The Milwaukee Independent

1 week ago | milwaukeeindependent.com | Heather Richardson

En una entrevista transmitida el 4 de mayo en Meet the Press de NBC News, la periodista Kristen Welker le preguntó al presidente Donald J. Trump si estaba de acuerdo con que toda persona en Estados Unidos tiene derecho al debido proceso. “No lo sé. No soy abogado. No lo sé”, respondió Trump. La Constitución de Estados Unidos garantiza que “ninguna persona será privada de la vida, la libertad o la propiedad, sin el debido proceso legal”.

2 weeks ago | milwaukeeindependent.com | Heather Richardson

There has been a change afoot in the Democratic Party for a while now as its leaders shift from trying to find common ground with Republicans to standing firmly against MAGAs and articulating their own vision for the United States. That shift burst dramatically into the open last night when Democratic Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker gave a barn-burning speech to Democrats in New Hampshire.

3 weeks ago | milwaukeeindependent.com

1 month ago | milwaukeeindependent.com | Heather Richardson

On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to General Ulysses S. Grant of the United States Army at Appomattox Court House in Virginia. Lee’s surrender did not end the war, there were still two major armies in the field, but everyone knew the surrender signaled that the American Civil War was coming to a close.

1 month ago | milwaukeeindependent.com | Reggie Jackson

“It sounds strange, doesn’t it? Department of Education. We’re going to eliminate it … Should I do this?” – President Trump, after signing an Executive Order to eliminate the Department of Education on March 20, 2025 There has been a lot written and said recently about the attempt to shut down the Department of Education (DOE). I will not even go into the fact that only Congress has the power to shut down agencies of the federal government.