On February 14, 2018, seventeen students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida were killed when a shooter opened fire at the school. In the aftermath of the tragedy, a debate on gun control in the United States emerged with arguments for more gun control and restrictions and arguments…
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Trump Administration Sues California Over Sanctuary Policies
On Tuesday, March 6, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Trump administration is suing the State of California, its Governor Jerry Brown (D), and its Attorney General Xavier Becerra (D), over three recently passed pieces of legislation, referred to as “sanctuary laws,” that have “made it impossible for federal immigration…
Trump’s White House Opioid Summit: Indication of Continued Inaction
Since Trump declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency in October of 2017, there has been very little successful action on preventative measures and combatting the effects of the crisis. The medication assistance “waiver” program suggested by HHS Secretary Alzar has only been filed by five different governors. This is due…
EPA Announces Remedy for West Lake Landfill Superfund Site
EPA Secretary Pruitt announced a proposed remedy for the West Lake Landfill in North Saint Louis County calling the site a top priority for the EPA. The project, named “Excavation Plus,” will remove most of the radioactive material that poses a public health threat and place a permanent cap and engineered cover system for long-term…
Alzar’s Proposed ACA Change Increases “Junk Insurance” and Insurance Premiums for Nation’s Sickest
On Tuesday, February 20th, Secretary of Health and Human services, Alex Alzar announced a proposed rule to offer more “short term, limited duration health insurance.” This proposed rule would shorten the maximum time period of all Affordable Care Act (ACA) health care insurance plans from 12 to 3 months. This would…
Trump Institutes New Sanctions Against North Korea
On February 23rd, in the final minutes of an 80-minute speech, President Trump offhandedly mentioned a new set of sanctions against North Korea. What Trump called the “heaviest sanctions ever imposed on a country before” targeted 27 entities and 28 vessels in North Korea, China, and Singapore accused of helping the North…
Increase in Racial Harassment Complaints to the Department of Education
The civil rights division of the US Department of Education has seen a substantial increase in the number of racial harassment complaints they’ve received during 2017. Over the last nine years the Department’s civil rights division has never seen more than 600 racial harassment complaints in a year, until 2017 when 675 were filed. This is….
SCOTUS Rejects Trump Administration Request to Review DACA
On Monday, February 26, the Washington Post reported that the Supreme Court declined to take up the Trump administration’s request to review a decision made in a lower federal court to maintain the DACA program (read more about DACA here). This decision means that the Trump administration is not constitutionally permitted…
Temporary Protected Status Extended for Syrians
On Wednesday, January 31, the New York Times reported that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would be extending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to an estimated 6,900 Syrians living in the United States under the program. Extending the Syrian community’s TPS will enable those individuals to legally work and live…
Russian Indictments, Manafort & Gates Update, Democratic Memo Stall, Dossier Research
The special counsel dropped a bombshell in the Russia investigations last week, delivering 13 indictments of Russian nationals and organizations in relation to their online campaign to disrupt the 2016 election through promotion of fake stories and divisive narratives on social media and around the internet, as well as direct manipulation…