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DOJ claims of 'improprieties' spurred Georgia ballot seizure
WASHINGTON — The FBI claims it seized voting records from a Georgia county due to alleged “improprieties” with the 2020 election, part of a probe that originated with a lawyer who helped President Donald Trump unsuccessfully challenge results of that race.
Information about the investigation was included in a U.S. Justice Department ...Read more
NJ progressive Analilia Mejia celebrates victory in 13-person primary to replace Mikie Sherrill in Congress after Tom Malinowski concedes
Analilia Mejia appeared to cement victory in the Democratic primary to replace New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill in Congress after her top opponent conceded Tuesday morning.
It’s a massive upset for the state’s progressive movement.
Mejia led the race with a razor-thin margin when former U.S. Rep. Tom Malinowski, the closest contender, ...Read more
Lawyers for ex-Rep. David Rivera move to disqualify prosecutor in his Venezuelan case
MIAMI — As the federal trial of former Florida Congressman David Rivera approaches, his defense team is aiming to remove a prosecutor from the Venezuelan-connected national security case — claiming he has a conflict of interest because of his wife’s alleged connection to a lobbying firm that once employed President Donald Trump’s current...Read more
Immigration officials defend approach at House hearing
WASHINGTON — Top officials with the U.S. immigration enforcement agencies defended their approach Tuesday at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing, amid intense scrutiny of policies sparked by the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens by immigration agents in Minneapolis.
It was the first hearing with representatives from Immigration and...Read more
Trump and first lady to visit North Carolina this week
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump plan to visit Fort Bragg on Friday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Tuesday afternoon.
Leavitt said during a press briefing that the Trumps plan to meet with “military families and the heroic members of our special forces who carried out the successful ...Read more
Trump wants to amend key Gordie Howe Bridge permit for a cut of the toll revenue
WASHINGTON ― The White House said Tuesday that President Donald Trump wants to renegotiate the 2013 permit that set in motion the construction of the Gordie Howe International Bridge on the border between Detroit and Windsor, which Canada paid for, seeking a cut of the span's toll revenue.
The bridge construction deal that former Gov. Rick ...Read more
DOJ claims of 'improprieties' spurred Georgia ballot seizure
The FBI claims it seized ballots and voting records from a Georgia county election office in connection with a criminal investigation into alleged “improprieties” with the 2020 election.
Information about the probe was included in a U.S. Justice Department filing in court that was unsealed Tuesday under order from a federal judge. The ...Read more
Analysis: Trump's jabs at top Democrat could complicate immigration enforcement deal
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s recent verbal swipes at congressional Democratic leaders could complicate closing a deal on the opposition party’s demands for immigration enforcement changes.
White House officials and Trump himself had said after a deal was struck late last year to end a lengthy government shutdown that he and ...Read more
Operation Metro Surge puts immigration at the forefront in a crowded Minnesota congressional race
MINNEAPOLIS — Democratic-Farmer-Labor state Rep. Kaela Berg has been helping patrol Burnsville, sometimes using a whistle while she drives to warn residents of immigration agents nearby.
Former Lakeville Mayor Matt Little and state Sen. Matt Klein, also Democrats, have been leading protests against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in ...Read more
Editorial: Bad Bunny vs. Trump in a battle of love and hate
It says a lot about the state of affairs when a Puerto Rican singer and rapper does more to unify the country in about 13 minutes than the president of the United States has done in the past 13 months.
Bad Bunny’s halftime performance at Super Bowl XL was all about love, while Donald Trump’s return to the Oval Office is focused on hate.
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Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee adds 5 House seats to its midterm target list
WASHINGTON — The campaign arm of House Democrats on Tuesday added five seats to its target list, reflecting the party’s renewed confidence of flipping Republican districts and winning the House majority this year.
The new offensive opportunities bring the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s total “Districts in Play” to 44.
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What does the money say about Maryland's competitive races for Congress?
WASHINGTON — With two Democratic incumbents facing competitive primaries, early campaign disclosures depict two different situations for U.S. Reps. April McClain Delaney and Kweisi Mfume.
While Mfume holds a solid fundraising edge over his most prominent challenger, Baltimore City Councilman Mark Conway, McClain Delaney’s fundraising has ...Read more
Democrats reject White House offer as ICE funding deadline looms
Democratic congressional leaders are rejecting a White House counteroffer to their demands for reforms to President Donald Trump’s immigration operation as “incomplete and insufficient” as a deadline for a deal on Department of Homeland Security funding looms on Friday.
Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries trashed the response to ...Read more
Immigration officials grilled over US citizen deaths during oversight hearing
WASHINGTON — The leaders of the agencies enforcing President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown faced tough questioning on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, with one Democratic lawmaker asking the head of ICE if he would apologize to the families of two U.S. citizens killed by federal agents and called domestic terrorists by Homeland Security ...Read more
Editorial: Trump shrugs off blatantly racist trope
Barack and Michelle Obama are not alone in deserving the apology that Donald Trump will not give.
The Obamas were the objects of his breathtakingly vile video post depicting them as apes — an insult to all decent Americans.
Once again, Trump disgraced the nation’s highest office. He implied that he takes us to be as vulgar and racist as he...Read more
Jack Schlossberg all in on Trump probe if he wins Nadler's seat
NEW YORK — Jack Schlossberg on Tuesday declared if he wins the crowded race to succeed Rep. Jerry Nadler in Congress, he’ll be all in on investigating and even impeaching President Donald Trump.
The Kennedy scion told MSNOW’s "Morning Joe" that Democrats must retake the House of Representatives in the fall midterm elections so they can ...Read more
Local governments provide proof that polarization is not inevitable
When it comes to national politics, Americans are fiercely divided across a range of issues, including gun control, election security and vaccines. It’s not new for Republicans and Democrats to be at odds over issues, but things have reached a point where even the idea of compromising appears to be anathema, making it more difficult to ...Read more
White House, Democrats negotiate as shutdown deadline nears
WASHINGTON — Days before a deadline to fund the Department of Homeland Security, Senate Democrats and the White House are swapping proposals in hopes of averting a partial government shutdown.
But time is short: Both sides have just four days to reach some kind of an agreement, or risk the Department of Homeland Security — the only ...Read more
Liberal Sen. Bernie Sanders to kick off California billionaires' tax campaign
LOS ANGELES — Sen. Bernie Sanders, a political hero among liberals and populists, next week will formally kick off the campaign to place a new tax on billionaires on California's November ballot.
The controversial proposal, which would impose a one-time 5% tax on the assets of the state's wealthiest residents, is critical to backfilling ...Read more
White House, Democrats negotiate as shutdown deadline nears
WASHINGTON — Days before a deadline to fund the Department of Homeland Security, Senate Democrats and the White House are swapping proposals in hopes of averting a partial government shutdown.
But time is short: Both sides have just four days to reach some kind of an agreement, or risk the Department of Homeland Security — the only ...Read more
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