‘It is about offering survivors like me the chance to find safety, to begin healing and to reclaim the life that was stolen from them,’ said state Rep. Cecelie Williams.
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A stopgap bill to temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security expires Friday night. DHS could be without funding for days, as the House and Senate are expected to be in recess next week.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego of Arizona about the fight over funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
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In its ruling, the court said an earlier decision to ban the Pro-Palestinian group Palestine Action as a terrorist organization was "disproportionate."
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The four are set to dock with the space station on Saturday, returning the orbital lab to its full complement of seven. NASA's last mission, Crew-11, left a month early due to an ill crew member.
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Emerald Fennell's extravagant adaptation of Emily Brontë's classic cares little for subtlety. Ultimately, this love affair is more photogenic than it is deeply moving.
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Plus: more Olympics, the Super Bowl and some monks.
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Under President Trump's Gaza ceasefire plan, Arab countries and the European Union are supposed to train a new police force in the Gaza Strip. But U.S. plans have run into serious challenges.
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A bipartisan effort in Congress to restrain immigration enforcement tactics is flailing despite a Friday deadline to fund the Department of Homeland Security. The pattern is increasingly familiar.
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The surge of federal agents in Minnesota is coming to an end, DHS expected to shut down as funding deadline approaches, EPA will stop regulating greenhouse gases.
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During Brazil's Carnival season, locals are rooting hard for their country's entry at the Oscars, "The Secret Agent." The film is up for four awards, including Best Picture.
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Snowboarder Chloe Kim's quest for an Olympic halfpipe three-peat was foiled by her protégé. Kim took home silver, edged out in the final round by 17-year-old Gaon Choi of South Korea.
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World leaders will meet at the Munich Security Conference Friday to discuss the future of Europe's security.
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The Washington Post laid off most of its foreign correspondents, including some of the last American and Western journalists working in authoritarian countries.
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College football has become the uniquely American engine that pays for the training of future US Olympians. The Indicator's Wailin Wong and Adrian Ma go back in time to the Cold War to explain why.