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Border bill exposes Dems' rift over limits of fighting Trump

Published on June 28, 2019 | Updated 11:34 a. m.

WASHINGTON — Hardly anyone in Congress opposes improving the horrific conditions awaiting many migrants caught spilling across the southwest border. Yet for Democrats, distrust of President Donald Trump runs so deep that a uniformly popular →

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Democratic panel to open debate on reparations for slavery

Published on June 19, 2019 | Updated 9:35 a. m.

WASHINGTON — After more than a decade's absence, the case for reparations is returning to Capitol Hill, this time amid a growing discussion in the Democratic Party about what the country might owe to the descendants of slaves in the United →

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10 things to know, Wednesday, June 5

Published on June 5, 2019 | Updated 9:57 a. m.

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GOP senators line up against Trump's 5% Mexico tariff plan

Published on June 5, 2019 | Updated 8:40 a. m.

WASHINGTON — In a rare confrontation, Republican senators are declaring deep opposition to President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs on all goods coming into the U.S. from Mexico. But it's unclear they have the votes to stop him, and Trump →

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10 things to know, Tuesday, June 4

Published on June 4, 2019 | Updated 10:55 a. m.

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Senate report reveals nearly 400 troubled nursing homes

Published on June 4, 2019

WASHINGTON — The federal government for years has kept under wraps the names of hundreds of nursing homes around the country found by inspectors to have serious ongoing health, safety or sanitary problems. Nearly 400 facilities nationwide had →

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10 things to know, Friday, May 17

Published on May 17, 2019 | Updated 1:15 p. m.

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Roy Moore weighs Alabama Senate re-run despite GOP opposition

Published on May 17, 2019 | Updated 8:28 a. m.

WASHINGTON — Conservative lightning rod Roy Moore of Alabama, narrow loser of a turbulent special election for Senate in 2017, is considering a fresh run next year. National Republican leaders are signaling they'll again try preventing their →

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Kamala Harris aims to regain spotlight in crowded 2020 field

Published on May 3, 2019 | Updated 7:30 a. m.

WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris found her way back to the spotlight this week. The Democratic presidential candidate and California senator won praise from liberals for seemingly stumping Attorney General William Barr during a contentious hearing →

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10 things to know, Wednesday, May 1

Published on May 1, 2019 | Updated 11:11 a. m.

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Border bill exposes Dems' rift over limits of fighting Trump

Democratic panel to open debate on reparations for slavery

10 things to know, Wednesday, June 5

GOP senators line up against Trump's 5% Mexico tariff plan

10 things to know, Tuesday, June 4

Senate report reveals nearly 400 troubled nursing homes

10 things to know, Friday, May 17

Roy Moore weighs Alabama Senate re-run despite GOP opposition

Kamala Harris aims to regain spotlight in crowded 2020 field

10 things to know, Wednesday, May 1

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