U.S. Immigration: Changing the Flores Agreement
The 1997 Flores Agreement / Settlement established legal precedent to enforce regulation of the housing of migrant children apprehended at…
Category: American Government
Synagogue Shooting in California
A recent shooting at a California synagogue left one person dead and three others injured. The shooting in Poway, just…
The Attorney General on the Hill
The Washington Post reported this week that Special Counsel Robert Mueller sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr complaining…
A Mayoral Election in Dallas
Dallas holds an election for mayor on May 4. The city is the third largest in Texas and the eighteenth…
Release of Redacted Mueller Report
A redacted version of the Mueller report was released last week, preceded by a news conference by the Attorney General,…
Changes at Homeland Security
After months of rumors that her job was in jeopardy, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen resigned last week. Nielsen…
The Filibuster
The filibuster was in the news this week. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) changed Senate rules to limit the…
The Mueller Investigation Ends
Robert Mueller, the Special Counsel appointed to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, finished his probe last week…