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The law does allow a president to send troops to a state over the state government’s objections, but only under specific circumstances.
Joe Biden takes an opportunity to portray himself as a leader, stepping up events as protests nationwide appear to leave President Trump paralyzed.
Joe Biden meets with community leaders at a predominantly African American church in Delaware to listen and address volatile racial tensions.
Voter dissatisfaction with Trump’s pandemic response puts him on defense in Iowa, a state he won by a wide margin in 2016
Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state’s leaders must decide how to give voice to the fear and frustration while seeking ways to deescalate the tense conditions.
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President Trump after 48 hours of public silence, threatens to deploy troops to major cities to quell civil unrest. Democrats express outrage.
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Trump’s use of strongman tactics to discredit U.S. elections, spreading confusion with false claims, is having a dangerously corrosive effect. -
After a congressman’s comments widely viewed as promoting white supremacy, the GOP turned on Steve King.
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Even with alleged voter suppression, Stacey Abrams came very close to winning in Georgia. She would make a great VP pick for Biden.
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For black voters who lived through segregation, this election is the new front line for fairness
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Gov. Gavin Newsom urges peace at a news conference Monday and seeks to calm anger in California over the death of George Floyd.
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Democratic Sen. Bill Dodd of Napa and Assemblyman Adam Gray of Merced are proposing that California finally legalize sports betting — as 23 other states have done — and reap several hundred million dollars annually in ‘sin’ taxes.
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Safety-net programs that keep low-income Californians out of nursing homes are on the chopping block with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed budget, aimed at plugging a massive deficit.
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Is it really safe to let L.A. restaurants, hair salons reopen? Here is why Newsom says yes
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Politics and the Coronavirus pandemic
The president said WHO had failed to adequately respond to the coronavirus because China has ‘total control’ over the global health organization.
Supreme Court rules in a case in which a San Diego-area church challenged Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order limiting attendance because of the coronavirus.
The alternative budget adopted by Senate Democrats differs from the governor’s proposal to address the state’s coronavirus fueled deficit in several key ways.
The decision came with an entreaty from Tom Dalzell, the chairman of the state Citizens Compensation Commission, who called on California’s 132 elected state officials to each consider taking less pay during the coronavirus crisis.
As masks have become a political issue, state and local leaders are pushing compliance to help slow the spread of coronavirus.
American homeowners eligible for relief under the CARES Act were provided confusing information by more than two dozen banks, a watchdog has found.
Trump’s order, which came two days after Twitter added a disclaimer to his tweets, could open the door to lawsuits against social media companies.
From the first deaths in February, as President Trump still predicted none, the U.S. has reached 100,000 lives lost to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Las Vegas casinos and Florida theme parks are set to begin opening next month as states balance health concerns with lost tourism revenue.
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As. protests in U.S. cities continued over George Floyd’s death, Trump tweeted his administration would designate ‘antifa’ a terrorist organization.
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Twitter, Facebook and other social media companies are a rare bipartisan target. They should reform before Congress makes them do it.
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President Trump says he will postpone an in-person meeting of Group of 7 leaders until fall, and suggests adding Russia and others to the group.
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President Trump canceled the Group of Seven summit scheduled for June but said he might hold another in-person meeting. Germany’s leader declines.
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Trump tweeted praise for how the U.S. Secret Service handled protests near the White House over George Floyd’s killing in Minneapolis.
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The European Union on Saturday urged President Trump to rethink his decision to cut American funding for the WHO amid global criticism and the pandemic.
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Newly declassified transcripts confirm that Michael Flynn, who became President Trump’s first national security advisor, discussed U.S. sanctions with then-Russia Ambassador Sergey Kislyak before Trump’s inauguration.
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Investigators say a senior Trump administration official misused his office to help get his son-in-law hired at the Environmental Protection Agency.
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On Friday, Taylor Swift responded to Donald Trump’s recent tweet threatening violence on protesters in Minneapolis. “We will vote you out in November,” she tweeted.
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a top contender to be Joe Biden’s running mate, has faced skepticism from black activists over her criminal justice record. The recent killing of an African American man in her home state by a Minneapolis police officer has sharpened concerns.
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President Trump said Friday the U.S. would pull out of the World Health Organization and threatened to revoke financial benefits afforded to Hong Kong, to sanction Beijing for its crackdown there.
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The law does allow a president to send troops to a state over the state government’s objections, but only under specific circumstances.
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Trump’s use of strongman tactics to discredit U.S. elections, spreading confusion with false claims, is having a dangerously corrosive effect.
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Joe Biden takes an opportunity to portray himself as a leader, stepping up events as protests nationwide appear to leave President Trump paralyzed.
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Voter dissatisfaction with Trump’s pandemic response puts him on defense in Iowa, a state he won by a wide margin in 2016
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Congress pushed employers to cut hours rather than lay off workers. Now some may get more in federal aid than if they had worked the lost hours.
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