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VA Announces Record Efficiency Amid Potential Staffing Cuts

3 weeks ago | dc.medill.northwestern.edu | Ismael Belkoura

WASHINGTON – At a time when the Department of Veterans Affairs has been processing record levels of disability claims, Democrats warned last week that the agency’s productivity will not last under the deep cuts ordered by President Donald Trump. The 2022 PACT Act broadened eligibility for VA disability claims. Staff increases under the Biden administration enabled the VA to keep up with the growing number of claims.
House Representatives disagree about whether sanctuary cities should comply with I.C.E. detention orders

1 month ago | dc.medill.northwestern.edu | Atmika Iyer

WASHINGTON — At the House Judiciary subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement on Wednesday Republicans and Democrats clashed over whether sanctuary cities should comply with federal orders to detain individuals I.C.E. potentially wants to deport. Republicans called sanctuary cities an impediment to the mass deportations that the Trump administration has prioritized within its first 100 days of office.
Will the Republican convention drum up more support for Trump?

Jul 17, 2024 | dc.medill.northwestern.edu | Kaycee Clark-Mellott

MILWAUKEE — The GOP hopes that the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee will help turn out voters in Wisconsin, a key swing state that has only voted for the GOP presidential candidate once since 1984 — and that was for Trump in 2016. “The road to the White House runs straight through Milwaukee County,” said Hilario DeLeon, the Milwaukee County GOP chair.
After a lifetime outside politics, an artist chooses his side: Trump

Apr 8, 2024 | dc.medill.northwestern.edu | Yiqing Wang

CHARLESTON, S.C. – White Converse shoes, green work pants scattered with paint stains, black hoodie and a cowboy hat covered with dozens of rock ‘n’ roll pins. Anderson Lee Smith, a 66-year-old, 6-foot-tall man with his long, gray hair tied back in a low ponytail, dresses in a youthful style while arranging the vinyl art at his stall in the Charleston City Market. In contrast with his artistic appearance, Smith’s political view is decidedly conservative.
House Committee attacks Biden’s border policies

Apr 4, 2024 | dc.medill.northwestern.edu | Yiqing Wang

WASHINGTON – The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement held a hearing on Mar.7 to examine President Joe Biden’s inability to maintain border security, calling for a change in the current immigration law. While both Democrats and Republicans attacked President Biden’s inaction in solving the migrant crisis, they appeared divided on whether to adopt former President Trump’s more rigorous border policy. The committee’s chair, Republican Rep.
Haley looks ahead to Michigan after South Carolina primary on Saturday

Feb 29, 2024 | dc.medill.northwestern.edu | Yiqing Wang

NEWBERRY, South Carolina – Despite losses in early primaries and low poll numbers in her home state, Nikki Haley projected confidence and determination during her “Beast of the Southeast” bus tour in South Carolina, holding four rallies in two days earlier this month and attacking both President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump as too old to govern.
When the law clashes with common language

Feb 15, 2024 | dc.medill.northwestern.edu | Yiqing Wang

Washington – Moris Esmelis Campos-Chaves sat in the plaintiff’s seat in the Supreme Court chamber on a cold, gloomy day in early January. It was a moment the dark skinned, 5-foot-10 gardener had been waiting for 19 years. Campos-Chaves entered the U.S. illegally in 2005 with his wife and two of his U.S.-born children by wading across the Rio Grande near Laredo.
South Carolina anxiously awaits Supreme Court ruling in gerrymandering case

Feb 7, 2024 | dc.medill.northwestern.edu | Emma McNamee

WASHINGTON – The arrival of the presidential primaries to South Carolina has kicked off the election season, but the Supreme Court has yet to announce its decision in a case that will determine the fate of the state’s 1st Congressional District. The case of Alexander v.
Senators Explore AI in Criminal Investigations and Prosecutions

Jan 28, 2024 | dc.medill.northwestern.edu | Haajrah Gilani

WASHINGTON — Detroit police used facial recognition technology to investigate an instance of stolen watches four years ago. The system matched a photograph from the store to the man they eventually arrested. Except he didn’t do it. The police department falsely arrested Robert Williams after the software misidentified him. As a Black man, Williams was at a higher risk of being misidentified, according to academic research.
Disenfranchised voters find alternative ways to participate in key state elections

Dec 1, 2023 | dc.medill.northwestern.edu | Haajrah Gilani

VIRGINIA – Richard Walker grew up in a family where voting was mandatory because of the long history of Black voter suppression. He always valued his right to vote. But after Walker completed his prison sentence in 2005, he lost his suffrage, a consequence of legislation he only learned about then. “Of course, I was angry. I’m like, ‘who the heck is the Commonwealth of Virginia to deny me my constitutional right to vote?’” Walker said. He didn’t regain that privilege until about seven years later.