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China signals plan to flout US sanctions on Iranian oil

China signals plan to flout US sanctions on Iranian oil

China signaled an intention to defy U.S. sanctions on Iran’s oil industry on Tuesday, denouncing the loss of a waiver renewal as an unacceptable threat against “normal energy cooperation” with Tehran  Read more

The Democratic Presidential Primary Is An Arms Race In Crazy

The Democratic Presidential Primary Is An Arms Race In Crazy

When asked at a CNN town hall this week if he believed that incarcerated felons should be allowed to vote, socialist presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders responded: “This is a democracy and we have got to expand that democracy, and I believe every single person does have the right to vote.”  Read more

  The Mueller War rages on

The Mueller War rages on

Americans waited almost two years for Special Counsel Robert Mueller to finish his investigation into the 2016 presidential election  Read more

Justices Appear Poised to Support Trump Admin in Census Dispute

Justices Appear Poised to Support Trump Admin in Census Dispute

Despite evidence that millions of Hispanics and immigrants could go uncounted, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority seemed ready Tuesday to uphold the Trump administration’s plan to inquire about U.S. citizenship on the 2020 census in a case that could affect American elections for the next decade  Read more

More Democrats Call For Impeachment Proceedings Against President Trump
  • NPR
  • 04/23/2019 12:00 AM

More Democrats Call For Impeachment Proceedings Against President Trump

A growing number of Democrats running for president in 2020 say the House of Representatives should begin impeachment proceedings against President Trump  Read more

 Trump orders staff to boycott annual White House Correspondents Association dinner

Trump orders staff to boycott annual White House Correspondents Association dinner

President Trump has ordered his administration to boycott the annual White House Correspondents Association dinner, an event that Mr. Trump will skip for the third straight year  Read more

Supreme Court Signals Support for Trump’s Census Citizenship Question

Supreme Court Signals Support for Trump’s Census Citizenship Question

Key U.S. Supreme Court justices seemed inclined to let the Trump administration add a question about citizenship to the 2020 census in a clash that will shape the allocation of congressional seats and federal dollars  Read more

President Donald Trump orders crackdown on 'visa overstays' in latest push against illegal immigration

President Donald Trump orders crackdown on 'visa overstays' in latest push against illegal immigration

President Donald Trump opened a new flank in his battle against illegal immigration on Monday when he ordered his administration to crack down on "visa overstays" – foreigners who legally enter the country but remain in the U.S. after their visas expire  Read more

Mueller report indicts Russia. Will Trump protect the 2020 election against Putin?

Mueller report indicts Russia. Will Trump protect the 2020 election against Putin?

Special counsel finds 'sweeping and systematic' interference in American democracy. Address this information warfare to prevent a 2016 rerun  Read more

U.S. Won't Renew Sanction Exemptions For Countries Buying Iran's Oil
  • NPR
  • 04/22/2019 12:00 AM

U.S. Won't Renew Sanction Exemptions For Countries Buying Iran's Oil

President Trump will not renew special waivers that have allowed Japan, China, India, Turkey and South Korea to import oil from Iran without running afoul of renewed U.S. sanctions, the White House announced Monday. The waivers are set to expire in early May  Read more

McConnell pledges to be 'Grim Reaper' for progressive policies

McConnell pledges to be 'Grim Reaper' for progressive policies

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday vowed to be the "Grim Reaper" for progressive policies if Republicans hold on to the Senate in 2020  Read more

 Trump sues to block House subpoena of financial records

Trump sues to block House subpoena of financial records

Elijah Cummings wants records from accounting firm Mazars USA as part of an investigation into Trump's business empire  Read more

	Elizabeth Warren Wants to Pay Off Your Student Loans with Other People’s Money

Elizabeth Warren Wants to Pay Off Your Student Loans with Other People’s Money

It’s time for bold action to actually fix the debt crisis. Here’s what my new plan would do:  Read more

After Mueller report, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi acknowledges party divided on impeachment

After Mueller report, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi acknowledges party divided on impeachment

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday weighed in on divisions in her caucus over starting impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, following special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 election  Read more

	Supreme Court Mulls Citizenship Question for Census

Supreme Court Mulls Citizenship Question for Census

This is another case in which Trump administration behavior is provoking plaintiffs to ask the judiciary to police the blurry boundaries of executive discretion  Read more

 Pro-choice, pro-life advocates prepare for legal battles

Pro-choice, pro-life advocates prepare for legal battles

Pro-choice advocates thought the law was settled and states were limited in how much they could regulate abortion clinics  Read more

How Rudy Giuliani saved Donald Trump

How Rudy Giuliani saved Donald Trump

Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump's lawyer, was greeted like a conquering hero when he arrived in the atrium of the Trump International Hotel on Thursday evening, hours after the publication of the long-awaited Mueller report  Read more

 Trump lashes out at Romney

Trump lashes out at Romney

President Donald Trump on Saturday ridiculed Sen. Mitt Romney for his loss to former President Barack Obama in 2012 — one day after Romney said he was “sickened” by Trump’s actions as detailed in special counsel Robert Mueller’s report  Read more