Jun 18 Northwest dams have devastated the region’s Native tribes, U.S. government acknowledges By Gene Johnson, Associated Press A report details how the unprecedented structures devastated salmon runs, inundated villages and burial grounds, and continue to severely curtail the tribes’ ability to exercise their treaty fishing rights. Continue reading
Jun 18 Congressional Budget Office raises federal budget deficit projection by $400 billion By Fatima Hussein, Josh Boak, Associated Press Deficits are a problem for lawmakers in the coming years because of the burden of servicing the total debt load, an aging population that pushes up the total cost of Social Security and Medicare and rising health care expenses. Continue reading
Jun 18 Here’s what’s in Biden’s plan to offer some migrants a pathway to citizenship, and how it will work By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press It is one of President Joe Biden's most sweeping immigration policies and one that migrant advocates had been heavily lobbying the administration to undertake. Continue reading
Jun 18 WATCH: White House holds briefing ahead of Biden announcement on relief for some undocumented immigrants By News Desk and Associated Press President Joe Biden is taking an election year step to offer relief to hundreds of thousands of immigrants without legal status in the U.S. Continue reading
Jun 18 WATCH: Biden announces most expansive federal protection for immigrants in over a decade By Seung Min Kim, Associated Press The White House says the Biden administration will allow certain spouses of U.S. citizens without legal status to apply for permanent residency and eventually citizenship. Continue reading
Jun 18 Here’s how Americans feel about Biden and Trump as election season revs up By Laura Santhanam For many voters, the choice may come down to a handful of high-stakes issues and perceptions of which candidate handles them better, according to the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll. Continue reading
Jun 17 Biden to announce protections Tuesday for undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens and ‘Dreamers’ By Laura Barrón-López The president’s executive action will shield undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens from deportation, allow them to obtain work authorization, as well as ease their path to permanent resident status, the three sources told PBS News. Continue reading
Jun 17 Federal judge blocks Biden’s new Title IX rule expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students By Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s new Title IX rule expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students in six additional states. Continue reading
Jun 17 Biden presidential campaign to spend $50 million in advertising blitz highlighting Trump’s conviction By Will Weissert, Associated Press Biden's campaign said Monday it wants to clearly define the choice between the candidates ahead of their first debate in Atlanta on June 27. Trump's campaign says the contrast between Trump and Biden "will be very clear on the debate… Continue reading
Jun 15 House will go to court for Biden audio after DOJ’s refusal to prosecute, says Speaker Johnson By Alanna Durkin Richer, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday that the House will go to court to enforce the subpoena against Attorney General Merrick Garland for access to President Joe Biden's special counsel audio interview, hours after the Justice Department refused to prosecute Republicans’ contempt… Continue reading