May Day protesters demand better rights for workers
Demonstrators across the globe took to the streets on Tuesday to demand better working conditions, as part of rallies marking International Workers' Day.
5 things for May 2: Trump, Arizona teachers, migrants, Armenia, air pollution
Not content with pretty much taking over every aspect of your life, Facebook now wants to help you get a date. Here's what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.
Hispanics in Houston underrepresented at the ballot box and in local offices
Just more than half of Hispanic voting-age citizens in the Houston metropolitan area are registered to vote, according to a new report on civic health from the Center for Local Elections in American Politics at Rice University’s Kinder Institute for …
A new Clinton wave is coming this spring
Longtime Clinton supporters received an invitation offering access to the family at a Clinton Foundation benefit on May 24 in New York, at prices ranging from $2,500 ("Friend") for cocktail party and dinner, up to $100,000 ("Chair") for a "Leadership …
uBreakiFix Brings Professional Tech Repair to Nebraska Furniture Mart
Leading tech repair brand uBreakiFix has partnered with North America’s largest home furnishing and appliance retailer, Nebraska Furniture Mart (NFM), to bring high quality electronics support to NFM’s Dallas-Fort Worth location. uBreakiFix allows NFM customers the convenience of professional, same-day …
American Federation of Teachers on Arizona Budget Proposal for Teachers
The Arizona American Federation of Teachers and its parent union, the American Federation of Teachers, responded to Gov. Doug Ducey’s budget proposal that would take $100 million from a package originally earmarked for school funding and allow superintendents to decide …
Stein: No 'special golden goose' in documents withheld from Senate panel
2016 Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein said Tuesday that there's nothing nefarious about materials her campaign withheld from a Senate investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
5 things for May 1: Russia probe, Uber, N. Korea, Iran-Israel, Cardinal George Pell
The Terrus Museum in southern France has a little bit of a problem. Half of the paintings in its collection are fakes. Here's what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement head announces plans to retire
Thomas Homan, the acting director of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, announced in a statement on Monday he plans to leave government.
SCOTUS Justice Sotomayor to undergo shoulder surgery following fall
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will undergo shoulder surgery Tuesday morning for an injury to her left shoulder that she sustained after a fall at her home on April 16, the Supreme Court announced on Monday.
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Co-sponsors the USA Act And Calls Upon Speaker Ryan to Bring all Pending DACA Proposals to the House Floor So That Congress Can Provide Relief to 800,000 Dreamers
Jackson Lee—“I urge the Speaker of the House to bring these varying proposals to the floor of the House under the rule known as ‘Queen-of-the-Hill,’ whereby the proposal which garners the most votes should be reported favorably out of the …
There's a new Democratic agenda taking shape. It's more and more progressive. Can it survive success?
Entering 2017, and the dawn of the Trump era, the prevailing hit on suddenly powerless Democrats was that they had no message and, worse, no ideas. When it came to political combat, the party had been schooled by the President-elect, …
Trump assails White House Correspondents' Association amid Michelle Wolf controversy
The White House Correspondents' Association is the newest front in President Donald Trump's long-running war with the media. The President continued to slam the organization and its annual dinner on Monday morning, tweeting that the event is "DEAD as we …
The hidden meaning of the Arizona special election
Republicans were relieved when Debbie Lesko won a special election on April 24 to maintain GOP control of the Phoenix area congressional seat of former Rep. Trent Franks. Lesko's 52.4%-47.6% victory over Democrat Hiral Tipirneni — based on unofficial but …
Snapshots from the US-Mexico border
CNN went with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen as she traveled to the US-Mexico border on Wednesday.

