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Thursday, 29 June 2017 - 11:17pm
The House of Representatives will vote on two immigration bills today, the No Sanctuary for Criminals Act (H.R. 3003) and Kate’s Law (H.R. 3004).
Lorella Praeli, director of immigration policy and campaigns at the American Civil Liberties Union, had the following reaction:
Thursday, 29 June 2017 - 11:06pm
Talcott Camp
Arkansans have plenty of health needs their politicians should address — from the third highest maternal mortality rate in the U.S.
Thursday, 29 June 2017 - 11:00pm
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Should emissions continue to rise beyond 2020, or even remain level, the temperature goals set in Paris become almost unattainable."
Thursday, 29 June 2017 - 10:57pm
Thursday, 29 June 2017 - 10:47pm
Robert C. Koehler
America serves up its news in a caldron from hell, or so it sometimes seems. The fragments are all simmering in the same juice: bombs and drones and travel bans, slashed health care, police shootings, the Confederate flag.
Double, double, toil and trouble . . .
Thursday, 29 June 2017 - 8:01pm
Jake Johnson, staff writer
With protesters outside chanting "Shame! Shame!" President Donald Trump held the first fundraiser of his 2020 reelection campaign at his international hotel in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday—an event described as a "new low" by one government ethics expert.
"Anytime he profits from the hotel, as he is doing tonight, he is violating the domestic emoluments clause."
—Norm Eisen, former Obama ethics czar
Thursday, 29 June 2017 - 9:01am
The new Welsh Government on White Paper on reforming regulation and encouraging more dynamic partnerships in the post-compulsory education sector is to be welcomed, says Universities Wales chair Colin Riordan.
The post Regulatory reform must prepare Welsh universities for Industry 4.0 appeared first on Wonkhe.
Thursday, 29 June 2017 - 9:01am
Linda Naughton gives her reflections on the LFHE's Aurora programme for women in higher education leadership, and how our dominant ideas of leadership need to change in order to achieve gender parity in the sector.
The post Getting the gang together – reflections on women in HE leadership appeared first on Wonkhe.
Thursday, 29 June 2017 - 7:46am
Julia Conley, staff writer
Protesters staged sit-ins at Senate offices across the country, demanding 'No' votes on GOP's healthcare bill
Thursday, 29 June 2017 - 6:35am
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This is not how an elected government behaves in a true democracy."
—Karen Hobert Flynn, president of Common Cause
Thursday, 29 June 2017 - 6:32am
Thursday, 29 June 2017 - 5:57am
Andrew Kennis
One month ago today a burly, middle-aged reporter set out from the offices of the news weekly Riodoce that he co-founded some fourteen years ago, walking toward his car at high noon. In the preceding days, the internationally renowned journalist had admitted to people close to him that he felt anxious about his safety.
Thursday, 29 June 2017 - 5:57am
Chuck Collins
If you find yourself traveling this summer, take a closer look at America’s deteriorating infrastructure — our crumbling roads, sidewalks, public parks, and train and bus stations.
Government officials will tell us “there’s no money” to repair or properly maintain our tired infrastructure. Nor do we want to raise taxes, they say.
Thursday, 29 June 2017 - 5:00am
Michelle Brown, Maud Schaafsma
The Trump Education Budget for FY 2018 adds more than $250,000,000 to the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Program established under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESSA) to support educational research. This research must benefit students with high needs. Presumably economic, social, psychological, learning and developmental needs all make children fit within the embrace of this legislation. It is intended by Congress to make lives and learning better for children.
Thursday, 29 June 2017 - 4:59am
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
This story may be updated.
Ireland is poised to ban onshore fracking after its Senate on Wednesday passed a bill outlawing the oil and gas extraction method.
Anti-fracking campaigning group Love Leitrim celebrated the development as a "victory for people power."
Thursday, 29 June 2017 - 4:07am
Today, Common Cause urged White House communications director Sean Spicer to return to established norms and allow cameras and live audio feeds at daily White House press briefings.
Thursday, 29 June 2017 - 4:02am
The federal government is failing to meet three key disclosure requirements from the latest major ethics law passed by Congress, according to a Public Citizen report (PDF) released today.
Thursday, 29 June 2017 - 3:58am
Julia Conley, staff writer
A top human rights official for the United Nations is concerned that President Trump's pro-torture rhetoric could usher in a new era marked by the broad use of torture by world powers.
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein said this week that Trump's "persistent flirtation" with a return to torture could lead to the exploitation of tactics like waterboarding and other so-called enhanced interrogation techniques by governments.
Thursday, 29 June 2017 - 3:57am
Representatives Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Peter King (R-NY) heralded the House introduction of the Corporate Transparency Act at press conference at the House Triangle. The bill aims to prevent shell companies from hiding corrupt and criminal activity.
Thursday, 29 June 2017 - 3:38am
Thursday, 29 June 2017 - 3:23am
Jake Johnson, staff writer
In a little-discussed move that could spell disaster for unions and workers in the near future and over the long-term, President Donald Trump on Tuesday night announced the nomination of William Emanuel—a lawyer for a firm that represents large corporations—to fill a vacant seat on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
"The labor board put in place by Trump will be far more likely to side with employers in contentious, policy-setting cases."
—Dave Jamieson, Huffington Post
Thursday, 29 June 2017 - 2:12am
Frank Clemente
Despite slight differences, the health-care legislation under consideration in the Senate retains the same sickening goal of its House counterpart: cutting taxes for millionaires, billionaires and big corporations at the expense of working families. These bills are not about ensuring the health of working families, they are designed to increase the wealth of the lucky few.
Thursday, 29 June 2017 - 1:41am
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
The Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head, Scott Pruitt, sparked outrage in March when he rejected his agency's proposed ban on a pesticide shown to harm children's brains.
Thursday, 29 June 2017 - 1:18am
Robert Reich
Mitch McConnell is delaying a vote on the Senate Republican version of Trumpcare because he doesn’t yet have a majority.
Some Senate Republicans think the bill doesn’t go get rid of enough of the Affordable Care Act. Others worry that it goes too far – especially in light of the Congressional Budget Office’s finding that it would eliminate coverage for 22 million Americans.
Thursday, 29 June 2017 - 1:11am
Julia Conley, staff writer
As progressives gear up for a National Day of Action to protest the Republican healthcare bill, more evidence is piling in that Americans don't approve of the Senate plan to repeal and replace the the Affordable Care Act, also called Obamacare.
A new poll by NPR/Marist finds that just 17 percent of Americans approve of the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BRCA), also known as Trumpcare, while more than half disapprove.
Thursday, 29 June 2017 - 1:08am
Maha Hilal
I’m a U.S. citizen. I’m also Muslim. And the Supreme Court decision on the Trump administration’s Muslim travel ban scares me.
Thursday, 29 June 2017 - 12:56am
Jon Queally, staff writer
"How long are women supposed to put up with this crap?"
Thursday, 29 June 2017 - 12:45am
Roger Bybee
Andy Bryce, an ironworker and avid Bernie Sanders surrogate during the 2016 primary, made a direct appeal to working people in Representative Paul Ryan’s district as he officially launched his campaign, challenging the Speaker of the House.
Thursday, 29 June 2017 - 12:24am
Jake Johnson, staff writer
Thursday, 29 June 2017 - 12:20am
