Month: August 2023
News Wrap: Democrats warn that asylum-seekers in custody aren’t getting legal counsel
In our news wrap Tuesday, dozens of congressional Democrats are petitioning to end expedited screening of asylum-seekers in Border Patrol custody because they are not getting access to legal counsel as promised. Also, France, Italy and Spain moved to begin
Read MoreShould Biden Still Be Pursuing Student-Loan Forgiveness?
Students debate the president’s repayment plan.
Read MoreBiden’s Summer Regulatory Onslaught
While Congress and the media sleep, new rules remake the American economy.
Read MoreRescuers launch search for family of 5 missing after Jordan Valley hike
Rescue teams locate 2 children and an older man but 2 still lost after hikers become separated after dark
Read MoreHow opioid settlement money led to a legal battle in Ohio
In Ohio, a state with one of the highest overdose death rates in the nation, a private foundation has been set up to distribute opioid settlement funds over several years. But as special correspondent Cat Wise and producer Mike Fritz
Read MoreTrump campaign calls latest indictment part of a politically motivated ‘witch hunt’
Trump’s campaign issued a statement calling the third indictment of the former president “nothing more than the latest corrupt chapter” in what the campaign characterized as a politically motivated “witch hunt.” READ MORE: Trump indicted for efforts to undermine the
Read MoreThe Trump Indictment History Will Remember
This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. The criminal indictment of ex-President Donald Trump for his alleged attempts to subvert democracy and incite the
Read MoreProsecutors say Trump knew his lies about 2020 election were false
Federal prosecutors said in the indictment filed Tuesday that Trump knew his lies about his loss in the 2020 presidential election were false but pushed them anyway.
Read MoreCindy McCain: End of Ukraine grain deal ‘hurting the most needy people in the world’
South Sudan may look very lush right now, but flooding there has disrupted life and caused hunger on an “enormous” scale, says Cindy McCain, executive director of the World Food Programme. McCain, on the ground in Juba, South Sudan, talks
Read MoreTrump has been indicted for a 3rd time. Here’s where all the investigations stand
Trump, a Republican, has denied any wrongdoing and says he is being targeted by Democrats trying to keep him from reclaiming the presidency.
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