WASHINGTON, D.C. — Though Americans were up in arms when news broke that lawmakers were pushing to give themselves an increase in salary, members of Congress insisted that they needed the pay increase to keep up with the inflation they caused.
They were among the thousands forced to evacuate as an unusually strong atmospheric river dumped a foot or more of rain in parts of western and central Washington over several days this week and swell...
The Department of Homeland Security is allegedly shifting immigration enforcement tactics away from broad raids to targeting illegal immigrants convicted of serious crimes after unfavorable polls....