• How the NRA flexes its political muscle

    How the NRA flexes its political muscle

    Mar 05, 2018 02:43 PM EDT

    ... the governor's race centered on economic woes gripping the state. The NRA's endorsement commended Strickland as "an unwavering defender of our Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms" and noted his opposition to a 2004 ban on certain semi-automatic weapons while in Congress and his signature ...

  • Trump links tariff relief for Canada, Mexico if 'new and fair' NAFTA deal is signed

    Trump links tariff relief for Canada, Mexico if 'new and fair' NAFTA deal is signed

    Mar 05, 2018 02:26 PM EDT

    ... too long, China has been making cheap steel and they've been flooding the market with it. It's not fair and it's not right. So I actually think this is long overdue," said Democratic candidate Conor Lamb. "Unfortunately, many of our competitors around the world have slanted the ...

  • This poet imagines black victims of police violence 'alive someplace better'

    This poet imagines black victims of police violence 'alive someplace better'

    Feb 26, 2018 09:52 PM EDT

    ... is for that first scene anyway: the little black boy on the bus with a toy dinosaur, his eyes wide & endless his dreams possible, pulsing, & right there. “All things and poems are about balance,” they said. "A poem is small enough, but also mighty enough to hold many things at ...

  • Fate of bipartisan bill on criminal justice reform uncertain

    Fate of bipartisan bill on criminal justice reform uncertain

    Feb 17, 2018 09:47 PM EDT

    ... liberals as well as libertarians are in agreement on? CARRIE JOHNSON: Yeah there's been an unusual consensus. Everyone from Koch Industries and the Koch Brothers to the American Civil Liberties Union to the Cato Institute has come together over the last five years or so in D.C. around ...

  • Everything you need to know about family-based migration

    Everything you need to know about family-based migration

    Feb 16, 2018 09:45 PM EDT

    ... children of U.S. citizens; 2nd Preference (Part A) which includes spouses and minor children of legal permanent residents (LPRs, that is, those granted the right to live permanently in the U.S., known as a “Green Card” holders); 2nd Preference (Part B) which include unmarried adult children of LPRs ...

  • A window into love and marriage in modern-day Mumbai

    A window into love and marriage in modern-day Mumbai

    Feb 06, 2018 04:42 PM EDT

    ... and throws his arms up theatrically. Shahzad laughs, forcing himself not to clap. His niece, who has run into the living room to watch her brother’s antics, laughs along with him, her tight braids shaking. Sabeena watches the scene from the airless kitchen, where the pots have begun to ...

  • Sen. Bernie Sanders on how Democrats see the state of the Union under Trump

    Sen. Bernie Sanders on how Democrats see the state of the Union under Trump

    Jan 31, 2018 11:35 PM EDT

    ... There was a response, so-called moderate Democratic response. (CROSSTALK) Sen. Bernie Sanders: I don't think that's the response at all. I think, right now, there is massive revulsion, if I may use that word, against Donald Trump for his divisiveness, for his dishonesty, for his bigotry. And ...

  • News Wrap: Court tosses out Pennsylvania’s gerrymandered congressional map

    News Wrap: Court tosses out Pennsylvania’s gerrymandered congressional map

    Jan 22, 2018 11:45 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Monday, Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court threw out the state's congressional map for being heavily gerrymandered to benefit Republicans. Also, Turkey continued its military offensive against U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria for a third day.

  • Evangelical rift intensifies over Trump's vulgar immigration remarks

    Evangelical rift intensifies over Trump's vulgar immigration remarks

    Jan 13, 2018 03:00 PM EDT

    Donald Trump's vulgar remarks about why the U.S. should admit immigrants from Haiti and Africa have spotlighted the bitter divide among American evangelicals about his presidency.

  • 5 important stories you may have missed

    5 important stories you may have missed

    Jan 10, 2018 05:17 PM EDT

    These days, it’s hard to stop news from Washington, D.C., from flooding your news feed. We take a moment every week to bring you important stories beyond the White House and the Capitol. Here’s what we’re reading now.