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Alan Pyke

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Alan Pyke covers poverty and the social safety net. Alan is also a film and music critic for fun. Send him tips at: [email protected]

TOPSHOT - This picture taken on August 28, 2019 shows a portion of the wall on the US-Mexico border seen from Chihuahua State in Mexico, some 100 km from the city of Ciudad Juarez. - The US Defence Department said on September 3 it was freeing up $3.6 billion in funds budgeted for other projects to build a wall on the Mexican border as ordered by President Donald Trump. Six weeks after being confirmed by Congress, Defence Secretary Mike Esper has signed off on the diversion of funds, said Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffmann. (Photo by HERIKA MARTINEZ / AFP)        (Photo credit should read HERIKA MARTINEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

To build Trump’s border wall, Pentagon will divert funds from military schools and day cares

Alan Pyke Sep 5, 2019
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue speaks at the White House signing ceremony in December 2018 for a bipartisan Farm Bill he's been trying to dismantle through regulatory authority ever since. CREDIT: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The Trump administration plans to gut food stamps, hitting red states hardest

Alan Pyke Sep 5, 2019
Houston rap legend Scarface, pictured here receiving a BET award in 2015, was targeted 20 years ago by a corrupt DEA agent who was just convicted of seven federal crimes. CREDIT: Paul R. Giunta/BET/Getty Images for BET Networks

Justice comes for the corrupt DEA agent who tried to set up rapper Scarface

Alan Pyke Aug 30, 2019
Kellyanne Conway, left, poses for photos with Alabama's now governor Kay Ivey at a rally in December 2016  in Mobile, Alabama. CREDIT: Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images

Exposed for 1967 blackface skit, Alabama governor issues written statement rather than face cameras

Alan Pyke Aug 29, 2019
Acting Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Chuck Rosenberg. CREDIT: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images

The DEA just made a huge change to how the government treats medical marijuana

Alan Pyke Aug 26, 2019
President Donald Trump with Attorney General William Barr. CREDIT: Alex Wong/Getty Images

Shakeup of immigration court system threatens migrants’ due process

Alan Pyke Aug 23, 2019
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