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PBS NewsHour & POLITICO Name Judy Woodruff, Tim Alberta, Amna Nawaz and Yamiche Alcindor Co-Moderators for December Debate
The PBS NewsHour & POLITICO Democratic Debate will take place on December 19th at Loyola Marymount University Washington, D.C. – PBS NewsHour and POLITICO today announce that PBS NewsHour anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff, POLITICO chief...
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Yamiche Alcindor
So excited to announce that I, along w/ @JudyWoodruff,
@IAmAmnaNawaz and @TimAlberta, will be co-moderating the PBS @NewsHour and @POLITICO Democratic Debate on December 19th at Loyola Marymount University in California. Learn about what's in store here
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Michael Bloomberg Apologizes for Stop-and-Frisk: ‘I Was Wrong’
Ahead of a possible Democratic run for president, the former mayor of New York City reversed himself before an important party constituency: black voters.
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Michael Bloomberg is apologizing for stop-and-frisk saying, “I was wrong.” nyti.ms/2qXDZsS
This comes 6 yrs after a judge found policy racial discriminatory & unconstitutional. Back then Bloomberg angrily said, “You’re not going to see any change in tactics overnight.”
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Stephen Miller's private emails just got leaked. And they're explosive.
Miller promoted white nationalists, cited a racist novel, and praised a eugenicist president.
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Yamiche Alcindor
In emails in 2015 and 2016, President Donald Trump’s top immigration adviser, Stephen Miller, touted a novel that warns of a migrant invasion, promoted ideas of white nationalist publications, & raged at retailers who stopped selling Confederate flags.
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Rep. Elijah Cummings, a Maryland Democrat and House Oversight Chairman, dies at 68
Cummings passed away at Johns Hopkins Hospital aged 68.
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Yamiche Alcindor
Waking up to the heartbreaking news that Rep. Elijah Cummings, a Maryland Democrat and House Oversight Chairman, has died at 68.
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Giuliani tells NewsHour his work in Ukraine is 'intertwined' with work as Trump's personal attorney
The subpoena is for information related to Guiliani’s work in Ukraine and allegations that he helped pressure the Ukrainian government to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden.
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Yamiche Alcindor
My latest: Rudy Giuliani told me he views his work in Ukraine as “intertwined” with his work as Trump’s personal attorney. He added that he would “need an independent opinion” to confirm what information, if any, he could divulge.
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Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean resigns after fatally shooting Atatiana Jefferson in her home, could face charges
An 8-year-old boy was in the room when his aunt was fatally shot while playing video games in her home by a Fort Worth officer.
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Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean resigns after fatally shooting Atatiana Jefferson in her home usatoday.com/story/news/nat… via @USATODAY
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Read the whistleblower's memo about Trump's Ukraine call, as described to CBS News
The memo, dated July 26, is based on a conversation the whistleblower had with an unnamed White House official who listened to the call
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Yamiche Alcindor
Read the whistleblower's memo about Trump's Ukraine call, as described to CBS News cbsnews.com/news/the-whist… via @CBSPolitics
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Trump admin delays funds for human-trafficking victims
Program funds went into limbo 5 days after the funding announcement was updated to "allow recipients [of the funds] to serve non-citizens,"
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The Trump administration abruptly delayed a $13.5M grant to house human trafficking victims just five days after saying that "non-citizens" could be served by the program. The program's funds, which were approved two years ago, are now in limbo.
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Trump Pressed Australian Leader to Help Barr Investigate Mueller Inquiry’s Origins
The discussion was another instance of the president using American diplomacy for potential personal gain.
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Yamiche Alcindor
Wow.
Pres Trump pushed the Australian prime minister during a recent telephone call to help AG Barr gather information for a DOJ inquiry that Trump hopes will discredit the Mueller investigation, per NYT
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Group of sixth-grade boys pin down classmate, cut her dreadlocks
Three sixth-grade boys are accused of pinning down a fellow classmate -- a 12-year-old girl -- on the playground and cutting her dreadlocks because they are "nappy"
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In non impeachment news: A group of white, sixth-grade boys are accused of pinning down their black classmate, cutting her dreadlocks, and calling them 'ugly' and ‘nappy' at a Virginia private school.
