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In his first real attempt to end the government shutdown, the president announced Saturday that he would be willing to provide temporary deportation protections for some undocumented immigrants should Democrats agree to allocate $5.7 billion towards his border wall. Democrats showed no interest in accepting the president’s proposal, prompting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to dismiss the […]
As the longest government shutdown in U.S. history continues, Cardi B is calling on her fans to take some kind of action. The outspoken rapper returned to Instagram on Wednesday to blast the Trump adminstration and its decision to summons thousands of federal employees back to work without pay. Cardi stressed the negative impact of the […]
Donald Trump would like you to know that he showed up for work today, and for that, he believes he should be applauded. In his latest tweetstorm, Donald Trump used his social media soapbox to condemn Democrats for allegedly being on “vacation,” reject the notion that his administration is dysfunctional and assert that he’s the only person in the […]
Julian Castro, the former housing secretary under the Obama Administration and former mayor of San Antonio, announced Saturday that he will be joining the 2020 presidential race. To a crowd of cheering San Antonians gathered at the Plaza Guadalupe amphitheater on the city’s west side, Castro announced his candidacy and further cemented himself as one […]
Donald Trump shared his thoughts about immigration and border security in a televised address from the Oval Office on Jan. 8. The president split his message between talking about the humanitarian issue of migrants attempting to cross the border and stories of Americans murdered by people who have entered the United States illegally. Trump […]
Calvin Harris, Benny Blanco, and Miguel have joined forces for the video “I Found You / Nilda’s Story,” which chronicles the journey of a Honduran woman, Nilda, and her two-year-old son, Keyden, as they traveled from their native country to the U.S. The powerful visual shows scenes from Honduras, Mexico, Texas, and New York, which were […]
On Wednesday, Donald Trump held his first cabinet meeting of the year, and all anyone wanted to talk about was the poster strategically placed in front of him on the table. The poster was taken from an image that Trump posted back in November before placing sanctions on Iran. The font was clearly borrowed from […]
President Trump blamed Democrats on Saturday for the death of two Guatemalan children who died while in U.S. custody earlier this month. In Trump’s first remarks about the incident, he politicized the death of two children by claiming the episode would not have occurred if a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border had been constructed. The comments were made via Twitter […]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection authorities confirmed that an eight-year-old boy from Guatemala died in their custody early Christmas morning. According to the Associated Press, the as-yet unidentified child was being held near Alamogordo, New Mexico. Immigration officials said that the boy showed “signs of potential illness” on Monday evening. He was reportedly taken to […]
Things got testy in the Oval Office on Tuesday. America loved every second of it. In his effort to secure funding for his long-promised border wall, President Donald Trump held a heated meeting with Democratic congressional leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer. The debate—which, of course, played out in front of cameras—delivered clapbacks, finger-pointing, and shady interruptions. But, perhaps, […]
