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Catch up on what happened today in Washington

9 years 8 months ago
President Donald Trump now has an attorney general following the Senate's confirmation Wednesday night of Jeff Sessions. The vote -- coming after a confirmation process in which Sessions fended off accusations of racism -- passed 52-47, largely along party lines.

The sit-ins that sparked social change

9 years 8 months ago
Four African-American college students made history when they sat down at a whites-only lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, in February 1960. Service never came for the "Greensboro Four," as they came to be known, and their peaceful demonstration drew national attention and sparked more sit-ins in Southern cities.

Michigan open-carry stunt backfires

9 years 8 months ago
Police in Dearborn, Michigan, said two men were charged with breach of peace after they walked into a police station wearing tactical vests while one was carrying an AP-14 firearm and a handgun.

Opinion: President Trump, don't deport me

9 years 8 months ago
I am one of an estimated 750,000 Dreamers, undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children, now facing possible deportation by President Donald Trump. I worry that the President -- whose grandfather, mother and wife all immigrated to America -- will turn my dream into a nightmare and throw me out of the land where I grew up.

Their punishment for racist graffiti: Reading books

9 years 8 months ago
Five teens were given a sentence similar to a lengthy homework assignment for defacing an old school building in Ashburn, Virginia, by painting it with swastikas, obscenities and the phrase "white power." They must read books and watch films to expand their worldviews.
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