April 8 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Monday issued an injunction halting the Trump administration’s policy of sending some asylum seekers back across the southern border to wait out their deportation cases in Mexico. The ruling is slated to take effect on Friday, according to the order by U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg in…
Month: April 2019
Shake-Up At Homeland Security Goes Beyond Kirstjen Nielsen’s Exit
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and White House allies pushing for a harder line on immigration sped their campaign Monday to clean house at the Department of Homeland Security with a mission far wider than just the departure of Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. The dismantling of the government’s immigration leadership is being orchestrated by Trump…
4 Americans Killed In Roadside Blast In Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Three American service members and a U.S. contractor were killed when their convoy hit a roadside bomb on Monday near the main U.S. base in Afghanistan, the U.S. forces said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. The U.S. and NATO Resolute Support mission said the four Americans were killed near…
Whoopi Goldberg Shuts Down Meghan McCain And Joy Behar’s Fight On ‘The View’
Whoopi Goldberg wasn’t having it. Just when Meghan McCain and Joy Behar were about to embark on yet another off-the-rails argument Monday on “The View,” Goldberg stepped in and put an end to her co-hosts’ spat before it turned into something ugly. “OK, so here’s the deal,” Goldberg said when things started to get out…
Oprah Winfrey To Donate $2 Million To Puerto Rico For Disaster Relief
Oprah Winfrey plans to donate $2 million to disaster relief in Puerto Rico, which is still recovering from devastating effects of back-to-back 2017 hurricanes. The media mogul’s donation was announced on Monday by the Hispanic Federation and the Flamboyan Arts Fund, which was founded last year by Tony Award-winning actor and “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and his family….
Kirstjen Nielsen’s Last Hours As Homeland Security Secretary Riddled With Chaos
The hours leading up to Kirstjen Nielsen’s resignation as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security on Sunday were overrun by confusion and chaos, several reports have indicated. Her last few days in office were marked by all the power players in President Donald Trump’s orbit making her “the scapegoat for internal frustrations regarding the…
Joe Biden’s Proudest Achievement Looks A Lot More Complicated In 2020
In recent days, former Vice President Joe Biden’s behavior has been called into question after a number of women have spoken out about his handsy, out-of-touch nature. But in his lengthy résumé, there is one policy that Biden and his supporters tout as a nearly unimpeachable feminist success: the Violence Against Women Act. Biden, who…
Golfer Arie Irawan, 28, Found Dead In His Hotel Room
SANYA, China (AP) — Officials at the Sanya Championship said Sunday that 28-year-old Malaysian golfer Arie Irawan died in his hotel room from “apparent natural causes,” and the PGA Tour Series-China canceled the final round of the tournament. The PGA Tour Series-China said in a statement that Irawan missed the 36-hole cut Friday in the…
Body Found In Home Of Man Who Was A Disney Mouseketeer
Click:Glass candle holder PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A body has been found in the Oregon home of Dennis Day, an original member of Disney’s “The Mickey Mouse Club” who has been reported missing since July. Police have not identified the body or released details on how it was found, The Oregonian/Oregon Live reported. Police in…
Woman Who Pushed Commuter To Her Death In NYC Subway Faces Up To Life In Prison
NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who pushed a commuter to her death in front of a New York City subway train just days after being released from a psychiatric facility was sentenced Friday to 20 years to life in prison. Melanie Liverpool, 33, admitted shoving 49-year-old Connie Watton off a subway platform at the…