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Trump’s comments came amid his ongoing feud with Democratic congresswomen Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, both Muslim.
Fearful of upsetting hardcore supporters while running for reelection, President Trump has backed away from new restrictions on gun sales while echoing the talking points of pro-gun activists.
Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro is the 10th candidate in a crowded field to qualify for the next presidential debates, taking place in September in Houston.
Joe Biden will have the nation’s first primary state essentially to himself as his top rivals jockey for attention from hundreds of Democratic officials gathered in San Francisco for the party’s last national meeting before presidential voting begins in February.
Still, Trump used Twitter to urge the Federal Reserve to stimulate the economy by cutting interest rates and returning to “quantitative easing” of its monetary policy.
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Presidential candidate Julián Castro announced a proposal to boost animal welfare protections and strengthen the Endangered Species Act weakened by President Trump.
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren offered a public apology over her past claim to tribal heritage, tackling a political liability in the 2020 presidential election.
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Shell Oil threatened its Pittsburgh workers with the loss of pay if they didn’t attend a Trump rally. The Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision allowed them to do it.
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The debate over reparations for slavery is getting new attention through the 2020 presidential race. For the descendants of slaves in South Carolina, it’s personal.
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Israel banned Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib “just to appease President Trump’s fragile ego,” Julián Castro tweets.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom accused President Trump of trying to scuttle California’s strict car emissions standards to help the oil industry, calling it a “pathetic” decision that was disguised as a way to assist automobile manufacturers.
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L.A.'s Ethics Commission fined former planning chief Michael LoGrande $281,250, the largest penalty levied against a current or former city employee. It is the biggest fine ever imposed by the city for a “revolving door” case.
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California’s “red flag” law appears to have a role in reducing the chance of mass shootings, says a study by the UC Davis School of Medicine.
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California’s new use-of-force law will become effective in January and create one of the nation’s toughest standards on when police can kill.
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Most California voters were either too young to vote, or not even born, when Proposition 13’s tax limits were put into place in 1978.
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In response to a Trump administration rule, Planned Parenthood said Monday it will withdraw from the federal Title X program that helps low-income people access contraception.
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The Business Roundtable suddenly declares that not only shareholders count.
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Atty. Gen. William Barr has removed the Bureau of Prisons acting director after financier Jeffrey Epstein took his life while in federal custody.
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Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan sharply criticized Israel on Monday for denying them entry to the country and called on fellow members of Congress to visit since the two women cannot.
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The Democratic primary offers progressive voters a choice between two heroes of the left, Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts.
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Hundreds of thousands of vulnerable Californians could be at risk when utilities cut power to prevent wildfires during extreme weather.
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Trump and his lieutenants have signaled to Xi Jinping that the United States won’t object to China crushing the pro-democracy in Hong Kong.
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Trump’s new policy on unaccompanied minors is an extension of his strategy to make asylum more difficult for practically anyone to obtain.
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Robert Cameron’s new job is to protect student loan borrowers from poor industry practices. His previous employer has been cited for poor industry practices.
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Following reports that Trump had spoken about the notion of buying Greenland, the semiautonomous Danish territory issued a short statement Friday to clarify it wasn’t on the market.
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Israel barred Tlaib and another congresswoman from visiting Jerusalem and the West Bank over their support for the international boycott movement, but said Tlaib could visit her relatives in the West Bank on humanitarian grounds.
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Trump’s comments came amid his ongoing feud with Democratic congresswomen Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, both Muslim.
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The debate over reparations for slavery is getting new attention through the 2020 presidential race. For the descendants of slaves in South Carolina, it’s personal.
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Fearful of upsetting hardcore supporters while running for reelection, President Trump has backed away from new restrictions on gun sales while echoing the talking points of pro-gun activists.
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As the crisis of homelessness worsens in many major urban areas, the Trump administration has proposed deep cuts in the federal housing budget and has walked back Obama-era policies aimed at homelessness, making the problem worse, many experts say.
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What started out two years ago as an effort by President Trump to wring better terms from China on the nuts and bolts of foreign trade now threatens to become a far wider and more ominous confrontation.
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