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Good morning, everybody. It is tuesday, april 9th. Im yasmin vossoughian. We start with President Trump beginning this week by gutting the department of Homeland Security. Purging allies of his exchief of staff and john kelley. Yesterday the white house announced the director of the secret Service Retired marine Major General Randolph Alice is out. Alice disputed that he had been fired. Outi assure you that this is not the case. In fact i was told weeks ago by the administration that transition in leadership should be expected across dhs. It is my regret i was not able to address the workforce...

Good morning, everybody. It is monday, april 15th. Im yasmin vossoughian. There was whiplash at the white house this weekend. The president s aides responded to the Washington Post reporting that in february and last november the administration had proposed releasing immigrant detainees in to sanctuary cities to target political enemies. On thursday the white house said in a statement quote, this was just a suggestion that was floated and rejected, which ended any further discussion. But on friday President Trump contradicted that, forcing White House Press secretary Sarah Huckabee sanders to ...

Im Yasmin Vossoughian alongside jeff bennett who is in for ayman mohyeldin. Lets start with treasury secretary Steve Mnuchkin rejecting a request from House Democrats. This is the third time hes failed to meet a congressional deadline to hand in documents raising stakes for a legal battle between congress and the administration. Another legal battle. In a letter to house ways and means chairman, mnuchkin said the committees request lacks a legislative purpose. Citing guidance from the Justice Department, mnuchkin went on to say, out of respect for the deadlines previously set by the committee ...

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Latino lives at risk if language barrier poses threat during COVID-19 vaccine distribution ‘Would you want to read something that is going to save your life in a second language?’ Tags:  The pandemic fight is harder for Latinos when there is a language barrier in between. Back in August, more than 40% of confirmed coronavirus cases in Virginia were from the Latino community. Yet, Latinos only make up about 10% of the state’s population. “So if you are thinking about that number how does that even make sense,” Virginia Hispanic Chamber Director of Sales and Membership Nikolas Johnso...