump’s border wall

Once upon a distant time — actually, it was only last week — a demagogue stood on a Phoenix stage and titillated his acoloytes by dec ...

8 years ago

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Keystone Crossroads
Pennsylvania

A look ahead at Pennsylvania’s 2018 political races

Statewide political party leaders are starting to hone their messaging for — and against — candidates, more than a year before the mi ...

8 years ago

Pennsylvania

Video of U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey’s town hall in Bethlehem

Pennsylvania’s Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey met with voters in a town hall in Thursday evening. Toomey took questions fro ...

8 years ago

Few surprises at small Toomey town hall

In a much-anticipated town hall held Thursday night in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Pat Toomey said little that would surprise hi ...

8 years ago

Only 16 percent of New Jersey voters surveyed in the latest Rutgers-Eagleton poll approve of the job the Republican governor is doing. (AP file photo)
New Jersey

Christie approval rating sinks to record low … again

A new poll shows Gov. Chris Christie’s approval rating sinking to its lowest level yet. Only 16 percent of New Jersey voters approv ...

8 years ago

Delaware

Delaware’s top environmental official joins group decrying Trump EPA cuts

Delaware Dept. of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Secretary Shawn Garvin joined Environment America in criticizing budget cut ...

8 years ago

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Delaware

Democratic control over Delaware Senate at risk [audio]

Delaware state Senator Brian Bushweller announced he will retire from public service when his term expires next year, opening the door fo ...

8 years ago

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 Mamadu Balde, a Sierra Leonean man who's lived in the U.S. for nearly two decades, has been held in York County Prison since June 23. (Image courtesy of Balde's family)
Keystone Crossroads

Feds fighting lawsuit over detention of Sierra Leone refugee in York County Prison

The ACLU of Pennsylvania is suing the federal government over the allegedly illegal detention of Mamadu Balde, a Sierra Leonean man who ...

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