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Washington State Militia Leader Wants To Go Mainstream

6:37pm February 13, 2020

by Hannah Allam

The leader of the Washington State Three Percent, a "constitutionalist" group with militia ties, is running for office. Extremism trackers warn against normalizing paramilitary groups.

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A Homegrown Campaign To Recognize The Sweet Potato In Alabama

6:29pm February 13, 2020

Alabama is considering a bill to make sweet potato the state vegetable after a proposal from an unlikely group of high school students.

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Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., (center), Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, have been pushing a bipartisan resolution to limit the president's war powers regarding Iran.

Senate Approves Legislation To Limit President's War Powers Against Iran

5:29pm February 13, 2020

by Claudia Grisales

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., led the effort to pass a bipartisan war powers resolution to end the president's ability to launch further strikes against Iran. The Trump administration has vowed to veto it.

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New Hampshire Results Increase Scrutiny On Klobuchar's History As Prosecutor

4:53pm February 13, 2020

by Brian Bakst

Before she was a senator, Amy Klobuchar was a prosecutor. But her office's handling of a black teenager's murder conviction is drawing scrutiny after her strong finish in the New Hampshire primary.

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Karina Shumate, 21, a college student, filled out a voter registration form in Richardson, Texas on Jan. 18. One big registration effort this year has drawn controversy among elections officials.

A Big Vote Registration Push Reaches Millions — But Divides Elections Officials

4:53pm February 13, 2020

by Pam Fessler

An outside group is blanketing the nation with official-looking exhortations to register to vote. Actual elections officials don't agree whether that's ultimately helpful or harmful.

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Seattle City Council Passes Ban On Evictions During Coldest Winter Months

4:18pm February 13, 2020

by Kate Walters

Seattle's City Council passed an ordinance that bans landlords from evicting tenants during winter months. The ban covers low and moderate-income renters during the three coldest months of the year.

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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., is among nine Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee who signed a letter accusing the Trump administration of politicizing the immigration courts.

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Senate Democrats Accuse Justice Department Of Politicizing Immigration Courts

3:31pm February 13, 2020

by Joel Rose

In a bluntly worded letter to the Justice Department on Thursday, Democratic senators accuse the administration of deliberately eroding the independence of U.S. immigration courts.

Acting Customs and Border Protection director Mark Morgan speaks with reporters in the briefing room at the White House, on Nov. 14, 2019.

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CBP Chief Admits Officers 'Overzealous'; Critics Say Iranians And Others Targeted

3:25pm February 13, 2020

by Joel Rose

The head of CBP says the Seattle field office was "corrected" after it questioned hundreds of Iranian-American citizens at a border crossing. But advocates fear this wasn't an isolated mistake.

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Houston Astros players Alex Bregman and José Altuve look on as owner Jim Crane addresses reporters during a news conference Thursday in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Houston Astros Apologize For Sign-Stealing, But Provide Fuel For Critics

2:54pm February 13, 2020

by Merrit Kennedy

The apology seemed to be an attempt to turn the page for the embattled team amid criticism that the punishment meted out by the league was too light given the scale and longevity of the cheating.

Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch speaks Wednesday at Georgetown University, where she received the Trainor Award for excellence in diplomacy.

Yovanovitch Says State Department 'Is In Trouble' And Leaders Lack 'Moral Clarity'

1:49pm February 13, 2020

by Martha Wexler

"Foreign service officers are wondering if it is safe to express concerns about policy, even behind closed doors," the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine said during remarks at Georgetown University.

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