Month: July 2019

New Hampshire state Rep. Werner Horn (R) doesn’t think American slavery was racist, a position he posted on Facebook and reiterated to HuffPost.  “Human beings “New Hampshire Lawmaker: ‘Owning Slaves Doesn’t Make You Racist’”

Seventy activists were arrested in Washington, D.C., on Thursday while protesting the government’s treatment of undocumented immigrant children, organizers confirmed to HuffPost. The group of “Catholic Nuns, Leaders Arrested While Protesting Detention Of Migrant Children”

A Democrat who farms and previously worked as a rural newspaper editor has entered the race to try to upset Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell “Mitch McConnell Gets Another Democratic Challenger In Kentucky’s 2020 Senate Race”

Gov. Bill Lee (R) said he “will be working to change” a Tennessee law requiring the state to honor a Confederate general who traded slaves “Tennessee Governor Now Says He’ll Work To Change Law Honoring KKK Grand Wizard”

The Trump administration was dealt a stinging blow last month when the U.S. Supreme Court rejected its explanation for why a contentious citizenship question should be included “Trump Officials Accused Of Lying In Court About The Real Reason For Citizenship Question”

The House of Representatives voted to table a resolution to impeach President Donald Trump by a vote of 332-95 on Wednesday ― the latest show “House Votes To Table Trump Impeachment Resolution”

A federal appeals panel delivered a stinging setback to unions representing government workers on Tuesday, overruling a decision last year that had blocked three controversial “Judges Side With Trump Administration In Bid To Weaken Federal Unions”

The House of Representatives voted to hold Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress over their refusal to comply “House Votes To Hold William Barr And Wilbur Ross In Contempt In Census Dispute”

A Honduran couple has said a Border Patrol agent forced their 3-year-old daughter with a heart condition to choose which one of her parents would “Toddler Allegedly Forced To Choose Which Parent To Stay With At Migrant Center”

Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) introduced articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump over his racist tirade against four progressive congresswomen of color, setting up a potential “Rep. Al Green Files Articles Of Impeachment Against Trump, Setting Up House Showdown”