12 January 19
FBI Opened a Counterintelligence Investigation of Trump, as President
Adam Goldman, Michael S. Schmidt and Nicholas Fandos, The New York Times
Excerpt: "In the days after President Trump fired James B. Comey as F.B.I. director, law enforcement officials became so concerned by the president's behavior that they began investigating whether he had been working on behalf of Russia against American interests, according to former law enforcement officials and others familiar with the investigation."
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Adam Goldman, Michael S. Schmidt and Nicholas Fandos, The New York Times
Excerpt: "In the days after President Trump fired James B. Comey as F.B.I. director, law enforcement officials became so concerned by the president's behavior that they began investigating whether he had been working on behalf of Russia against American interests, according to former law enforcement officials and others familiar with the investigation."
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The partial closure of the federal government began on December 22. (photo: WP)
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America's Record-Breaking Government Shutdown
America's Record-Breaking Government Shutdown
It's Official: Government Shutdown Becomes Longest in US History
Arnie Seipel, NPR
Seipel writes: "The partial government shutdown is now the longest in history, as Saturday marks day 22. The previous record was 21 days, set in the winter of 1995-'96 when President Bill Clinton and House Speaker Newt Gingrich were at odds over budget cuts."
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Arnie Seipel, NPR
Seipel writes: "The partial government shutdown is now the longest in history, as Saturday marks day 22. The previous record was 21 days, set in the winter of 1995-'96 when President Bill Clinton and House Speaker Newt Gingrich were at odds over budget cuts."
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The government detention facility in Tornillo, Texas, has housed thousands of migrant children separated from their families at the border. (photo: ADG)
EXCERPT:
Kevin Dinnin, CEO of BCFS, the contractor that ran the site, told Vice News that a big factor in the decision to turn the children away was the federal government’s pre-occupation with expanding capacity rather than uniting the minors with their families.
“The children were coming in but never leaving … We as an organization finally drew the line,” Dinnin said. “You can’t keep taking children in and not releasing them.”
According to sources, out of the nearly 3,000 minors who were at the shelter in mid-December, the vast majority are expected to be sent to their sponsors in the US, while only a handful of them will be sent to one of the permanent shelters operated by the Office of Refugee Resettlement, which keeps custody of unaccompanied minors who enter the country.
“[The Tornillo facility] was a symbol of this administration’s deep inhumanity as shown by their willingness to hold tens of thousands of migrant children in detention,” said Fernando Garcia, executive director of the Border Network for Human Rights. “Migrant children and families never should have been separated or held in detention.”
Delgado writes: "The controversial Tornillo temporary detention facility in west Texas that has housed thousands of migrant children is shutting down, two months after a report warned of 'serious safety and health vulnerabilities' at the camp."
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Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin. (photo: Alex Brandon/AP)
Despite Shutdown, Trump Administration Gives Relief to Powerful Mortgage Industry After Lobbying Push
Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News
Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News
EXCERPT:
The Treasury Department reinstated an Internal Revenue Service program essential to the mortgage industry this week after the powerful lending block launched a lobbying effort amid an ongoing government shutdown set to become the longest in history.
Sommerfeldt writes: "The government can't reopen itself - but it can apparently accommodate deep-pocketed lobbyists."
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A march in support of immigrants and asylum seekers in San Diego, California, January 11, 2019. (photo: EFE)
US Human Rights Defenders Protest to Support Migrants
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Dozens of people took to the streets of San Diego, California Friday to show support for Central American migrants who are still waiting at the border for U.S. authorities to receive their applications for asylum."
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teleSUR
Excerpt: "Dozens of people took to the streets of San Diego, California Friday to show support for Central American migrants who are still waiting at the border for U.S. authorities to receive their applications for asylum."
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In El Salvador, a woman is murdered every 18 hours. (photo: Luke Bedford/Dirty Public)
'Men Kill Women Because They Can': Inside El Salvador's Devastating Femicide Crisis
Louise Donovan, Elle
Donovan writes: "Yessenia Juarez and her daughter, Jocelyn, were extremely close. Even if only via a WhatsApp message fired off at lunch, the pair spoke every day. So when, on the morning of Thursday 5th July, Yessenia rang Jocelyn and she didn't answer or call back, something seemed strange."
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Louise Donovan, Elle
Donovan writes: "Yessenia Juarez and her daughter, Jocelyn, were extremely close. Even if only via a WhatsApp message fired off at lunch, the pair spoke every day. So when, on the morning of Thursday 5th July, Yessenia rang Jocelyn and she didn't answer or call back, something seemed strange."
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People visit Joshua Tree National Park in Southern California's Mojave Desert. (photo: Jae C. Hong/AP)
'A Travesty to This Nation': People Are Destroying Joshua Trees in Joshua Tree National Park
Allyson Chiu, The Washington Post
Allyson Chiu, The Washington Post
“I don’t care if you’re a Democrat or Republican, what’s going on at Joshua Tree National Park is a travesty to this nation,” one person tweeted.
I don't care if you're a Democrat or Republican, what's going on at Joshua Tree National Park is a travesty to this nation. True Americans don't destroy and trash our National Parks just because no one's looking., only thugs and criminals do. latimes.com/local/californ…
During the shutdown, with Joshua Tree National Park open but no staff on duty, visitors cut down Joshua trees so they could drive into sensitive areas where vehicles are banned.
"We had some pretty extensive four-wheel driving." nationalparkstraveler.org/2019/01/joshua…
Chiu writes: "In most depictions, Joshua trees tower above the earth. Feathery-looking limbs topped with spiky green leaves twist skyward, completing the gangly succulent's striking appearance."
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