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UB Law professor focuses on inequality in campaign for Congress

January 28, 2020 1 Comment

09.20.2011 BALTIMORE, MD- F. Michael Higginbotham, Wilson H. Elkins Professor of law. Interim Dead of the University of Baltimore, School of Law. Leadership in Law Portraits. (The Daily Record/Maximilian Franz).

For University of Baltimore law professor and congressional candidate F. Michael Higginbotham, widespread inequality in the United States is one of the primary issues he hopes to address if he is elected to fill the late Rep. Elijah Cummings’ seat in ...

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Funding for historically black colleges still held up in Senate

November 5, 2019 Comments Off on Funding for historically black colleges still held up in Senate

FILE - In this March 24, 2019, file photo, the U.S Capitol is seen at sunrise in Washington. Progressive groups are expressing “deep disappointment” over House Democrats’ failure to start impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump and calling on Speaker Nancy Pelosi to act. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Maryland may lose more than $4 million in federal funding if Congress does not reauthorize mandatory spending for those institutions beyond the current academic year.

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Congress considers striking ‘illegal alien’ from federal laws

October 25, 2019 Comments Off on Congress considers striking ‘illegal alien’ from federal laws

Migrants sleep on the ground after camping out on the Gateway International Bridge that connects downtown Matamoros, Mexico with Brownsville, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. Migrants wanting to request asylum camped out on the international bridge leading from Mexico into Brownsville, Texas, causing a closure of the span. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

WASHINGTON — Just three years ago, the words “oriental” and “negro” were removed from federal laws and regulations, after a bill to ban the offensive words unanimously passed Congress. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, pushed that legislation through, under the ...

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Judge skeptical of Trump effort to keep records from House

May 15, 2019 Comments Off on Judge skeptical of Trump effort to keep records from House

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before leaving the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 24, 2019, for a trip to Atlanta with first lady Melania Trump to participate an opioids summit. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

WASHINGTON — A federal judge suggested Tuesday he is skeptical of President Donald Trump's efforts to block Congress from obtaining some of his financial records.

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ABA’s civic literacy survey yields ‘troubling’ results

May 1, 2019 Comments Off on ABA’s civic literacy survey yields ‘troubling’ results

John Roberts might need a better press agent. Less than half of the American public knows Roberts is chief justice of the United States, a position he has held since 2005. The 49 percent of the population in the know ...

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AP Explains: What happens in a partial government shutdown

December 18, 2018 Comments Off on AP Explains: What happens in a partial government shutdown

The Capitol is seen in Washington, Friday morning, Dec. 14, 2018, after Congress adjourned until next week. Congress is racing to avoid a partial government shutdown over President Donald Trump’s border. But you wouldn’t know it by the schedule. Lawmakers are away until next week. The ball is in Trump’s court, both sides say. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

As President Donald Trump and Congress bicker over Trump's call for $5 billion to build a border wall with Mexico, government agencies are preparing for a partial government shutdown.

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White House digs in on border wall demand, risking shutdown

December 17, 2018 Comments Off on White House digs in on border wall demand, risking shutdown

FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump's White House Senior Adviser Stephen Miller boards Air Force One for campaign rallies in West Virginia and Indiana, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md. The White House is digging in on its demand for $5 billion to build a border wall as congressional Democrats stand firm against it, pushing the federal government closer to the brink of a partial shutdown. Miller says Trump is prepared to do “whatever is necessary” to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Pushing the government to the brink of a partial shutdown, the White House is insisting that Congress provide $5 billion to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border despite lawmaker resistance from both parties.

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Facebook’s Zuckerberg admits mistakes, outlines fixes

March 21, 2018 Comments Off on Facebook’s Zuckerberg admits mistakes, outlines fixes

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during the Oculus Connect 4 product launch event in San Jose, California, on Oct. 11, 2017. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by David Paul Morris.

NEW YORK — Breaking more than four days of silence, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted mistakes and outlined steps to protect user data in light of a privacy scandal involving a Trump-connected data-mining firm. Zuckerberg said Wednesday that Facebook has ...

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Congress’ harassment-reporting process angers accusers, accused

January 15, 2018 Comments Off on Congress’ harassment-reporting process angers accusers, accused

In this Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016, file photo, an American flag flies over Capitol Hill in Washington, as lawmakers return from a 7-week break. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Congress' harassment-reporting process leads news summary including a Philippine news shutdown, a judge's resignation and a father's plea for his son's life.

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Trone announces run for Congress in 6th District

August 2, 2017 Comments Off on Trone announces run for Congress in 6th District

POTOMAC — A wine superstore owner says he’s running for Congress again. David Trone announced his candidacy Wednesday for the Democratic nomination for Maryland’s 6th District, which includes western Maryland and a large section of Montgomery County. Trone, the owner ...

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