Nursery For Giant Manta Rays Discovered In Gulf Of Mexico
Sightings of baby mantas are rare, but the Flower Garden Banks Marine Sanctuary appears to be a safe playground for newborns to adolescents.
Migrant Children Heard Crying on Tape Are The Voices ‘Left Out’ Conversation
Children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border and held at a Border Patrol facility are heard wailing inconsolably in seven minutes of audio obtained by ProPublica.
It’s Easier To Call A Fact A Fact When It’s One You Like, Study Finds
The Pew Research Center looked at Americans’ ability to identify factual statements as opposed to opinion statements. Success rates varied significantly, they found — and partisan bias played a role.
White House Deputy Chief Of Staff Retires
Joe Hagin is retiring as White House deputy chief of staff. Hagin was one of the few experienced Washington hands in the administration and helped organize the president’s summit with Kim Jong Un.
U.S. Announces Its Withdrawal From U.N.’s Human Rights Council
The Trump administration long has chafed at what it calls a “relentless” anti-Israel bias and the dubious rights records of many council members. Now the U.S. is following through on threats to leave.
Big Banks Are Once Again Taking Risks With Complex Financial Trades, Report Says
Are banks exploiting a loophole in U.S. rules that allows some derivatives traders to escape federal regulation? “We’ve seen this movie already,” said the report’s author, Michael Greenberger.
DHS Secretary Nielsen’s Family Separation Defense Isn’t Her First Controversial Position
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has spent her career in and out of government working on issues of national security. None of her jobs, however, have been so controversial as her role in policing the U.S. border.
Detroit’s Iconic Train Station Is Roaring Back
People from all over Detroit and nearby suburbs turned out Tuesday for Ford Motor Company’s celebration of its purchase of Michigan Central Station. Ford now plans to turn this symbol of the city’s blight to a symbol of its rebirth.
Colorado Rep. Mike Coffman Says Family Separation Policy Should End
Republicans are facing backlash over the Trump Administration’s policy that separates families from their children at the Southwest border. NPR’s Audie Cornish talks to Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Colo., who has criticized the policy and says the administrati…
Border Patrol Official Discusses Family Separation Policy
The Trump administration is under growing pressure to reverse its controversial practice of separating migrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks about the execution of this policy with Border Patrol v…
How Prior ‘Zero Tolerance’ Policies At The Border Worked
Prior administrations tried their own versions of the “zero tolerance” policy. Operation Streamline started in 2005 in Del Rio, Texas. The government learned there is no proof that prosecuting all illegal border crossers deters them from coming.
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