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White House set to ditch Mulvaney’s ‘acting’ status
"No one is saying he is killing it but staying out of people’s way has helped," said one senior administration official.
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The White House plans to drop the word “acting” from Mick Mulvaney’s title, officially making him President Donald Trump’s third chief of staff
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Warren calls for eliminating the Electoral College
She is one of the first Democrats running for president in 2020 to propose such a radical shift in how U.S. presidents are elected.
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren called for abolishing the Electoral College as part of an effort to expand voting rights
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Warren calls for ‘full-blown conversation about reparations’
Speaking in Mississippi, she talks of historical problems and contemporary injustices.
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“I believe it’s time to start the national, full-blown conversation about reparations," said Elizabeth Warren
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Joe Manchin won’t support LGBTQ protection bill
"I am not convinced that the Equality Act ... provides sufficient guidance to the local officials who will be responsible for implementing it," the West Virginia senator says.
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Joe Manchin said he will not support the Equality Act without changes to the legislation intended to enshrine federal protections for the LGTBQ community, leaving him as the only holdout among Senate Democrats
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Meghan McCain rips into 'pathetic' Trump after attacks on her father
Clashes between Trump and John McCain date back to the beginning of the former's presidential campaign.
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Meghan McCain said Trump lives a "pathetic life" obsessing over her father and other political rivals, returning fire after the president lashed out against the late Arizona senator over the weekend
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Are Democrats Facing Their Own Tea Party-Style Reckoning?
I witnessed the Republican Party become increasingly hostile to centrists. Now I’m seeing the same thing happening on the left.
2020 Dems warm to expanding Supreme Court
A series of White House hopefuls are expressing new interest in remaking the courts — payback for Republican aggression during the Obama presidency.
Kaine: Trump's rhetoric 'emboldens' white nationalists
"That kind of language from the person who probably has the loudest microphone on the planet Earth is hurtful and dangerous,” he says.
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"The president uses language often that's very similar to the language used by these bigots and racists," said the Virginia Democrat
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Mulvaney: ‘Absurd’ to say that Trump’s rhetoric influenced New Zealand attack
"The president is not a white supremacist," said the acting White House chief of staff.
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"The president is not a white supremacist," said the acting White House chief of staff. "I'm not sure how many times we have to say that"
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Gillibrand plans Trump NYC hotel speech, makes 2020 bid official
The New York Democrat released a video announcing that she is officially running for president.
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand will deliver a speech in front of the Trump International hotel in New York City next Sunday as she launches the next phase of her presidential campaign
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Newsom takes his case against death penalty to national stage
As he did on gay marriage, Newsom is again defying popular opinion.
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As he did on gay marriage, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is again defying popular opinion, this time hoping his state and the nation will eventually agree with him on capital punishment
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Trump says he told House GOP to 'play along' on Mueller report vote
The president a day earlier dismissed the special counsel’s work as “an illegal & conflicted investigation in search of a crime.”
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Trump on Saturday said he encouraged House Republicans to vote in favor of a resolution to make Robert Mueller’s final report public — despite tweeting a day earlier that “there should be no Mueller Report"
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How European ideas motivated Christchurch killer
The self-described ‘fascist’ may have picked up ideas during a trip to France in 2017.
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Even though the attack happened on the other side of the world, the man who carried it out declared that he started his planning after a trip to France — inspired by ideas that have filtered into right-wing discourse across the European Union
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Why Trump didn’t stop a GOP revolt on his border emergency
The president’s haphazard persuasion efforts led to an embarrassing rebuff on the Senate floor.
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Thursday's Republican revolt on the Senate floor followed a haphazard and erratic persuasion effort from Trump that offers a vivid encapsulation of how this White House has struggled to influence Congress
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Obama on New Zealand massacre: We 'must stand against hatred in all its forms'
"We grieve with you and the Muslim community," Obama tweeted Friday.
O’Rourke ‘not … proud’ of teenage murder fantasy writing
When asked if the writings could hurt his campaign, Beto said, “It could.”
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Beto O’Rourke said Friday he is “not … proud” of fiction he wrote as teenager about murdering children, while acknowledging its surfacing could hurt his campaign
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Beto O’Rourke said Friday he is “not … proud” of fiction he wrote as teenager about murdering children, while acknowledging its surfacing could hurt his campaign
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Trump issues first veto of his presidency
The resolution against his emergency declaration was a stunning bipartisan rebuke to Trump, but lawmakers currently do not have the votes to overturn his veto.
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"I don't know that I've ever been more proud to be standing next to your desk than I am today," Vice President Mike Pence said to Donald Trump before the president formally vetoed the bipartisan resolution blocking his national emergency declaration politi.co/2W60RRl pic.twitter.com/n4TUVmXYY4
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The president's veto came a day after 12 Republicans joined Senate Democrats to rebuke Trump's decision to declare a national emergency last month in order to redirect funds to build a wall on the southern border
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Former Indiana Sen. Birch Bayh dies at 91
The three-term Indiana senator authored two constitutional amendments.
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Former Sen. Birch Bayh, the first person since America’s Founding Fathers to write more than one constitutional amendment, has died at 91
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Trump calls O'Rourke 'crazy' for his hand gestures
“I’ve never seen so much hand movement,” Trump said.
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“I’ve never seen so much hand movement,” Trump said after Beto O’Rourke's presidential candidacy announcement.
"Is he crazy or is that just the way he acts?" he continued politi.co/2XWOc4Y pic.twitter.com/1Hqist636O
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Cummings: No action against Cohen for pardon statement
“I do not see the need for further action — at least at this time,” said Cummings
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The chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee said his panel wouldn’t take any action against Michael Cohen after his attorney contradicted his testimony that he never asked Trump for a pardon
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