Politics

Mexico Increases Security To Block Hondurans Who Aim To Reach The U.S.

5:16pm October 18, 2018

by James Fredrick

Mexico has ramped up security along its southern border as thousands of Hondurans continue their trek north through Guatemala aiming to reach the United States. President Trump has threatened to cut off funding to nations that aid their passage.

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Talks Of Family Separation Spur Following A Migrant Caravan Heading For The U.S. Border

5:16pm October 18, 2018

by John Burnett

Another caravan is on its way from Central America to the US border, enraging the Trump Administration that is now considering resuming family separations as a way to deter asylum-seeking migrants from crossing into the country illegally. The president's critics warn that new scheme for family separation is just as cruel as the previous one.

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Moderate Democrats Take On Red States

4:45pm October 18, 2018

by Scott Detrow

The battle for control of the House could be decided in places like Utah's 4th congressional district where moderate Dem. Ben McAdams touts centrist messages against GOP Rep. Mia Love.

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A sign outside Ajo, Ariz., warns hikers to keep an eye out for people who have unlawfully crossed the nearby border with Mexico. No More Deaths and other humanitarian groups use a private residence they call "the barn" on the outskirts of the small town a

Deep In The Desert, A Case Pits Immigration Crackdown Against Religious Freedom

4:17pm October 18, 2018

by Ryan Lucas

The Justice Department wants to get tough on illegal immigration and boost religious freedom. But a case involving aid to migrants has put the two on a collision course.

Activists march to the offices of Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand in New York City in September 2017, just before the start of Senate hearings on stabilizing the Affordable Care Act.

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Poll Finds Wide Partisan Gaps On America's Biggest Problems

4:08pm October 18, 2018

by Danielle Kurtzleben

A new Pew poll shows that there are few issues that Democrats and Republicans agree need to be fixed — and even then, they often don't agree on how to fix them.

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Board: North Carolina Lawmaker Didn't Disclose $140,000 In Activity

2:28pm October 18, 2018

by Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

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'Times' Journalists Puncture Myth Of Trump As Self-Made Billionaire

1:27pm October 18, 2018

by Terry Gross

Investigative reporters Susanne Craig and David Barstow say the president received today's equivalent of $413 million from his father's real estate empire, through what appears to be tax fraud.

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Early Voting Begins In Iowa Ahead Of Midterm Elections

Midterms 2018: Take It To The House

9:33am October 18, 2018

Are you fired up to vote in this election?

Women gather for a rally and march at Grant Park on Saturday in Chicago to urge voter turnout ahead of the midterm elections.

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Voter Turnout Could Hit 50-Year Record For Midterm Elections

9:30am October 18, 2018

by Domenico Montanaro

Half of eligible voters might go to the polls this fall, which would be the highest turnout level in a midterm election since the mid-1960s, another time of cultural and social upheaval.

In this June 3, 2017, file photo, the coal-fired Plant Scherer stands in the distance in Juliette, Ga.

EPA Boasts Of Reduced Greenhouse Gases, Even As Trump Questions Climate Science

8:42am October 18, 2018

by Scott Horsley

U.S. production of heat-trapping greenhouse gases fell 2.7 percent last year. But larger cuts will be needed to address climate change.