Tag: border wall
R.I. woman sentenced to 30 days in jail for 2018 protest
NEW BEDFORD (AP) – A Rhode Island woman arrested in 2018 at a protest over the conditions at a Massachusetts jail has been sentenced...
Trump’s wall threatens the nation’s defenses
Kudos to the Pentagon for shedding more light on an enduring mystery of Donald Trump’s administration: Who will pay for building a wall along...
U.S. airport screener absences triple as shutdown continues
WASHINGTON – The number of U.S. airport screeners who took unscheduled absences rose to 10 percent on Sunday, more than triple that of a...
Is the government shutdown a net positive or a net negative...
With the federal government shutdown having become the longest in history, it may be time to make some qualitative judgments about its effects, short...
Shutdown enters third day with no urgency to reopen government
WASHINGTON – As the partial U.S. government shutdown enters a third day, lawmakers have left Washington for the Christmas holiday with no sign of...