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October 13, 2017

On September 18, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") published a notice in the Federal Register redefining the scope of records (so-called "A-Files") the agency keeps on immigrants, aliens, and naturalized citizens to include social media information and other public-facing data.

Issues: Immigration

October 13, 2017
Serious questions arising about the judgment of President Donald Trump call for Congress to step up and provide checks and balances.

The powers of the imperial presidency have been building long before Trump took office.

But the dangers are more apparent than ever.


October 12, 2017

Don't say that we weren't warned.

In a September 2015 speech before the National Press Club in Washington, the Louisiana governor and Republican presidential candidate Bobby Jindal said:


October 12, 2017

U.S. veterans are speaking out and criticizing Donald Trump following the televised spectacle Wednesday night when he failed to stand or honor the American flag as a bugler played, signaling the "Retreat" ceremony at a Pennsylvania military base.

Issues: Veterans

October 12, 2017

Jared Kushner "enriched himself" by not revealing his ownership of a real estate tech business that raised millions of dollars while he served in the government, said a member of the House Judiciary Committee, calling it part of a pattern of unethical behavior that he believes should cause the White House Senior Adviser to be stripped of his security clearance.


October 11, 2017

When Rep. Ted Lieu of California introduced his bill during the first week of the Trump presidency, it seemed mostly symbolic – a measure to require the president to seek congressional permission for a nuclear first strike.


October 11, 2017

Politics is seldom far removed from Ai Weiwei's art, whether it comes in the form of a memorial to his dissident father, an iconic Olympics stadium in Beijing, Lego portraits of political p


October 5, 2017

Democrats are again calling for Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump to lose their security clearances after another pair of controversies involving the couple.


October 5, 2017

Two Democratic lawmakers are calling on the White House to revoke the security clearances of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner following numerous media reports about the couple's use of private email accounts while conducting government business.