Thursday, April 25, 2019

Evening Edition: White House effort to stop visa overstays targets nations with few offenders

The Washington Post
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Evening Edition
The day's most important stories
White House effort to stop visa overstays targets nations with few offenders
President Trump ordered agencies to consider action against countries with high rates of immigrants who stay after their visas expire. But that strategy targets a relatively small number of people — and avoids potential conflicts with more powerful countries, such as China and India.
Trump says he would turn to Supreme Court if Democrats move to impeach him
It was unclear how the president would legally justify such a move, since the Constitution delegates impeachment proceedings to Congress, not the courts.
 
Post Reports | Listen Now
'This is a political war between the White House and Congress'
Robert Costa on the White House's attempts to keep aides from testifying to Congress. Jeff Stein on Sen. Elizabeth Warren's student-loan forgiveness plan. And Niha Masih on how far India will go for one vote.
 
Opinion
Hillary Clinton: Congress must be 'fearless' on Mueller report — without rushing to impeach
The debate about how to respond "has been reduced to a false choice: immediate impeachment or nothing," writes Clinton, the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee and a former secretary of state.
 
WorldViews | Analysis
Why no one expected an ISIS attack in Sri Lanka
The nation had no history of Islamist terrorism and, relative to its neighbors, didn't have a large number of fighters leave the country to join the Islamic State.
 
 
ADVERTISEMENT
 
Facebook sets aside billions of dollars for a potential FTC fine
The company said it would designate $3 billion to cover costs related to the ongoing investigation by the Federal Trade Commission into Facebook's privacy practices.
 
Ready to book a trip but not sure where?
You could throw a dart at a map or scour the Web for suggestions. Or just answer these questions and we will create a list of destinations for you, based on four years of coverage from The Post's Travel section.
 
Measles outbreak is the largest since disease was eliminated in United States in 2000
At least 673 cases have been reported in 22 states for 2019, according to a tally by The Washington Post of available state and local health department data.
 
Trump administration prepares a rule civil rights groups worry may deny care to transgender patients
In a court filing, health officials said they are undoing an Obama-era rule that expanded nondiscrimination protections to gender identity and transgender people.
 
Questions on race, faith and tradition confront Buttigieg in South Carolina
Rising Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg faces early challenges in the key primary state.
 
 
ADVERTISEMENT
 
WHO recommends no screen time — at all — for children under 1 year old
The World Health Organization, issuing its first such guidelines, also said that children ages 2 to 4 should have no more than one hour of "sedentary screen time" per day.
 
Florida moves closer to enacting one of nation's toughest laws against 'sanctuary cities'
The state House voted in favor of a bill that would require local officials to comply with federal immigration authorities and threatens a fine of up to $5,000 a day for entities that violate the law.
 
WorldViews | Analysis
The U.N. wanted to end sexual violence in war. Then the Trump administration had objections.
On Tuesday, the U.N. Security Council was able to pass only a watered-down resolution to end sexual violence in conflict. European allies are furious.
 
Analysis
The Night King is the true hero of 'Game of Thrones,' so maybe we should all be rooting for him
Is humanity, as portrayed on the show, really worth saving?
 

No comments:

Post a Comment