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Trump administration to reconsider asylum for separated immigrant families

September 17th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump’s administration has agreed to reconsider the asylum claims of some 1,000 immigrant parents and children who were separated at...

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Documentary: How ‘Brooklyn, Inshallah’ excited Arab voters

September 8th, 20183 BROOKLYN, NY — Ahmed Mansour’s film “Brooklyn, Inshallah” documents Khader El-Yateem’s 2017 campaign for New York City Council. Not only did El-Yateem’s...

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U.S. Senate passes anti-hate crime legislation

September 8th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate passed by unanimous vote an anti-hate crime bill (S. 994), protecting religiously affiliated institutions. This...

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Supreme Court nominee steers clear of Trump criticism

September 7th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Thursday, U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh stressed that he believes the judiciary has broad authority to check the power of the White...

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As more women run for office, state legislatures are poised to change

August 19th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — As women line up to run for U.S. political office at historic rates, state legislatures — where some of America’s most critical policy decisions...

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Facebook says it identifies campaign to meddle in 2018 U.S. elections

August 2nd, 20180 Facebook said on Tuesday it had identified a new coordinated political influence campaign to mislead its users and sow dissension among voters ahead of November’s U.S....

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State Department warned ending TPS for immigrants harmful

July 29th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — According to documents released on Wednesday, July 25, the Trump administration's decision to end temporary protection for immigrants from El...

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DHS lets Somali immigrants stay 18 more months

July 21st, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump administration said on Thursday it would allow some 500 Somalis to remain in the United States for at least another 18 months under...

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Muslim candidates campaign in record numbers nationwide, but face backlash

July 20th, 20181 SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — When Muslim American Tahirah Amatul-Wadud heard about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's stunning upset over U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley in New York's...

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Senate unanimously rebukes Trump’s consideration of allowing Russia to question Americans

July 20th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate has overwhelmingly approved a resolution against allowing Russia to question former U.S. ambassador Michael McFaul or other U.S....

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Progressive Democrats increasingly criticize Israel, which could be politically rewarding

July 13th, 20180 WASHINGTON — For decades it was seen as too politically risky to criticize Israel, but this midterm cycle a growing number of Democratic candidates have begun openly...

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Protesters across the nation call on Trump to reunite immigrant families

July 8th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tens of thousands of protesters marched in cities across the United States on Saturday to demand the Trump administration reverse an immigration...

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U.S. moving some detained immigrants to sites closer to their children

July 8th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. government is moving some immigrant parents to detention sites closer to the young children from whom they were separated while crossing...

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Trump administration must turn over information about 2020 census question

July 4th, 20184 NEW YORK — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered President Trump’s administration to hand information about its plan to ask people filling out the 2020 census form...

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Trump tries to defuse immigrant crisis, but policy hit by confusion

June 25th, 20180 WASHINGTON/MCALLEN, Texas —On Thursday, President Trump ordered federal agencies to begin reuniting immigrant families recently separated at the U.S.-Mexico border,...

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American Muslim groups protest exclusion from Trump’s first White House iftar

June 8th, 20181 WASHINGTON, D.C. — After declining to mark Ramadan last year with a traditional iftar dinner, which breaks the daily fast during the Islamic holy month, the White...

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U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow urges harder push for a ‘blue wave’, vows to stand against bigotry in Washington

June 1st, 20180 The ban has nothing to do with safety, makes us less safe around the world and negatively impacts our families in Michigan DEARBORN — It's no...

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Pompeo lays out U.S. demands on Tehran, Khamenei sets condition for EU to stay in deal

May 25th, 20180 The nuclear deal: List of U.S. demands vs list of Iranian condition WASHINGTON/TEHRAN — on Monday, the Trump administration demanded that Iran make wholesale changes...

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U.S. toughens stance on Iran, lists sweeping demands

May 21st, 20180 WASHINGTON/ANKARA — The United States on Monday demanded Iran make sweeping changes — from dropping its nuclear program to pulling out of the Syrian civil war — or...

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Palestinian-Mexican American running for U.S. Congress in California

May 11th, 20181 SAN DIEGO — A candidate for the U.S. Congress in the state of California is hoping to become its first Latino-Arab American member by capturing a district that has...

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Paterson, NJ elects first Arab American mayor in landslide victory

May 11th, 20180 PATERSON, NJ — Andre Sayegh registered a resounding victory in Paterson’s six-man mayoral contest on Tuesday, capturing the office that he failed to gain in two...

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Michigan, world leaders slam Trump for abandoning Iran nuclear deal

May 8th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump on Tuesday pulled the United States out of an international nuclear deal with Iran, raising the risk of conflict in the Middle East,...

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U.S. urges post-election Lebanon to uphold regional policy

May 8th, 20180 BEIRUT ― The United States urged Lebanon to uphold a policy of staying out of regional wars and a U.N. Security Council resolution that sought Hezbollah’s...

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Public support for Iran nuclear deal at record high ahead of May 12 deadline

May 4th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — With 10 days to go until a deadline for President Trump to decide whether to keep the United States in the Iranian nuclear agreement, public backing...

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Supreme Court appears ready to uphold Trump’s travel ban

April 27th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court's conservative majority appeared poised to hand President Trump a huge legal victory, signaling on Wednesday it was likely to...

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Supreme Court curbs human rights claims against companies

April 27th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Foreign corporations cannot be sued in American courts for human rights abuses committed overseas, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday, refusing to...

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Supreme Court appears ready to uphold Trump’s travel ban

April 25th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared poised to hand President Trump a huge legal victory, signaling on Wednesday it was likely to...

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State Department: Trump will consult with Congress on refugee cap