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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says Congressional Salaries Should Be Furloughed During a Shutdown
Peter Wade, Rolling Stone
Wade writes: "As thousands of government employees fret over whether they will receive their January paychecks, one category of government workers will continue to be paid regardless of a shutdown: senators and members of Congress. But Democratic Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is calling for that to change."
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Peter Wade, Rolling Stone
Wade writes: "As thousands of government employees fret over whether they will receive their January paychecks, one category of government workers will continue to be paid regardless of a shutdown: senators and members of Congress. But Democratic Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is calling for that to change."
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Transportation Security Administration officer. (photo: DHS)
Government Shutdown: Employees Lose Not Only Paychecks but Paid Time Off, Too
Sou Yoon, ABC News
Yoon writes: "But workers with planned vacation, who are subject to a 'use it or lose it' policy in which they cannot roll over days, must choose between the risk of not getting paid back for the time off, or skipping the vacation and taking the financial loss of airplane tickets, hotel reservations and other arrangements that they made in advance - which is the case for many during the holiday season."
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Sou Yoon, ABC News
Yoon writes: "But workers with planned vacation, who are subject to a 'use it or lose it' policy in which they cannot roll over days, must choose between the risk of not getting paid back for the time off, or skipping the vacation and taking the financial loss of airplane tickets, hotel reservations and other arrangements that they made in advance - which is the case for many during the holiday season."
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Hundreds of asylum seekers were dropped off Sunday night at the Greyhound bus station in Downtown El Paso. (photo: Mark Lambie/El Paso Times)
ICE Leaves Hundreds of Immigrant Families Stranded on the Streets in El Paso
Daniel Borunda and María Cortés González, The El Paso Times
Excerpt: "U.S. immigration authorities planned to release 500 migrants in El Paso by Wednesday evening, which would be the highest single-day figure in the city."
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Daniel Borunda and María Cortés González, The El Paso Times
Excerpt: "U.S. immigration authorities planned to release 500 migrants in El Paso by Wednesday evening, which would be the highest single-day figure in the city."
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Gabrielle Woody, center, with her children, MaKenzie, right, and Kayden Imes at their DC Prep campus in Southeast Washington. (photo: Bill O'Leary)
More Than 4 Million Children Endured Lockdowns Last School Year. The Experience Left Many Traumatized.
Steven Rich and John Woodrow Cox, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "School shootings remain rare, even after 2018, a year of historic carnage on K-12 campuses. What's not rare are lockdowns, which have become a hallmark of American education and a byproduct of this country's inability to curb its gun violence epidemic."
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Steven Rich and John Woodrow Cox, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "School shootings remain rare, even after 2018, a year of historic carnage on K-12 campuses. What's not rare are lockdowns, which have become a hallmark of American education and a byproduct of this country's inability to curb its gun violence epidemic."
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Supporters of Senator Bernie Sanders hold up signs in support for Medicare-for-all during a health care rally in Washington D.C. on September 13, 2017. (photo: Getty)
Progressives Playing the Long Game to Get Medicare for All
Sahil Kapur, Bloomberg
Kapur writes: "A clamor to create 'Medicare for All' has exploded on the left. Democratic presidential hopefuls are racing to co-sponsor legislation, rising stars in the party are embracing it, and national polls show Americans warming to the concept."
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Sahil Kapur, Bloomberg
Kapur writes: "A clamor to create 'Medicare for All' has exploded on the left. Democratic presidential hopefuls are racing to co-sponsor legislation, rising stars in the party are embracing it, and national polls show Americans warming to the concept."
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Anti-government protests in Khartoum on Saturday, initially sparked by rising prices and shortages and later escalating into calls for Omar al-Bashir to go. (photo: Sudanese Activist/AP)
Security Forces in Sudan Fire Live Ammunition to Breakup Major Protests
Associated Press
Excerpt: "Police used teargas and fired in the air to disperse thousands of protesters attempting to march on the presidential palace to demand that Omar al-Bashir, Sudan's president of 29 years, step down, according to activists and video clips posted online."
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Associated Press
Excerpt: "Police used teargas and fired in the air to disperse thousands of protesters attempting to march on the presidential palace to demand that Omar al-Bashir, Sudan's president of 29 years, step down, according to activists and video clips posted online."
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Jonah Yellowman, a 66-year-old Navajo spiritual leader, gathers sage on Cedar Mesa not far from the base of the Bears Ears buttes in southeastern Utah. He uses the plant in weekly ceremonies. (photo: Brian van der Brug/LA Times)
'This Is Our Land': Native Americans See Trump's Move to Reduce Bears Ears Monument as an Assault on Their Culture
Kurtis Lee, Los Angeles Times
Lee writes: "Last year, President Trump signed proclamations slashing the size of Bears Ears National Monument by 85% and neighboring Grand Staircase-Escalante by about half, the largest combined rollback of federally protected land in the nation's history."
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Kurtis Lee, Los Angeles Times
Lee writes: "Last year, President Trump signed proclamations slashing the size of Bears Ears National Monument by 85% and neighboring Grand Staircase-Escalante by about half, the largest combined rollback of federally protected land in the nation's history."
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