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The man Trump once called 'my African American' leaves Republican Party
After two years of frustration with the president’s rhetoric on race and the lack of diversity in the administration, Gregory Cheadle told PBS NewsHour he has decided to leave the Republican party and run for a seat in the U.S. House of...
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SCOOP: Gregory Cheadle, the man President Trump once called “my African American,” is leaving the Republican party & running for Congress as an independent.
He says Trump has a “white superiority complex" and the party is pursing a "pro-white" agenda.
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G7 'close to agreeing' help for Amazon fires
President Emmanuel Macron suggests G7 leaders are close to agreeing a plan to help the rainforest.
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Yamiche Alcindor
Pres Trump skipped a G7 meeting on climate change where other leaders came up w/ a $22M plan to fight Amazon fire in Brazil. WH Press Secretary said Trump “had scheduled meetings & bilaterals w/ Germany and India,” so a senior WH official attended instead.
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The Justice Department Sent Immigration Judges A White Nationalist Blog Post With Anti-Semitic Attacks
“The post features links and content that directly attacks sitting immigration judges with racial and ethnically tinged slurs,” a union chief said in a letter.
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Wow.
An email sent from the DOJ to all immigration court employees this week included a link to an article posted on a white nationalist website that “directly attacks sitting immigration judges with racial and ethnically tinged slurs.”
buzzfeednews.com/article/hameda… via @haleaziz
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Deficit Will Reach $1 Trillion Next Year, Budget Office Predicts
Growing forecasts for the federal debt come as President Trump is mulling new initiatives that would widen the deficit even further.
5 years after Michael Brown's death, what has changed in Ferguson -- and what hasn't
It’s been five years since Michael Brown Jr. was shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. The incident sparked protests, questions about ra...
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Here’s the first piece: youtu.be/YtyS4YoTNj4
In 2014, Ferguson issued nearly 12K tickets. Most were for minor municipal code violations. In 2017, that number was under 2K.
But statewide, black drivers in Missouri are still nearly twice as likely as others to be stopped.
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Tulsi Gabbard, Rising Democratic Star, Endorses Bernie Sanders
Representative Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii resigned as a vice chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee on Sunday in order to endorse Senator Bernie Sanders for president.
What Eric Garner case says about federal prosecution of police officers on duty
Eric Garner’s dying words, “I can’t breathe,” served as a rallying cry for protests against police brutality. But the Justice Department announced Tuesday it would not file charges against the officer involved in the incident. The decision closes...
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Yamiche Alcindor
Protesters were chanting "Fire Pantaleo" at Bill de Blasio.
Some context and updates on Eric Garner's death and Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who is still employed by the NYPD and has been on desk duty ever since he put Garner in a chokehold.
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Raleigh woman defends use of racial slur :: WRAL.com
A Tuesday night dinner at a North Hills restaurant ended in accusations and a racial slur, and the Raleigh woman who uttered it says she would say it again.
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Yamiche Alcindor
A white woman in Raleigh, N.C. called a black woman the n-word & said she would do it again because she felt “forced” into using the racial slur bc she thought the black woman was being too loud at a restaurant. Good night y’all. wral.com/18530502 via @WRAL (h/t @WRALLena)
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WATCH: 'You're untruthful' Trump tells Yamiche Alcindor
President Donald Trump pushed back against Robert Mueller's testimony that the president's responses to the special counsel's questioning during the Russia i...
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Yamiche Alcindor
For context, here’s the exchange between the president and I over Robert Mueller saying that President Trump, WH aides and campaign aides were not truthful and at times lied
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Did U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar Marry Her Brother?
Rep. Ilhan Omar has been the subject of recurrent controversies, including ones regarding her marriages and family immigration history.
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As President Trump readies to speak at his NC rally, it's important to note that today he spoke about a discredited conspiracy theory about Rep. Omar marrying her brother. Omar has said the claim is “absurd and offensive.” Here's that fact check
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