U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday called on the Department of Justice's inspector general to probe any possible political interference in its investigation of contacts between President Donald Trump's associates and Russia.In a letter to the department's inspector, Schumer, D-New York, urged an "immediate investigation into whether there has been any political interference .... Read More
A Dodge County construction company is the lone Wisconsin firm bidding on the federal government’s call for designing and building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.Brownsville-based Michels Corp. is bidding to build a wall spanning the roughly 2,000-mile border, the Fond du Lac Reporter reported. The wall is controversial for multiple reasons dealing with human rights, foreign relations .... Read More
The Trump administration would slash the Environmental Protection Agency's budget, scaling back and all but eliminating EPA programs aimed at slowing climate change and maintaining water safety and air quality, while eliminating thousands of jobs, according to a draft of the proposal obtained by The Associated Press.Under the tentative plan from the Office of Management and Budget, the age.... Read More
Around 200 people chanted “Coward!” and booed as Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan attended an event in Rhode Island.A strong police presence kept the crowd across the street from a Providence office building, where Ryan met March 2 with Year Up, a nonprofit career training organization.Ryan was not seen entering the building, but a motorcade carrying him pulled into an alley, where t.... Read More
An attack on a Jewish cemetery in Rochester, New York, is the latest in an avalanche of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States, including bomb threats at more than 90 Jewish community centers and schools around the country since the year began.The Jewish Community Center in Whitefish Bay, a northern suburb of Milwaukee, was one of those threatened.As many as 16 headstones were toppled.... Read More
Parents who fear deportation under the Trump administration are seeking help securing care for their children in the event they are removed from the United States.The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles advocacy group has been receiving about 10 requests a day from parents who want to put in place temporary guardianships for their children, said spokesman Jorge-Mario Cabrera..... Read More
Fed up with paying for cable the traditional way? You may soon be able to subscribe to it over the internet with ... YouTube.The Google-owned site, known for cat videos and do-it-yourself makeup tutorials, is the latest company to offer a version of cable that looks and feels more like Netflix. Dish, Sony and AT&T already have internet cable alternatives, and Hulu has one coming soon.N.... Read More
Alec Baldwin has found a new way to mock Donald Trump.Baldwin is teaming with author Kurt Andersen on the satirical book ``You Can't Spell America Without Me: The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year as President Donald J. Trump,'' Penguin Press announced this week.The book is scheduled to come out Nov. 7, almost exactly a year to the day that Trump stunned the world b.... Read More
Long before Barry Jenkins made his way to the podium through the bewildered throng that packed the Dolby Theatre stage at the Academy Awards, he sat in a Toronto hotel room explaining his movie’s quiet power.“There’s something in the way black men grow up in this country,” said Jenkins. “There’s a lot of information on these men’s faces when they’re not speaking, partly because.... Read More
Environmental, civil rights and social justice groups jointly have filed a federal lawsuit in challenging the expansion of I-94 in Milwaukee.The litigation focuses specifically on plans to widen — by one lane in each direction — a 3.5-mile stretch of the interstate highway between 16th Street and 70th Street.The plaintiffs in NAACP Milwaukee Chapter v Ross (case number Case 2:17-CV-297.... Read More
