When U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen announced a new policy recently to keep asylum-seekers in Mexico while they wait for their cases to be adjudicated, it was the latest in a string of Trump administration policies affecting asylum this past year. According to requirements laid out by the U.N. Convention on Refugees in 1951 […]
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]n Oklahoma man opened fire at the drive-thru of a Taco Bell restaurant on Monday after the drive-thru attendant forgot to include taco sauce packets in his order, it was reported by the Oklahoma Police Department on New Year’s Eve. The man, as yet unidentified, went through the drive-thru portion of the popular Mexican-style chain restaurant at […]
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]ASHINGTON— The Trump administration’s Department of the Interior has taken down environmental review websites for many of its key agencies, a step that violates its own policies for government shutdowns and stymies public involvement in decisions like fossil fuel leasing and wildlife protections. Among the sites abruptly taken down are those that provide planning […]
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]ollowing U.S. President Donald Trump’s brief, unannounced, and photo-op-filled visit to American troops still stationed in Iraq more than 15 years after the 2003 invasion—which estimates suggest ultimately killed over a million people—Iraqi political leaders issued statements late Wednesday condemning Trump’s surprise arrival as “a flagrant and clear violation of diplomatic norms.” Bina, one of Iraq’s major parliamentary […]