Eric Swalwell is passing the torch… back to the olds. The California congressman, who argued that a younger generation politicians is needed to aggressively tackle issues like gun violence, the student debt crisis and “climate chaos,” became the first candidate to exit the crowded Democratic primary field on Monday. His …
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The conditions at Border Patrol facilities holding migrant children are far worse than anyone realized. Reports have emerged in the past week that detail dirty, hungry children who are often forced to sleep on concrete floors. Infants are being cared for by children only a few years their elder. Diapers …
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Four United States embassies around the world have requested to fly the LGBTQ flag on their flagpoles for Pride Month, and all four requests have been denied by the State Department, NBC News reported, citing three U.S. diplomats. During the Obama administration, embassies were given blanket permission to fly the …
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No one wanted President Trump to pulled the United States out of the Iran nuclear deal. The agreement signed by President Obama held that Iran would get rid its nuclear fuel in exchange for the U.S. waiving the sanctions that had crippled the nation’s economy. A UN nuclear agency monitored …
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Minutes before President Donald Trump addressed the NRA at its annual convention, Russian influence agent Maria Butina was sentenced in federal court Friday to 18 months in prison. Butina had earlier pleaded guilty to conspiring to be an undeclared Russian agent in her work to influence the Trump administration by …
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Since President Trump took office, Republicans have accused social media platforms of bias against conservative users. But according to a new report from Motherboard, Twitter has avoided censoring white supremacists out of fear that it could impact the accounts of Republican politicians. The report cites a March 22nd meeting at …
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The release of the redacted Mueller report last week confirmed what many already knew: President Trump is a pathological liar, a serial criminal and woefully unfit to occupy the most powerful office in the world. One of the many questions that has emerged as Americans continue to parse the special …
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Whenever President Trump nominates someone to take over for whichever administration official was most recently forced to leave office, ethical concerns about the successor are soon to follow. But it’s unlikely anyone has been investigated as quickly as David Bernhardt. On Thursday, the former oil lobbyist was confirmed as Trump’s …
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Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) appeared on CNN’sState of the UnionSunday morning and discussed Donald Trump‘s recent attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN). On Friday, Trump released an edited video of Omar’s remarks to the Center for American Islamic Relations (CAIR) where she was talking about how many Muslims were discriminated …
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WASHINGTON — Robert Mueller‘s Russia investigation had been up and running for just two months when the special counsel set his sights on Michael Cohen, the self-described consigliere and (former) brash personal lawyer to President Trump. According to newly released court documents, the special counsel’s office first got a search …
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