Jun 29 Democrats embrace ‘Abolish ICE’ as new rallying call for 2020 elections By Bill Barrow, Associated Press The debate over the agency's future follows the widespread outcry in recent weeks after the Trump administration separated more than 2,000 migrant children from their parents. Continue reading
Jun 29 GM, Toyota among manufacturers who oppose Trump’s call for auto tariffs By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press The threat of auto tariffs "risks undermining GM's competitiveness against foreign auto producers," according to General Motors in a filing Friday with the U.S. Commerce Department. Continue reading
Jun 29 Republicans propose using online sales tax money for new tax cuts By David A. Lieb, Associated Press "To just take that revenue would be a tax increase," said Missouri Sen. Andrew Koenig, echoing the reasoning of many tax-adverse Republicans leery of simply spending or saving the expected influx. Continue reading
Jun 29 Concern over using U.S. military at southern border draws bipartisan support By Robert Burns, Associated Press The Pentagon says it received a Department of Homeland Security request to house up to 12,000 detained migrant family members, starting with shelters for 2,000 people to be available within 45 days. Continue reading
Jun 29 The brilliant brothers behind the Mayo Clinic By Dr. Howard Markel Although Will Mayo rose to become an assistant in surgery and a demonstrator in anatomy at Michigan, one of his professors told him he would never succeed in medicine. Continue reading
Jun 29 Family separations push new protesters to join immigrant activists By Gillian Flaccus, Amy Taxin, Associated Press Immigrants who have spent years fighting to change the country's immigration system are getting newfound support from liberal activists, moms and first-time protesters motivated by a visceral narrative: President Donald Trump's administration separating children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico… Continue reading
Jun 29 What we know about the ‘targeted attack’ at the Capital Gazette newsroom By Joshua Barajas "This person was prepared to shoot people," police told reporters in a briefing hours after the shooting. Continue reading
Jun 28 Watch 5:32 News Wrap: Annapolis newspaper shooting suspect in custody In our news wrap Thursday, a gunman opened fire at a local newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, killing five people and wounding several more. Also, President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a long-expected summit on July 16 in… Continue watching
Jun 28 Watch 7:20 The logistical hurdles hindering migrant family reunification More than 2,000 children who have been separated from their families at the border in recent weeks and placed in government-run or contracted shelters are still waiting to be reunited. Bob Carey, the former director of the HHS Office of… Continue watching
Jun 28 Watch 8:06 How these Alabama architecture students are improving lives with low-cost home designs By John Yang For decades, students and faculty from Auburn University's Rural Studio have been working, studying and living in Hale County, Alabama, and using architecture to serve the greater good. There, more than two dozen different homes that cost only $20,000 have… Continue watching