Jeff Sessions Just Tried to Blame Florida School Shooting on Gang Violence
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In response to Wednesday’s school shooting in Parkland, Florida, Attorney General Jeff Sessions implied, in a speech to a sheriff’s convention in Washington on Thursday, that cracking down on gang violence could prevent school shootings. “When parents once again go to sleep fearful that their…
Trump’s Anti-Refugee Campaign Just Hit a New Low
An intake counselor and a resettlement case manager help a refugee family with applications for subsidized childcare in Tampa, Florida. Loren Elliott/Tampa Bay Times via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. More than 20 refugee resettlement offices are preparing to close across the United States, following a Trump administration…
A Federal Judge Ordered Wealthy Orange County to Find Housing for its Homeless
Denise Lindstrom, a 49-year-old homeless woman, sits in a wheelchair in front of a moving truck in an homeless encampment on the Santa Ana River trail in Anaheim, Calif.Jae C. Hong/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A federal judge in California is fed up with how officials in affluent Orange…
Sen. Chris Murphy Slams Congress’ “Inaction” On Gun Violence After Florida Shooting
Alex Edelman/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As news broke of a deadly shooting at a high school in southern Florida, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) took to the Senate floor to condemn Congress’ “inaction” in addressing gun violence. “This happens nowhere else other than the United States of America, this epidemic of mass…
Inflation Rises 0.02% in January, Wall Street Panics
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. My goal in life isn’t to deny forever that inflation is low and under control. But every time I try to get out, the Wall Street Journal pulls me back in: Inflation Starts to Make a Comeback A closely watched gauge of U.S. consumer prices…
Sheriff: At Least 17 Are Dead After Florida School Shooting
A law enforcement officer talks with students, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, in Parkland, Fla. A shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School sent students rushing into the streets as SWAT team members swarmed in and locked down the building. Wilfredo Lee/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Update, 6:35 pm ET:…