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Harvest Prude

Harvest is a political reporter for WORLD's Washington Bureau. She is a World Journalism Institute and Patrick Henry College graduate. Harvest resides in Washington, D.C. Follow her on Twitter @HarvestPrude.

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U.S. calls out India for persecution

by Harvest Prude
Posted 4/28/20, 03:59 pm

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom warned of growing abuses of Muslims, Christians, and other religious minorities in India in its 2020 annual report released on Tuesday. This year, the commission added India to its Countries of Particular Concern list for the first time since 2004. The country’s ruling Hindu nationalist party instituted citizenship policies in January that USCIRF said could leave the country’s religious minorities, especially Muslims, without legal protections.

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Supreme Court sidesteps gun rights case

by Harvest Prude
Posted 4/28/20, 11:33 am

Instead of ruling on gun owners’ rights, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday found a controversial New York City case moot because local officials recently rescinded the law. New York City had prohibited licensed gun owners from taking their firearms outside the city limits to places such as shooting ranges and second homes. Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, and Clarence Thomas dissented, arguing the law blatantly violated the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

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Texas greenlights slow reopening

by Harvest Prude
Posted 4/28/20, 11:29 am

Restaurants, retail stores, movie theaters, libraries, malls, and museums can begin reopening in Texas on Friday. Gov. Greg Abbott, Republican, announced on Monday he will not extend his statewide coronavirus stay-at-home order.

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Child separation back in focus after federal personnel changes

Immigration | Shake-up at key HHS office causes some to question whether hard-line policy will return

J.C. Derrick & Harvest Prude | 4/27/20, 04:13 pm

Last month, late on Friday the 13th, as coronavirus chaos erupted across the United States, a rumor started circulating in the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): a leadership change was coming—and soon. 

With almost no notice, the White House reassigned ORR Director Jonathan Hayes, a man several people told me was the best leader the office ever had. His staff was in shock—and even some tears. 

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Navy wants captain reinstated

Harvest Prude | 4/27/20, 11:42 am

Top U.S. Navy leaders last week called for Capt. Brett Crozier to be put back in command of the coronavirus-stricken USS Theodore Roosevelt. Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly, who has since resigned, relieved Crozier of his command after the captain pleaded in late March for more resources to fight an outbreak of COVID-19 on the aircraft carrier.

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Abortions to resume in Texas

Harvest Prude | 4/24/20, 12:56 pm

Following weeks of legal battles, Texas abortion businesses will begin aborting unborn babies again. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, issued a new executive order on Tuesday loosening restrictions on some elective medical procedures during the coronavirus pandemic.

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More economic aid on the way

Harvest Prude | 4/24/20, 12:49 pm

President Donald Trump has signed a bill into law with almost $500 billion more in pandemic relief for small businesses, hospitals, and expanded coronavirus testing. The Senate passed the measure on Tuesday, and the U.S. House of Representatives approved it on Thursday.

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Pandemic primaries

Politics | Wyoming’s Democratic contest could be a blueprint for the rest of 2020

Harvest Prude | 4/23/20, 05:54 pm

The results of Wyoming’s Democratic primary surprised almost no one, but the state’s ability to hold a decisive election in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic impressed observers across the country.

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House to vote on more stimulus money

Harvest Prude | 4/23/20, 12:00 pm

Members of the House of Representatives are rushing back to Washington to vote on replenishing small business loan funds. The Senate passed the measure on Tuesday, but House leaders could not reach an agreement to approve the bill without a floor vote.

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White House cautions states on reopening

Harvest Prude | 4/23/20, 11:43 am

President Donald Trump said Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s decision to allow his state’s businesses to reopen this week is “too soon.” The president warned states against kickstarting their economies too quickly during his coronavirus briefing on Wednesday. Kemp, a Republican, gave gyms, beauty salons, bowling alleys, and tattoo parlors the go-ahead to open on Friday, followed by restaurants resuming dine-in services and entertainment venues, including movie theaters, opening on Monday.

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