Tag: Washington news
A law enforcement surge has taken a toll on children of immigrants in Washington schools
WASHINGTON – The last time she saw her husband, the father of her three children, was when he left their Washington apartment a month...
Prosecutors already have dropped nearly a dozen cases from Trump’s DC crime surge, judge says
WASHINGTON – More than 50 people have faced federal charges in Washington, D.C., since President Donald Trump’s emergency law-and-order surge began last month. Already,...
House approves bills to reshape DC’s criminal justice system
WASHINGTON – The House passed legislation Tuesday that would overhaul how youth who commit crimes are prosecuted in the District of Columbia as congressional...
Pentagon says troops can only be exempt from shaving their facial hair for a year
WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that troops who need an exemption from shaving their facial hair for longer than a year...
Colombia’s president lashes out at Trump administration over drug war designation
BOGOTA – Colombian president Gustavo Petro on Tuesday lashed out at the U.S. government after it added Colombia to a list of nations failing...
Senate Democrats raise concerns over Pentagon plan to use military lawyers as immigration judges
WASHINGTON – Some Democratic senators say they are deeply concerned that a Pentagon plan to allow military lawyers to work as temporary immigration judges...
Denmark leads an exercise in Greenland, with Russia in mind at a time of tensions with the US
NUUK – Denmark is leading a military exercise with hundreds of troops from several European NATO members in Greenland, a maneuver that coincides with...
US judge won’t intervene in Trump administration’s deportations of West Africans to Ghana
A U.S. judge said that she was powerless to stop the return of four men in Ghana’s custody to countries where U.S. immigration judges...
US designates Colombia as failing to cooperate in the drug war for first time in nearly 30 years
MIAMI – The Trump administration on Monday added Colombia to a list of nations failing to cooperate in the drug war for the first...
Senate approves White House economist Stephen Miran to serve on Federal Reserve board
WASHINGTON – The Senate has approved one of President Donald Trump’s top economic advisers for a seat on the Federal Reserve’s governing board, giving...