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Republican lawmaker Tom Weathersby has proposed counseling and fines in sagging pants ban.
At least four senior State Department workers left their posts on Wednesday as a group of senators, including Sen. Bernie Sanders, lambasted President Donald Trump for promoting a "culture of fear among federal employees."
Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Wednesday to move forward with his plan to build a wall along the Mexican border.
Trump's reintroduction of Reagan era restrictions is a terrifying sign of things to come, says Yamani Hernandez, executive director of the National Network of Abortion Funds.
President Donald Trump and his new administration have made major changes to the White House website, rehashing many of his campaign promises. The move came right after Trump took the oath of office Friday.
In his last missive as president of the United States, President Obama again thanked the American people, and left the “contact information” of his Obama Foundation, which he promised to be a “living, working center for citizenship.”
On January 20, 2009, we stood shoulder to shoulder and braved the cutting air as Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in. History unfolded before our eyes, and we wondered if we’d stand in those spots for that purpose ever again.
In his final day in the White House, President Barack Obama commutated sentences for 330 drug prisoners. The outgoing president has now issued 1,715 commutations.
"Will the Women’s March on Washington be a space filled primarily with participants who believe that Black lives matter? I’m not sure, especially considering the attitudes of some who have publicly stated that they don’t want to hear calls for attendees to check their White privilege at the proverbial door,” Jamilah Lemieux explains in an op-ed at ColorLines.
President Barack Obama talked about hope once again during his final press conference Wednesday before leaving the White House amid growing fears about racial polarization and discrimination stemming from the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump,
He says Rep. Lewis should “spend more time on fixing and helping his district.”
President Barack Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to outgoing Vice President Joe Biden during a surprise ceremony at the White House on Thursday.