The Land of Digital Space By Sharon McElhone Stories of the Wild West have inspired Americans and the world over for centuries. Yet, a land without laws is also dangerous and unsafe. I don’t think anyone wants to go back to the time when laws didn’t exist to protect people; and while we cannot go …
Washington, Feb 7 (EFE).- The US Senate on Tuesday confirmed multimillionaire Betsy DeVos as President Donald Trump’s education secretary, although to do so Vice President Mike Pence had to cast a tiebreaking vote. This is the first time in history that a vice president has had to step in – as set forth in the …
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Washington, Feb 7 (EFE).- US Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly on Tuesday proposed before House lawmakers an alliance between the US and Mexico to fight drug trafficking, although he insisted that a border wall must be built and said that he hopes it will be well advanced within a couple of years. Testifying before the …
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Dulles, Virginia, Feb 6 (EFE).- President Donald Trump’s immigration ban initially prevented young Yemenis Tareq and Ammar from entering the US, but on Monday they left behind their anxiety and regained hope, finding the way open for them once again and finally embracing their father, a short man who awaited them at the airport trembling …
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Casi un centenar de empresas tecnológicas presentaron una demanda ante la justicia de Estados Unidos contra el decreto anti-inmigratorio de Donald Trump, mientras el presidente continuó desafiante ante la dura batalla legal que hasta ahora deja en suspenso la polémica medida. Se trata del más reciente capítulo de una historia que se inició el 27 …
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Washington, Feb 6 (EFE).- Senate Democrats on Monday announced plans to hold the chamber’s floor for 24 hours to protest President Donald Trump’s nomination of Betsy DeVos, a multimillionaire GOP donor, as education secretary. It is expected that the marathon session will conclude on Tuesday at noon when the final vote on DeVos’s confirmation is …
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Washington, 6 feb (EFE).- El presidente pro tempore del Senado de California, Kevin de León, defendió hoy que su estado es un motor económico para Estados Unidos, tras las acusaciones de “estar fuera de control” del presidente del país, Donald Trump. “Lejos de estar fuera de control, California está creando empleos más rápido que cualquier …
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Washington, Feb 4 (EFE).- The State Department said Saturday it had reinstated thousands of visas after a federal judge halted enforcement of President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily barring refugees and people from seven mainly Muslim countries from entering the United States. EE.UU. restaura miles de visados revocados por el veto migratorio de Trump El …
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New York, Feb 3 (EFE).- Joaquin “el Chapo” Guzman, who has pleaded not guilty in the United States to running a massive Mexico-based drug-trafficking operation, faces overly strict jail conditions, his attorneys argued Friday in a New York federal court. Lawyers for Guzman, who was dressed in a blue suit at the nearly hour-long hearing, …
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Washington DC, Feb 4 (EFE).- The United States government on Friday described a federal judge’s temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of the president’s immigration ban as outrageous and said it would appeal the decision. The statement came after Judge James Robart issued the order blocking with immediate effect Donald Trump’s controversial ban of immigrants from …
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