July 6th, 20181Guest editorial
By the Muslim Public Affairs Council
Every July 4th holiday, most Americans spend time with their families, indulge in grilled foods and watch awestruck as dazzling explosions light up the night sky. For many of us, it’s a time to reflect on the complex juxtapositions that define our nation; from the...
March 9th, 20180WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump pressed ahead on Thursday with import tariffs of 25 percent on steel and 10 percent for aluminum, but exempted Canada and Mexico and offered the possibility of excluding other allies, backtracking from an earlier "no-exceptions" stance.
Describing the dumping of steel and aluminum in the U.S....
January 19th, 20180WASHINGTON, D.C. — A former Central Intelligence Agency officer was arrested at an airport on Monday night in connection with charges that he illegally retained highly classified information, the Justice Department said Tuesday.
Jerry Chun Shing Lee, a U.S. citizen who now lives in Hong Kong, used to maintain a top secret clearance...
October 23rd, 20170WASHINGTON ― President Trump said on Saturday that, subject to receipt of further information, he planned to allow the opening of long-secret files on the November 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy due for release next week.
Politico magazine earlier quoted Trump administration and other U.S. government officials as...
May 19th, 20170NEW YORK — U.S. arrests of suspected illegal immigrants rose by nearly 40 percent in the first 100 days of Donald Trump's presidency, following executive orders that broadened the scope of who could be targeted for immigration violations, according to government data released on Wednesday.
The acting director of Immigration and...