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Nation Aug 20
5 important stories that have nothing to do with Trump’s tweetsHow California's police privacy laws make investigating police misconduct complaints difficult, why Europe's measles cases have hit a record high and other stories we're reading now.
Nation Aug 16
Why the government doesn’t always know what happens to unaccompanied migrant childrenThere are a number of issues with the government's program for unaccompanied migrant children, according to senators on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs investigations subcommittee. Here's a look at four of them.
Nation Aug 16
Little progress made to safeguard unaccompanied migrant children, subcommittee saysIn the past six years, more than 200,000 unaccompanied migrant children have entered the U.S. and been placed into the “UAC” program. Both the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Health and Human Services administer the children’s placement…
Nation Aug 15
How Catholic churches in Pennsylvania hid decades of abuseA nearly 900-page report last week includes dozens of testimonies provided by victims and reveals a pattern of systematic cover-ups by senior church officials.
Nation Aug 14
5 important stories that have nothing to do with the Omarosa-Trump feudThe Hurricane Maria deathtoll in Puerto Rico is more than 20 times higher than the government estimated, a jury has awards $289 million in damages to a man who claims a popular herbicide caused his cancer and other stories we're…
Nation Aug 10
For 7 weeks, Sofi begged to go home. Now reunited, her journey isn’t overWhen a young girl named Sofi and her grandmother came legally to a U.S. immigration checkpoint, they tried to apply for asylum but were separated by U.S. officials. After 47 days, their story took a happier turn late Thursday in…
Politics Jun 01
What happens when a child arrives at the U.S. border?It’s not immediately clear how Trump's policies are affecting children who arrive at the border alone, or those arrive with and are separated from their parents. But here's what we know about how minors are treated when they try to…
World Feb 08
Iranian women threw off their headscarves. Now what?The debate has followed other cultural divides in Iran in recent months, including protests over how the government has handled the sluggish economy.
Nation Feb 06
What’s behind the Trump administration’s crackdown on MS-13?In a roundtable discussion with law enforcement officials on Tuesday, Trump again targeted MS-13, calling it “one of the most violent and vicious gangs anywhere in the world,” and said that it “recruits through our broken immigration system, violating our…
Nation Feb 01
After mixed messaging, FEMA clarifies it will not end aid to Puerto RicoThe announcement came after an official erroneously said the agency would cut off food and water deliveries to the island, drawing criticism from lawmakers from both political parties.
