| This theater director gets at the big issues of the day – with young actors Posted: 08 Jun 2017 02:48 PM PDT ![This theater director gets at the big issues of the day – with young actors]( "This theater director gets at the big issues of the day – with young actors") Martina Droste guides her young actors at the Frankfurt Theater. After the mindfulness exercise, the 15 youths are ready to perform "Frankfurt Babel," their version of the biblical story that deals with language and people understanding each other. Half of the youths are refugees who fled war-racked homelands and have come together in Frankfurt, a city of glass towers, international business, and people from more than 100 nations.
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| Comey hearings fallout? Depends on the listener Posted: 08 Jun 2017 02:19 PM PDT ![Comey hearings fallout? Depends on the listener]( "Comey hearings fallout? Depends on the listener") Former FBI director James Comey's testimony in the Senate, a moment of high anticipation like few in recent Washington history, put questions about unorthodox presidential behavior at center stage. At its heart, the hearing raised a profound question about President Trump: Was he trying to obstruct justice amid an investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and possible collaboration between Trump associates and Russian officials, or was he simply unaware of what a president should or should not do? "It's all about trying to figure out what's going on in someone's mind," says Julie O'Sullivan, a former federal prosecutor and law professor at Georgetown University.
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| Dreamers' limbo: Granted protection but still facing deportation Posted: 08 Jun 2017 02:18 PM PDT ![Dreamers' limbo: Granted protection but still facing deportation]( "Dreamers' limbo: Granted protection but still facing deportation") After a two-hour hearing in Courtroom 1905 at the Richard B. Russell Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Atlanta, Jessica Colotl found herself mobbed by friends. Ms. Colotl, who nearly a decade ago became the face of attempts in Georgia to ban undocumented immigrants from state colleges, once again has landed in the middle of a high-stakes immigration debate. This time, it's about whether the US government can arbitrarily decide when to withdraw temporary status gained under a deferred action program.
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| Comey: 'I hope we love America equally' Posted: 08 Jun 2017 02:17 PM PDT ![Comey: 'I hope we love America equally']( "Comey: 'I hope we love America equally'") "There should be no fuzz on this whatsoever," Mr. Comey said Thursday. "It is very, very serious, which is why it's so refreshing to see a bipartisan focus on that," Comey told the bipartisan Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, which is comprised of eight Republicans and seven Democrats.
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