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Sandra Day O’Connor reflects on life before, during and after the Supreme Court
A new biography of the first woman on the Supreme Court details her agonizing struggle with her husband’s dementia in the years before she retired, her angst as she watched the court lunge rightward and her own declining health.
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Congress job approval ratings are the highest in 2 years
The 26 percent approval rating is the highest Congress has had since 2017, soon after Donald Trump entered the White House and Republicans controlled the House and Senate.
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Ex-Gov. McAuliffe says decision coming soon on 2020 run
Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe he’ll soon decide whether to join the sprawling field of candidates seeking the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.
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Five takeaways from Elizabeth Warren’s CNN town hall
The policy-fluent Massachusetts Democrat zipped through her thick suite of legislative and regulatory proposals for a CNN town hall audience in Jackson, Mississippi, on Monday.
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Warren backs plan to get rid of the Electoral College
The process, she said, effectively disenfranchises voters in states dominated by one of the two parties.
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My Take: Joe Biden’s slip is a perfect time to rethink himself
On My Take, Clinton Yates why few are thrilled about a potential presidential bid from Joe Biden.
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Former President Bush: ‘Immigration is a blessing and a strength’
Former President George W. Bush appeared at a naturalization ceremony Monday where he praised the nation’s immigrant history and called on lawmakers to deliver comprehensive immigration reform.
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Jeanine Pirro off the air at Fox News after comments on Rep. Ilhan Omar
Jeanine Pirro was off the air at Fox News on Saturday, one week after she was widely denounced for doubting Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s patriotism.
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Chelsea Clinton confronted by college students at vigil for New Zealand victims: ’49 people died because of the rhetoric you put out there.’
Chelsea Clinton was confronted by college students at a vigil for the victims of the mass shootings in New Zealand, who claimed that she “stoked” the violence that led to the massacre.
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Montgomery Co. students lead 2nd walkout in call for tougher gun laws
Hundreds of students marched through the streets of D.C. on Thursday, in the second installment of a region-wide walkout from classes by young people demanding a comprehensive solution to gun violence, especially in schools.
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O’Rourke tells El Paso TV station he’s in race for president
The former Texas congressman sent a text message to KTSM Wednesday afternoon confirming the news that he will seek the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Whitaker expressed concerns about Cohen case while serving as Justice Department chief
Former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker did not deny talking with President Donald Trump about Michael Cohen’s case, the President’s former personal attorney, House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler told reporters Wednesday.
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Lawyer said Michael Cohen could ‘sleep well tonight’ after speaking to Rudy Giuliani
An attorney who said he was speaking with President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani reassured Michael Cohen in an April 2018 email that Cohen could “sleep well tonight” because he had “friends in high places,” according to a copy of an email obtained by CNN.
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Lisa Page explains why she and Strzok talked ‘insurance policy’ about Trump
Page told House lawmakers in a closed-door interview that the text message about an “insurance policy” if Trump won the 2016 election — which Republicans have cited to point to the anti-Trump bias the investigators exhibited — was a reference to the fact that the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation into whether members of Trump’s team were colluding with Russia would take on a greater significance if he was in the White House.
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Video shows vehicle crashing near presidential motorcade
An out-of-control vehicle crashed Friday into a freeway divider just a few yards from the presidential motorcade in Opelika, Alabama. Watch the video.
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