Lauren McCauley

Louisiana Republicans Who Voted Against Aid To Hurricane Sandy Victims, Request Federal Flood Aid

«[I]f Congress denies Louisiana the aid funds necessary for recovery, it will be because some of our own congressional delegation turned their backs on the victims of Hurricane Sandy.»

Lauren McCauley
Por Lauren McCauley
Reps. Steve Scalise, Bill Cassidy and Sen. John Fleming all voted against Sandy relief in 2013. (Photos: Andrew Harnik/Melinda Deslatte/AP via NY Daily News)

As residents of Louisiana this week struggle to recover from "one of the worst floods in modern history," there is a chance that federal aid may not be so forthcoming thanks to a trio of Bayou State Republicans, who back in 2013 voted against helping victims of another storm: Sandy. House majority whip Rep. Steve Scalise, Rep. John Fleming, and

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Alaskan Villagers May Become First ‘Climate Change Refugees’ As Town Swallowed By Rising Sea

«Once you see how vulnerable my community is to sea-level rise and erosion,» wrote a Shishmaref youth, «you won’t be able to deny that Arctic communities are already feeling the impacts of climate change.»

Lauren McCauley
Por Lauren McCauley
Nathan Weyiouanna's abandoned house at the west end of Shishmaref, Alaska, Dec. 8, 2006, sits on the beach after sliding off during a fall storm in 2005.

Residents of a remote Alaskan village will find out Wednesday if they are to become the first American community to become climate refugees. Rapidly rising sea levels are forcing the 650-person village of Shishmaref, which lies just north of the Bering Strait, to consider relocating. Residents voted Tuesday and the city clerk said that results

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Judge Rejects Third-Party Bid to Share Stage

Federal judge said lack of popular support drives scant media coverage, but what about the reverse?

Lauren McCauley
Por Lauren McCauley
Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson, right, greets students at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit by the Green and Libertarian parties seeking a space on the debate stage alongside the Democrat/Republican "duopoly." The complaint, launched last fall, presented an anti-trust argument against the Commission on Presidential Debates, saying that a "cognizable political campaign market" is being

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Black Lives Matter Outlines Key Demands

Coalition of 50 groups releases platform hoping to inform «current political climate and assert a clear vision, particularly for those who claim to be our allies, of the world we want them to help us create.»

Lauren McCauley
Por Lauren McCauley
Black Lives Matter demonstrators gather at the police vehicle stuck facing northbound during a protest march south on Broad Street in Philadelphia, Tuesday, July 26, 2016, during the second day of the Democratic National Convention.

More than 50 organizations representing people of color across the United States on Monday put forth what they say is their "shared vision of the world we want to live in," in the form of a comprehensive policy document that calls for nothing short of "a complete transformation of the current system." "In recent years we have taken to the

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Trump Campaign Blames Melania Trump For Plagiarized Speech

Trump campaign spokesman Jason Miller issued a statement which acknowledged the facts that Trump did not write the speech on her own and that some portions may have been borrowed.

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Por Lauren McCauley
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump applauses after with his wife Melania addresses the delegates during the Republican National Convention, Monday, July 18, 2016, in Cleveland.

Though the evening was rife with bombast, bigotry, and blunders,  the episode dominating national headlines following the Republican National Convention's (RNC) opening night was Melania Trump's alleged plagiarism of a speech given in 2008 by future First Lady Michelle Obama. "From a young age, my parents impressed on me the values that you work

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Trump Resistance Swells At RNC Kickoff

Presumptive nominee to give unexpected address as Never Trump faction garners support for floor vote,

Lauren McCauley
Por Lauren McCauley
Demonstrators march during the Shut Down Trump at the RNC protest on Sunday, July 17, 2016, in Cleveland.

Protests, discord, and heightened security announced the start of the Republican National Convention (RNC) on Monday as thousands marched on downtown Cleveland calling on the GOP to reverse its racist policies and "Dump Trump." The peaceful March on the RNC ended with a rally outside the heavily-fortified perimeter that encircled the Quicken

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WikiLeaks Releases Over 1,200 Clinton Emails On Iraq War

The release comes two days before the UK government is set to publish its official inquiry into the 2003 invasion.

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Por Lauren McCauley
Iraq War | Veterans

WikiLeaks on Monday marked the yearly celebration of American independence by releasing over 1,200 private emails belonging to former secretary of state and presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton pertaining to the Iraq War. The whistleblower platform announced the new archive in a tweet, noting that the emails would be made public just two days

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