Sarah Burris

1 week ago | rawstory.com | Sarah Burris

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) clashed with voters back home in a town hall meeting Tuesday. Among the questions from constituents was what he's doing for the Maryland father who the U.S. government admits was wrongfully deported to a prison in El Salvador. MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace said she was shocked to see Grassley be attacked by "his own people."Former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) said of the people in the video at the event, "I think those were his friends from high school...

1 week ago | rawstory.com | Sarah Burris

Laurence Tribe, constitutional law scholar and professor emeritus at Harvard University, thinks Americans understand the seriousness of President Donald Trump's administration defying an order from the U.S. Supreme Court. Last week, the high court ruled 9-0 that the United States must "facilitate" the return of Kilmar Ábrego García, a Maryland apprentice who came to the United States as a teenager 15 years ago.

1 week ago | rawstory.com | Sarah Burris

The Justice Department clashed with U.S. District Court Judge Paula Xinis in a Tuesday hearing over what the U.S. government acknowledged was an accidental deportation of a Maryland father. Kilmar Ábrego García was shipped to a prison in El Salvador despite a judge ruling that García could not be deported there. The U.S. government has claimed that García is an MS-13 gang member, but one legal analyst wrote Tuesday there's reason to question this.

1 week ago | rawstory.com | Sarah Burris

Investors are abandoning the dollar, according to Washington Post financial reporter David J. Lynch. The dollar has lost nearly 10 percent of its value since President Donald Trump's inauguration, the Tuesday report said. About half of that decline came this month as Trump proceeded with his tariff plan. "The weaker dollar — now near a three-year low against the euro — is bad news for Americans traveling abroad and could also aggravate inflation by making foreign goods more expensive.

1 week ago | rawstory.com | Sarah Burris

Dr. Jonathan Spanos, owner of The Paddock on Market restaurant in York County, Pennsylvania, has filed a lawsuit against three individuals after they posted a video of a public racist tirade he had last year. PennLive reported that Spanos, a former member of the Penn State York's advisory board, went viral in a video where he used the N-word and argued with individuals on the street.