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Juan Williams: Momentum builds against gerrymandering
Voices for change are growing louder against a process that poisons our politics.
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Request denied: [U.S.] States try to block access to public records
In February, Arkansas lawmakers marked the 50-year anniversary of the Freedom of Information Act with a resolution calling it “a shining example of open government” that had ensured access to vital public records for generations.They spent the following weeks debating and, in many cases approving, new exemptions to the law in what critics called an unprecedented attack on the public’s right to know. By Andrew DeMillo and Ryan J. Foley.
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US government wiretapped Trump campaign chair
US investigators wiretapped former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort under secret court orders before and after the election, sources tell CNN.
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Donald Trump threatens to 'totally destroy North Korea'
Donald Trump has used his first address to the UN General Assembly to make clear that the US may have no choice but to “totally destroy” North Korea. With North Korean diplomats sitting just yards from him, Mr Trump said he will have no option to resort to such actions if Pyongyang does not halt the development of its nuclear weapons programme.
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Insurers Come Out Swinging Against New Republican Health Care Bill
The health insurance industry, which has been cautious about previous bills to repeal the Affordable Care Act, came out sharply against the latest version.
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John McCain just dealt the GOP's latest healthcare bill a critical blow
Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the Republican who delivered the final blow to the previous attempt to overhaul the US healthcare system, may have done the same when he came out against the GOP's latest healthcare legislation on Friday afternoon.
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Ivanka Trump used a personal email account after inauguration
A White House spokesperson pointed out that Trump was not a federal employee at the time.
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Trump vs. NFL: A timeline of the weekend clash
When President Donald Trump criticized athletes who refuse to rise for the national anthem on Friday, it kicked of a flurry of debate from the West Wing to the NFL.
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A Nation of Snowflakes
The greatest threats to free speech in America come from the state, not from activists on college campuses.
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McConnell Says Republicans Are Giving Up on Health Bill
WASHINGTON — Senate Republican leaders on Tuesday officially pulled the plug on the latest plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act, scrapping a planned vote on the measure and effectively admitting defeat in the last-gasp drive to fulfill a core promise of President Trump and Republican lawmakers.
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Moore crushes Strange in Alabama Senate primary
The outcome came after Mitch McConnell and the GOP establishment spent millions to stop the bellicose outsider.
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Jared Kushner has been voting as a woman for eight years
Jared Kushner, senior adviser and son-in-law to President Donald Trump, has been registered to vote as a woman for eight years. Records from the New York State Board of Elections list Mr Kushner's gender as 'female,' according to screenshots obtained by Wired. The records indicate he registered to vote in November 2009.
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Almost 17,000 people were prevented from voting in a key swing state last November
Nearly 17,000 registered Wisconsin voters — potentially more — were kept from the polls in November by the state’s strict voter ID law, according to a new survey of nonvoters by two University of Wisconsin political scientists. The survey, summarized Monday on the university’s website, is certain to further roil an ongoing debate over whether President Donald Trump’s narrow victory in Wisconsin over Hillary Clinton was a result of efforts to depress Democratic turnout.
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Donald Trump is 'the most dangerous man in the world', claim leading psychiatrists
Donald Trump is “dangerously mentally ill”, a group of experts and commentators has claimed. Led by Yale psychiatrist Dr Bandy Lee, 27 writers hold forth in a new book that also claims “his madness is catching”. The Trump presidency, the authors assert, “has created unprecedented mental health consequences across our nation and beyond”. But not all of the 27 are psychiatric or psychological professionals; the roster includes linguist and media analyst Noam Chomsky, and journalist Gail Sheehy.
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White House waives Jones Act to help storm-ravaged Puerto Rico
The White House announced it had waived the Jones Act — a nearly century-old shipping law many say is hampering relief efforts in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico.
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Health Secretary Tom Price resigns amid private-plane controversy
The White House announced Friday that President Trump had accepted the resignation of beleaguered Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price. Press secretary Sarah Sanders released a statement saying that Price had submitted his resignation earlier Friday and Trump had accepted it.
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Trump slams Puerto Rico: ‘They want everything to be done for them’
President Trump on Saturday criticized Puerto Rico's "poor leadership" and defended his administration's response to the aftermath of Hurricane Maria's devastation on the island in an early morning series of tweets that earned immediate backlash from Democrats and other critics.
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Government makes hurting your pets punishable by up to five years in jail
People who abuse animals will now face up to five years in prison under a tough new crackdown. Environment Secretary Michael Gove said the increase in the present six-month sentence was needed to combat cruelty. The move comes after a series of cases in which courts said they would have liked to impose tougher sentences if they had the option.
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Trump Tweets Rex Tillerson is 'wasting his time' trying to avoid nuclear war
This guy is fucking psycho.
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Trump’s company had more contact with Russia during campaign, according to documents turned over to investigators
Trump’s lawyer declined an invitation to a June 2016 Russian conference attended by top Kremlin officials.
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