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Exclusive: Mueller Enlists the IRS for His Trump-Russia Investigation
Will the accountants take down key members of Team Trump? Or force the president’s tax returns into the open?
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Ryan asks Trump to hold off on scrapping DACA
House Speaker Paul Ryan on Friday gave a major boost to legislative efforts to preserve protections for young undocumented immigrants -- and urged President Donald Trump to not tear up the program.
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Trump's claim that Obama wiretapped his campaign is false, says U.S. Department of Justice
In a stunning late night filing, the Department of Justice stated that neither the FBI nor its National Security Division wiretapped Trump Tower, contradicting a bombshell claim Trump made in a series of early morning tweets on March 4.
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How We Killed Expertise
(And why we need it back.)
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Prominent Republicans Urge Supreme Court to End Gerrymandering
The politicians filed briefs asking the justices to protect democracy by declaring unconstitutional the practice involving the drawing of voting districts.
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Blue states begin suing Trump over DACA
Conservative states may have boxed President Donald Trump into ending the DACA program -- but Democratic state attorneys general are fighting back.
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I Came to America When I Was Three. What Am I Supposed to Do in Mexico?
My parents didn’t teach me Spanish, I have an Alabama accent, and I have no memories of Mexico. Still, the president thinks it’s a good idea to deport me.
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Remember When Donald Trump Pocketed Millions in Hurricane Insurance for Mar-a-Lago Damage That Never Happened?
With Hurricane Irma lurking offshore, let's take a look back to 2005.
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Impeachment of Trump becomes more likely every time he criticizes Republicans
President Donald Trump has continued to alienate members of his own party.
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Clinton: ‘I am done with being a candidate’
Clinton plans to stay involved in national politics, just not as an “active politician.”
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Make no mistake about it: the alt-right is a cult, and this is how they lure people in
The social media thrust of the “alt-right” is characterised by two approaches. One is the mobilisation of humour – sometimes laconic, sometimes sociopathic. The other is the resurrection and re-engineering of original imagery from the Third Reich.
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John Oliver - DACA and Sheriff Arpaio
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Democrats Say They Have Tentative Deal With Trump on Dreamers
Congressional Democratic leaders say they’ve reached a tentative agreement with President Donald Trump to “quickly” advance legislation to protect from deportation about 800,000 undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.
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Sean Spicer basically admitted that he was willing to lie for Trump
Sean Spicer claims it was his job to say whatever President Trump told him to say. “That's what you sign up to do,” the former White House press secretary said Wednesday on ABC's “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” late-night show.
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[Gov.] Bevin’s quest to outlaw abortion in Kentucky is unconstitutional and underhanded
Three-day trial ends, ruling is months away. Lexington Herald-Leader editorial.
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Mueller just obtained a warrant that could change the entire nature of the Russia investigation
Legal experts say the revelation has enormous implications for the trajectory of Mueller's investigation into Russia's election interference.
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Trump Administration Moves to Open Arctic Refuge to Drilling Studies
An Interior Department memo has proposed lifting restrictions on seismic surveys in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which may open it to drilling.
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A Recognition That We’re All Getting Screwed
Winning the [U.S.] white working class for criminal justice reform. By Vanessa Baker.
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Tillerson says U.S. could stay in Paris climate accord
The United States could remain in the Paris climate accord under the right conditions, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday, signaling a shift in tone from the Trump administration, which angered allies with its decision to pull out of the agreement.
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Trumpcare’s back, and now it will let insurers jack up premiums as soon as you get sick
Just when you thought your health care was safe...
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