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Trump Eyes Venezuelan Migrant Protection to Win Fla. in 2020
Despite President Donald Trump’s anti-migrant rhetoric and his administration’s efforts to end their temporary legal status, he is considering shielding Venezuelans in the U.S. as a way to win the key battleground state of Florida in next year’s election, Politico reported Monday.
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Sen. Graham: Barr Should Make FISA Warrant Probe Transparent
Sen. Lindsey Graham said Monday he's calling on Attorney General William Barr to declassify as much as possible his investigation into FISA warrants obtained by FBI agents who surveiled members of President Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.
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Barr Drafts Plan to Expedite Death Penalty for Mass Shooters
Attorney General William Barr has drafted legislation that would speed the death penalty for people who have committed mass murder, a White House official said on Monday.
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Trump Slams AFL-CIO's Trumka
President Donald Trump Monday launched a Labor Day Twitter attack against AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka after the labor leader Sunday said the nation's unions won't have "any choice" but to block the "unenforceable" United States-Mexico-Canada trading deal.
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Trump Says He'll Work with Congress to Stop Mass Shootings
President Donald Trump expressed a commitment Sunday, hours after the latest deadly mass shooting, to work with a divided Congress to "stop the menace of mass attacks." He said any measures must satisfy the competing goals of protecting public safety and the constitutional...
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NC Voters Encouraged to Cast Early Ballots as Dorian Looms
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Crowd Adores Sanders at First Muslim Presidential Forum
Sen. Bernie Sanders received an adoring welcome at the Islamic Society of North America annual convention in Houston over the weekend, as he stressed the need to forge progressive coalitions and build solidarity between communities in order to defeat President Donald Trump...
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Experts Warn 'Heartbeat Bills' Won't Reverse Roe v. Wade
Last week's decision by a federal judge blocking the implementation of restrictive anti-abortion measures in Missouri is expected to add fuel to the debate raging within the pro-life community over the best way to reverse Roe v. Wade....
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Jeh Johnson: This Time 'Might be Different' for Gun Reform
Former Homeland Security Chief Jeh Johnson says this time "might be different" for gun reform following mass shootings in Texas and Ohio."It feels like this time it might be different," Johnson said on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday."My sense is that public opinion and...
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Beto O'Rourke on Another Shooting: 'This Is F'd Up'
Democratic presidential primary candidate Beto O'Rourke dropped more curse words in campaigning against hate and gun violence, repeating "this is F'd up" after the latest Texas mass murder."The rhetoric that we've used - the thoughts and prayers just referred to - it has...
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Trump Officials Defend Sending FEMA Funds to ICE Ahead of Hurricane Dorian
The Trump administration decision to send FEMA funding to ICE comes at a precarious time as Hurricane Dorian approaches, but Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan defends the move, no matter the timing....
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WashPost: Resistance Op-Ed a Mystery One Year Later
The anonymous writer of the scathing resistance The New York Times op-ed of an embedded Trump administration official remains a secret one year later, as the The Washington Post reported.
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Castro: Trump Has 'Gone Back On His Word' On Universal Background Checks
Democratic presidential candidate and former Housing Secretary Julián Castro lashed out Sunday at President Donald Trump's "biggest lie" - going "back on his word" on universal background checks for gun owners....
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AFL-CIO's Trumka: Labor Won't Back 'Unenforceable' USMCA Deal
Unions "won't have any choice" but to block the "unenforceable" trading deal between the United States and Mexico and Canada, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said Sunday....
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Fla.'s Sen. Rick Scott Warns Dorian Has Deadly Disastrous Potential
GOP Florida Sen. Rick Scott warned Sunday that Category 5 Hurricane Dorian could wind up being as deadly and disastrous as 2018's Hurricane Michael, which wrecked the Panhandle community of Mexico Beach....
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Labor Leader Trumka Says President Taking On China in 'Wrong Way'
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Sunday praised President Donald Trump for "taking on China" - but criticized him for going about it "the wrong way.
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Study: Trade War Will Cost at Least $460 Per Family
The average American family will be paying about $460 a year as a result of the Trump administration's trade war with China, according to analysis reported by The New York Times on Sunday...
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Newt Gringrich: Obama Knew and 'the Fix Is In'
The nonprosecution of fired FBI Director James Comey and the likely knowledge of former President Barack Obama during the undercover surveillance of President Donald Trump do not sit well with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who says "the fix is in.""...
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Toomey: Trump Trade War Threat to US Economy
President Donald Trump's trade war with China is a "threat to growth" for America's economy, Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., said Sunday.In an interview on ABC News' "This Week,"...
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McAleenan: Domestic Terrorism 'Absolutely' a Homeland Security Threat
Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan said Sunday that domestic terrorism has "taken a front-line focus" in the wake of the latest mass shooting in Odessa, Texas....
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Mattis: Resignation Sparked By Trump Decision to Withdraw Troops From Syria
Former Defense Secretary James Mattis says President Donald Trump's announcement to pull U.S. troops out of Syria "absolutely" triggered his resignation - a move that so angered the president that he fired him rather than keep him during a transition period.In his first...
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Looser Gun Laws Go Into Effect in Shooting-Hit Texas
After a month of Texas mass murders shook the nation, new gun laws go into effect in the state Sunday, which loosen restrictions on access to guns near gun-free zones like schools and churches, according to The Hill....
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Ken Cuccinelli Pushing Envelope in Acting USCIS Role
As the Trump administration continues to deploy its tightening of immigration and citizenship policies, President Donald Trump's critics are concerned it is all being rolled out by an acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), who has not had to...
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Rudy Giuliani: James Comey Tried to 'Frame' Trump
President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani claims James Comey tried "to frame" the president in memos the former FBI director kept of their conversations.
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Though Comments Veiled, Mattis Repudiates Former Boss Trump
Try as he might, Jim Mattis can't seem to hide his real feelings about Donald Trump - that the president is leading the world's most powerful nation down a dangerously wrong path.Mattis, the retired Marine general who resigned as defense secretary last December in a...