June 2019

On Politics: Democrats Split on Emergency Migrant Aid

• Senator Bernie Sanders, along with Representatives Ilhan Omar and Pramila Jayapal, introduced legislation that would cancel all student debt and eliminate tuition at public and community colleges. • Pete Buttigieg is a technocrat trained in performance management. But the presidential candidate’s response to a fatal police shooting in South Bend, Ind., where he is

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The House and Senate Have Separate Plans for Border Aid. Here’s What’s Different.

Agencies and federal officials at the southwestern border need emergency humanitarian aid to help manage the flow of Central American immigrants. That is one of the few things Congress can agree on. But both the Senate and the House have put forward their own versions of legislation that would allocate $4.5 billion to the border,

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Found After a Kabul Attack: A Soviet Rifle With a Peculiar Serial Number

When Islamic State fighters attacked the Afghan government’s communications ministry in Kabul earlier this year, they left behind homemade breaching charges, hand grenades, ammunition still wrapped in paper packaging, cracked cellphones, water bottles filled with gasoline, a kitchen knife and at least three rifles. During the April 20 gun battle, at least seven people were

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White House Directs Conway Not to Testify Before House Panel

WASHINGTON — The White House is directing Kellyanne Conway, the president’s counselor, to reject a request to testify before a House committee about her repeated violations of a federal ethics law that bars government officials from engaging in political activities at work, further escalating a standoff between Congress and the Trump administration over oversight requests.

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