Lauren McCauley

Groups Decry Trump Plan to Demand Social Media Passwords At US Border

DHS Secretary John Kelly has defended the idea, saying that if travelers “don’t cooperate…they can go back.”

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作者 Lauren McCauley
An Apple employee instructs a journalist on the use of the fingerprint scanner technology built into the company's iPhone 5S during a media event in Beijing. Watchdog groups are concerned that U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are searching the phones and other digital devices of international travelers at border checkpoints in U.S. airports. (AP/Ng Han Guan)

Raising concern about the violations of privacy occurring in the name of U.S. border security, a coalition of consumer rights groups on Tuesday launched a new campaign opposing the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) so-called "extreme vetting" practice that requires travelers to reveal their social media passwords. Even if you support

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Federal Court: Texas Crafted Voter ID Law To Hurt Minority Voters

“The court’s decision…should issue the death knell for burdensome voter ID requirements in Texas and across the country.”

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作者 Lauren McCauley
An election official checks a voter's photo identification at an early voting polling site in Austin, Texas.

For the fifth time, a court has ruled that a Texas voter identification law was passed with the intention of discriminating against black and Hispanic voters in the state—hopefully sounding "the death knell" for the egregious voter suppression effort. Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas on

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Remember Iraq? Bolivian Ambassador Blasts US For Another Illegal Attack

“The United States has not only unilaterally attacked,” Llorenti said, “the United States has become that investigator, has become the prosecutor, has become the judge, has become the jury.”

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作者 Lauren McCauley
Bolivian Ambassador to the United Nations Sacha Sergio Llorenti Soliz holds a photo of former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell holding up a vial that he described as one that could contain anthrax, during a Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria, Friday, April 7, 2017 at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Wielding an image of former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell during his infamous "weapons of mass destruction" speech that helped make the case for the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, Sacha Llorenti, the Bolivian ambassador to the United Nations, blasted the United States for its unilateral military action against Syria saying it is "vital to

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Lawsuits Pile Up Against Trump’s Keystone Pipeline Order

One of the suits accuses President Donald Trump’s State Department of relying on an “outdated and incomplete environmental impact statement” in its decision making.

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作者 Lauren McCauley
President Donald Trump shows off his signature on an executive order about the Dakota Access pipeline, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Rising to the challenge set by the Trump administration's approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, environmental organizations and Indigenous groups are already firing back with a pair of lawsuits and an energized vow to resist the controversial, 1,700-mile conduit. "This dirty pipeline is a loaded gun pointed at our climate and some of America's

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With Epic GOP Failure, Dems Urged To Go Bold With Medicare-For-All

Americans rallied against the GOP to defend their right to healthcare, Democrats are being urged to seize on the moment.

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作者 Lauren McCauley
In this March 8, 2017, file photo, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. speaks during a news conference at the Republican National Committee Headquarters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republicans intent on scrapping Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act have a budget problem. As it turns out, repealing and replacing the law they hate so much won’t save nearly as much money as getting rid of it entirely, the goal they’ve been campaigning on for seven years. That means trouble for the federal deficit and for Congress’ fiscal conservatives who repeatedly warn about leaving their children and grandchildren worse off financially. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

With the Republican attempt to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) going down in flames Friday as Americans rallied to defend their right to healthcare, Democrats are being urged, both by experts and constituents, to seize on the moment and counter with a plan that will truly provide coverage for all. Uproar over the GOP's American Health Care

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Trump Demands Vote For Widely Unpopular American Health Care Act

Trump issued a stark ultimatum to wavering House Republicans, that if they don’t get behind the AHCA, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare, will remain the “law of the land.”

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作者 Lauren McCauley
President Donald Trump pauses in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington Friday, March 24, 2017, during an announcement on the approval of a permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline. (AP/Evan Vucci)

In their frenzied effort to strong-arm support for the flailing American Health Care Act (AHCA) before a vote on Friday, President Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan have officially made the Republican plan even worse. Trump issued a stark ultimatum to wavering House Republicans late Thursday, dispatching budget director Mick Mulvaney to

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Kentucky’s New ‘Religious Freedom’ Law Greenlights Hate Speech

The so-called ‘Charlie Brown bill’ also welcomes religious texts in schools.

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作者 Lauren McCauley
Vice President Mike Pence, right, and Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin address a group of business owners to gather support for the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Ac, March. 11, 2017, in Louisville, Ky. (AP/Timothy D. Easley)

Essentially codifying hate speech, Kentucky Governor Mike Bevin signed into law on Monday a bill that gives individuals, including students, license to make hateful statements about someone based on their "religious or political viewpoints." Passed under the guise of bolstering "religious freedom in public schools," SB17 claims to "protect

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