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After 660 Days, Bijan Ghaisar’s Family Still Waiting For Answers On Death By Park Police BY BARBARA SPRUNT - 09/17/2019 A group of demonstrators, including the family of Bijan Ghaisar, stood outside the Department of the Interior Monday morning to protest the promotion of Robert MacLean. Monday was MacLean’s first day at his new job as director of the Interior Department’s Office… Read more »

Nearly 2 years and no answers: Family of Bijan Ghaisar holds protest at US Interior Dept. BY NICK IANNELLI - 09/16/2019  The family of Bijan Ghaisar, who was killed by U.S. Park Police officers in November 2017, gathered in front of the U.S. Department of the Interior in Northwest D.C. Monday morning to continue their calls for justice and to express outrage that the… Read more »

Fight for her future: A car accident, a traumatic brain injury, and an immigration battle BY HEATHER GRAF - 09/13/2019 On November 12, 2018, Kitti Tong was walking home from work in Rockville. At the intersection of Beall Avenue and Gibbs Street, the 27-year-old was hit by a car. And in that moment, Tong says life as she knew it changed forever. She suffered a traumatic brain… Read more »

Wilbur Ross At The Center Of Another Political Storm, This Time About The Weather BY SCOTT HORSLEY - 09/10/2019 Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is under the microscope again, amid fresh allegations of meddling with a government scientific agency. The latest storm to engulf the secretary began Sept. 1, when weather forecasters in Birmingham, Ala., issued a tweet saying… Read more »

Democrats call for Ross to resign for reportedly threatening to fire officials BY MIRANDA GREEN AND JUSTINE COLEMAN - 09/10/2019 Two Democratic lawmakers are calling for Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross's resignation following a report that he threatened top officials for contradicting President Trump's claims Hurricane Dorian might hit… Read more »

Wilbur Ross 'Needs To Resign Now' If He Threatened To Fire Top NOAA Officials For Tweet Contradicting Trump On Hurricane Dorian, Democrat Says BY SHANE CROUCHER - 09/10/2019 Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is facing calls to resign over a report alleging that he threatened to fire top officials at NOAA for a tweet disputing President Donald Trump's claim that Hurricane Dorian would… Read more »

Wilbur Ross and the Trump War on Truth BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD - 09/10/2019 After a quiet couple of months, Wilbur Ross, the secretary of commerce, appears set on distinguishing himself again as the most compromised member of an administration that at times seems defined by ethical and moral flexibility. On Monday, The Times reported that Mr. Ross… Read more »

The Trump administration is downplaying the growing threat of white-supremacist terrorism. It is time for Congress to act. BY REP. DON BEYER - 09/09/2019 Two years ago, I watched with deep sadness as my beloved Virginia became the center of a national firestorm of attention during a weekend of hatred and violence. In the aftermath of Charlottesville, I hoped that we could at least… Read more »

Proposed ban on Pentagon spending at Trump properties gets new push BY CONNOR O'BRIEN - 09/09/2019 Democrats in the House are doubling down on proposed legislation to block military funds from being spent at properties owned by President Donald Trump, following reports that Air Force personnel stayed at the president's Turnberry resort in Scotland. The House voted in July to bar… Read more »

‘Stupidest act of narcissism to date’: Congressman nails Trump for desperate Hurricane Dorian map BY SARAH K. BURRIS - 09/04/2019 Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) nailed President Donald Trump for his desperate attempt to avoid the humiliation of not knowing which state was Alabama. Trump was ridiculed after saying that Hurricane Dorian was going to hit Alabama. The national weather… Read more »