The volunteer who has manned the vigil for years said that “it is covered by the First Amendment right to freedom of speech and freedom of expression” and moved to take legal action An anti-war vigil that has been a fixture in Washington DC’s Lafayette Square since the 1980s was taken down over the weekend […]
“None of this is lawful,” said Washington, DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb Washington, DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration aiming to end what he described as the “illegal deployment” of National Guard troops in the nation’s capital. In a complaint filed with the United States District Court for the […]
“This is a government that is by, and for, the CEOs and billionaires,” said AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler Although US President Donald Trump’s administration likes to boast that he puts “American workers first,” several news reports published on Monday document the president’s attacks on the rights of working people and labor unions. As longtime labor […]
“So in DC and Washington, states are going to have to make their own decision, but if somebody kills somebody… it’s the death penalty, OK?” the president said during a cabinet meeting Trump: “Anybody murders something in the capital — capital punishment. Capital, capital punishment. If somebody kills somebody in the capital — Washington DC […]