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Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., looks on as Negah Hekmati talks about her hours-long delay returning to the U.S. from Canada with her family days earlier, at a news conference on Monday. (Elaine Thompson/AP Photo)
NPR
Community

Border screenings spark travel fears for Iranian Americans amid rising tensions

Iranian Americans say they are scared to travel, and some are dropping international trips after U.S. citizens of Iranian descent were held by U.S. immigration agents.

6 years ago

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives for a closed meeting with fellow Republicans as he strategizes about the looming impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

McConnell: GOP will start impeachment trial, delay witnesses

The trial could start as soon as this week if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi releases the articles of impeachment.

6 years ago

A newly sworn-in U.S. citizen holds the U.S. flag and paperwork during a 2018 naturalization ceremony in New York City. (Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

To produce citizenship data, Homeland Security to share records with Census

The Department of Homeland Security has agreed to share certain records to help the Census Bureau produce data about the U.S. citizenship status of those who live in the U.S.

6 years ago

People attend the visitation service for Margie Reckard at La Paz Faith Center in El Paso, Texas, in August 2019. She was killed in white supremacist attack that targeted Latinos at a Walmart. (Paul Ratje/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Community

2019 Brought stepped-up efforts to counter white supremacist violence

The torch-wielding racists who marched on Charlottesville, Va., two years ago showed the ugly new face of the far right.

6 years ago

Joey Covino poses for a photo at his home in Saugus, Mass. Covino was abused when he was 9-years-old by Rev. Richard J. McCormick at a summer camp in Massachusetts.  (Elise Amendola/AP Photo)
Community

Hundreds of accused clergy left off church’s sex abuse lists

Richard J. Poster served time for possessing child pornography, violated his probation by having contact with children and in 2005 was put on a sex offender registry.

6 years ago

Liese Siegenthaler (left) and Maggie Feldman-Piltch attended the recent conference. (Rachel Treisman/NPR)
NPR
Community

From a hashtag to a movement: #NatSecGirlSquad empowers women in national security

Dozens of national security specialists clustered inside a Washington hotel, warming up with coffee and checking out booths set up by intelligence agencies.

6 years ago

People silhouetted against a Christmas display, at a park in Lenexa, Kan. Most Americans say the holiday season makes them feel very grateful and generous — but many report feeling stressed, too according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. (Charlie Riedel/AP Photo)
Community

Poll: Americans grateful at holidays — and a bit stressed

Wade Holcomb has a lot to be grateful for this year. In addition to graduating college and getting a job, he also has a beautiful 4-month-old girl.

6 years ago

White House counsel Don McGahn speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), at National Harbor, Md. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

House committee raises prospect of more impeachment articles

The House Judiciary Committee is holding open the possibility of recommending additional articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.

6 years ago

Nancy Glynn of Manchester, N.H., with her son Hunter. Glynn works for several non-profits, including MomsRising, a group that advocates for paid parental leave and other policies. (Nancy Glynn via AP)
Courts & Law

Most US workers still pay price of no paid parental leave

Nancy Glynn could not afford a funeral for her newborn son who died after a premature birth.

6 years ago

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks to supporters at an Iowa rally in March. (Nati Harnik/AP Photo)
NPR
Politics & Policy

‘Authenticity,’ ‘culturally relevant’: Why Bernie Sanders is resonating with Latinos

This weekend, one of the most high-profile Latinas in Congress, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, is campaigning for Bernie Sanders in Nevada and California.

6 years ago

President Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Michigan, where he came out swinging as the House voted to impeach him on Wednesday. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump is impeached, but there’s no endgame in sight

When it was announced Wednesday night in the House of Representatives that all time allotted for debate on impeachment had expired, a cheer went up within the chamber.

6 years ago

Andrea and her son (pseudonyms), who are awaiting an asylum hearing, live in central Jersey. (NJ Spotlight)
Community

Separated at the border, the story of Andrea and her son José

Fearing MS-13 gang, she sought asylum in U.S. after being separated by border officials, she and her son eventually were reunited and now live in N.J.

6 years ago

A man buys groceries in a supermarket.
NPR
Community

New SNAP rule impacts college students by limiting benefits and adding confusion

Some low-income college students are among the 688,000 food stamp recipients projected to lose benefits as a result of a Trump administration rule announced Dec. 4.

6 years ago

The existing border wall (right) is seen near the construction site of new wall panels south of Donna, Texas. (Verónica G. Cárdenas for NPR)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Acquiring private land is slowing Trump’s border wall

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf visited a construction site in Texas and repeated a Trump administration pledge.

6 years ago

Democratic presidential candidates from left, entrepreneur Andrew Yang, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and businessman Tom Steyer participate in a Democratic presidential primary debate Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Chris Carlson/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Presidential hopefuls in Senate say impeachment comes first

The senators are already expecting to be sidelined by impeachment for at least two weeks in January.

6 years ago

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