Juliet Linderman, Author at Valley News

A statue of Benjamin Franklin is seen in an empty corridor outside the Senate at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018, during a partial government shutdown. Chances look slim for ending the partial government shutdown any time soon. Lawmakers are away from Washington for the holidays and have been told they will get 24 hours' notice before having to return for a vote. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Federal Workers Face Grim Prospect of Lengthy Shutdown

by Juliet Linderman Associated Press, and Darlene Superville Associated PressDecember 29, 2018

Washington — Three days, maybe four. That’s how long Ethan James, 21, says he can realistically miss work before he’s struggling.So as the partial government shutdown stretched into its sixth day with no end in sight, James, a minimum-wage contractor…

President Donald Trump listens to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue during a signing ceremony for H.R. 2, the "Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018," in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, on the White House complex, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

USDA Moves to Tighten Food Stamp Work Requirements

by Juliet Linderman Associated PressDecember 20, 2018

Jack Maloney looks over one of the soybean fields on his Little Ireland Farms in Brownsburg, Ind., Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018. Maloney, who farms about 2,000 acres in Hendricks Count, said the aid for farmers is "a nice gesture" but what farmers really want is free trade, not government handouts. American farmers will soon begin getting checks from the government as part of a billion-dollar bailout to help those experiencing financial strain from President Donald Trump’s trade disputes with China (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Farmers Worry Bailout Won’t Be Enough

by Juliet Linderman Associated PressSeptember 24, 2018

In this May 14, 2018, photo, two young boys walk across the grass of the Bridgeview Village Apartments in Charleston, S.C. A new data analysis by the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities shows that tenants in Charleston receiving housing assistance could see the second-highest average annual increase in the United States under a new proposal by HUD Secretary Ben Carson to raise rents for millions of low-income households. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)

HUD Plan Would Raise Rents for the Poor

by Juliet Linderman Associated Press, and Larry Fenn Associated PressJune 7, 2018

In this image provided by the U.S. Army, then-comedian Al Franken and sports commentator Leeann Tweeden perform a comic skit at Forward Operating Base Marez in Mosul, Iraq, on Dec. 16, 2006, during the USO Sergeant Major of the Army's 2006 Hope and Freedom Tour. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., apologized Nov. 16, 2017, after Tweeden accused him of forcibly kissing her during the 2006 USO tour. Colleagues, including fellow Democrats, urged a Senate ethics investigation. Tweeden also accused Franken of posing for a photo with his hands on her breasts as she slept, while both were performing for military personnel two years before the one-time comedian was elected to the Senate. (Creighton Holub/U.S. Army via AP)

Franken Accused Of Groping

by Matthew Daly Associated Press, and Juliet Linderman Associated PressNovember 16, 2017

FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2011, file photo, then-Rep. Mary Bono, R-Calif., listens at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington. One current and three former female members of Congress tell The Associated Press they have been sexually harassed or subjected to hostile sexual comments by their male colleagues while serving in the House. For years Bono endured the increasingly suggestive comments from a fellow lawmaker in the House. But when the congressman approached her on the House floor and told her he’d been thinking about her in the shower, she’d had enough. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Leaders Seek Harassment Training

by Erica Werner Associated Press, and Juliet Linderman Associated PressNovember 4, 2017

This photo provided by the Maryland State Police shows Radee Labeeb Prince, who police are looking for after they said he opened fire with a handgun at the Emmorton Business Park in the Edgewood area of Harford County, Md., Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, and then fled. (Maryland State Police via AP)

Suspect Arrested In Md. Shooting

by Juliet Linderman Associated PressOctober 18, 2017

FILE - In this Tuesday, April 4, 2017 file photo, Baltimore Police Department Commissioner Kevin Davis speaks at a news conference at the department's headquarters in Baltimore, in response to the Department of Justice's request for a 90-day delay of a hearing on its proposed overhaul of the police department. Hundreds of Baltimore residents are expected to show up to offer commentary, critiques and recommendations regarding a proposed agreement to overhaul the city's troubled police force. A judge on Wednesday, April 5, 2017, denied a request to delay the hearing, calling the Trump administration's request a "burden and inconvenience." (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Administration Backs Away From Police Reform

by Juliet Linderman Associated PressApril 7, 2017

Baltimore Police Lt. Brian Rice, center, arrives at Courthouse East Tuesday, July 5, 2016 in Baltimore for a pretrial hearing related to the arrest and death of Freddie Gray. Rice's lawyers said Tuesday that he has chosen to be tried instead by a judge, the same one who acquitted two fellow officers in Freddie Gray's death. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun via AP)

No Jury Trial for Top Baltimore Cop Charged in Freddie Gray Death

by Juliet Linderman Associated PressJuly 5, 2016

Women chat in the Penn North neighborhood of Baltimore, Thursday, June 23, 2016, near the site of unrest following the funeral of Freddie Gray. Officer Caesar Goodson, one of six Baltimore city police officers charged in connection to the death of Gray, was acquitted of all charges in his trial Thursday. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

What’s Next in Baltimore?

by Juliet Linderman Associated PressJune 25, 2016