The Trump administration is cracking down on California over its sanctuary city laws. Attorney General Jeff Session visited Sacramento, and formally announced a lawsuit against the state over its failure to comply with federal immigration rules. Cheddar's Brad Smith speaks with San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón to get his reaction.
"All this is really a political stunt," says Gascón. "It has nothing to do with public safety."
Gascón says sanctuary laws are so important because America has a broken down immigration system. "To go after those people when they haven't committed any crime other than the unlawful stay in this country has a very disruptive impact overall," says Gascón. "From a social stance it is absolutely unconscionable."
With one day left, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden maintains a strong lead nationally over President Trump, though his margin narrowed in the final days of the race.
A federal judge has rejected a last-ditch Republican effort to invalidate nearly 127,000 votes in Houston.
For some historically Black colleges and universities, the impact of coronavirus is hitting especially hard and compounding existing financial woes.
Speaking early Monday at a campaign rally in Opa-locka, Florida, Trump expressed frustration that the surging cases of a virus that has killed more than 231,000 people in the United States remains in the news, sparking chants of “Fire Fauci” from his supporters.
While snapping a selfie with a sealed envelope is perfectly legal, memorializing your marked ballot with a photo can be against the law in some states.
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Former White House communications director, Anthony Scaramucci, joined Cheddar to discuss Biden versus Trump in the 2020 election.
More than 9 million ballots have been cast as of Friday in the nation’s second most-populous state, exceeding the 8.9 million cast in 2016,
Each state has different rules on when it's allowed to start counting early ballots. That is going to produce results coming in at very different times — perhaps days or even weeks after Election Day.
Following today's big tech hearing, former Virginia Senator Barbara Comstock, joined Cheddar to discuss the government's role in regulating the industry and why it is bad for business.
