Dec 24 Judge dismisses lawsuit against Obama on immigration By Pete Yost, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Refusing to rule on the merits of the case, a federal judge has rejected an Arizona sheriff's lawsuit seeking to halt President Barack Obama's plan to spare nearly 5 million people from deportation. Continue reading
Dec 22 Sheriff Joe Arpaio seeks to stop Obama’s immigration order in court By Pete Yost, Associated Press Among the evidence in the case is a set of Arpaio press releases and letters to Homeland Security officials that say more than 35 percent of immigrants living in Maricopa County illegally who wound up in Arpaio's jails in 2014… Continue reading
Dec 16 The top 10 political stories of 2014 By Domenico Montanaro, Lisa Desjardins, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: Ferguson, elections, polarization, health care and the GOP’s lawsuit were the top five. A 9/11 report, immigration, President Obama’s unpopularity, taxes, and the debt round out the top 10 Top 10 political stories of… Continue reading
Dec 15 Two years after Newtown shootings, the NRA won the debate over guns By Domenico Montanaro, Quinn Bowman, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe, Lisa Desjardins Today in the Morning Line: More Americans side with gun rights over control for first time Despite studies on gun-related deaths, most say gun ownership protects potential victims Giffords, Bloomberg unable to make many inroads Post-Newtown — Guns in America:… Continue reading
Dec 11 U.S. passes $18 trillion in debt, and nothing’s being done about it By Domenico Montanaro, Lisa Desjardins, Simone Pathe A story away from the pack for you this morning. Just in case you don’t check the national-debt-to-the-penny website from the Treasury Department regularly, we do. And in the past two weeks, we saw the national debt rise above $18… Continue reading
Dec 04 Watch 4:40 News Wrap: House votes to block Obama’s immigration order By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, House Republicans pushed through a bill to declare President Obama’s executive actions on immigration “null and void.” The House also passed a defense spending bill authorizing $585 billion in funding and expanding military operations in… Continue watching
Dec 04 Does the Garner case weaken the argument for body cameras? By Domenico Montanaro, Lisa Desjardins, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: Does getting caught on tape matter? Where does President Obama’s call for police cameras go from here? House GOP to hold protest vote against President Obama’s immigration executive action Body cameras: President Obama made… Continue reading
Nov 28 UN condemns U.S. over torture, immigrant detainment and police malpractice By Laura Santhanam After reviewing the recent use of history of torture in the United States, the United Nations Committee Against Torture expressed concern that the United States has not gone far enough in the “absolute prohibition of torture and ill-treatment” of detainees,"… Continue reading
Nov 26 Business leaders disappointed over items left out of immigration action By Erica Werner, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration left out some of the business community's top priorities, disappointing business leaders who might have stepped up to defend his policies in the face of Republican attacks. Continue reading
Nov 25 Obama to pitch immigration actions in Chicago By Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, the onetime community organizer, is returning Tuesday to the city where he says he first forged his ties to the Latino community to pitch his new executive actions on immigration. Continue reading