Top White House officials to meet Dreamers for DACA anniversary
Top administration officials, including Vice President Harris, will host more than 20 Dreamers at the White House Wednesday for discussions on preserving DACA protections. DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, was started 10 years ago Wednesday by former President Obama, in an effort to kickstart immigration reform negotiations while protecting Dreamers – undocumented immigrants who arrived in the United States as minors. "For all they have done for our nation, and all they will continue to do, DACA recipients and their families deserve better. Today,
Read MoreIn a digital world, ‘Industry 4.0’ meets ‘Law 4.0’
We are all aware of the tall claims made by artificial intelligence (AI) boosters, investors and technologists and the dystopian warnings of gender, racial and sexual orientation bias that may come with this emerging technology. Lawyers increasingly will be tasked to deal with much of this fallout. Lawyers have started taking small steps. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, law schools and the legal practice have had to go digital themselves. Lawyers are not known for their acuity with technology and some still prefer the analog world. Like the rest of the
Read MoreThe Hill's Morning Report — McConnell boosts guns bill; Trump takes down impeachment foe
The Senate’s swift push to pass bipartisan gun violence legislation got a major boost on Tuesday when Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) tossed his support behind the framework as negotiators push for a vote to take place as soon as next week. During weeks of discussions by senators, McConnell stayed largely mum about how he would lean on any final package. That was until Tuesday when he indicated that he will side with the 10 Senate GOP negotiators as long as the final legislative text mirrors the framework lawmakers released on Sunday (
Read MoreBudowsky: Biden, Zelensky, Pope Francis versus inflation, world hunger
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is right. Recently Zelensky, warning of the global food crisis that is dramatically increasing food prices, called for an end to the Russian blockade that prevents Ukrainian grain and other food products from reaching a hungry and hurting world. I propose that President Biden contact Pope Francis to seek to mobilize religious leaders and the faithful of all religious denominations to appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin in unison — in the name of humanitarian decency and global economic self-interest — to end the Russian blockade
Read MoreDems eye marijuana bill as vehicle for justice measures
Senate Democrats are eyeing a cannabis banking bill that has bipartisan support as a potential vehicle for long-sought restorative justice measures. Prominent Democrats have been pushing to pass the SAFE Banking Act, which would enable legally operating cannabis firms to use banking services, as part of a larger China competition package being conferenced in both the House and Senate. The bill was included in House Democrats’ competition bill passed earlier this year, but not in the bipartisan Senate-passed version. Supporters of the banking bill say it’s ur
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