CLOSEOpt Out: I already like WMFE!
• The bill is an attempt by Republican leaders to find a compromise with moderate GOP lawmakers. The House will vote on two immigration bills next week, including another supported by conservatives.
Read More »
• Canadian clarinetist Eric Abramovitz was accepted into a prestigious conservatory — but, a court found, his girlfriend at the time deleted the acceptance email and sent him a fake rejection.
Read More »
• Internal documents shed light on the federal government’s slow response to Hurricane Maria: FEMA failed to get enough supplies to Puerto Rico before the storm and then scrambled to supply them after.
Read More »
• The little creature climbed about two dozen stories of a St. Paul high-rise in pursuit of — well, that’s still a little unclear. But the now-famous climber is safe now after reaching the roof.
Read More »
• The island’s government still lists the official death toll from the hurricane as 64 despite evidence that it’s vastly under-counted.
Read More »
• The united bid was selected over a competing bid from Morocco, in a vote among some 203 FIFA members that was held in Moscow.
Read More »
• Emails and memos show Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross overruled Census Bureau concerns and was urged to exclude noncitizens from census numbers used to reallocate congressional seats.
Read More »
• The Supreme Court upheld the most aggressive voter-purge law in the country. If a voter doesn’t respond to mailings or hasn’t voted in two consecutive elections, they are kicked off the rolls.
Read More »
• The immigration enforcement agency said it needed the additional space because of a “current surge in illegal border crossings” and the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” policies.
Read More »
• “It is with extraordinary sadness we can confirm the death of our friend and colleague,” his employer, CNN, said in a statement. The network reported that the cause of death was suicide.
Read More »
