Politics

Bureau Of Land Management Moves Headquarters To Grand Junction, Colo.

5:16pm July 16, 2019

by Stina Sieg

The Bureau of Land Management headquarters is moving from Washington, D.C., to Grand Junction, Colo. The Trump administration says it wants the agency to be nearer to the places it oversees.

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A Senate subcommittee is looking to see if Google is keeping conservative media and bloggers out of top search results.

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Google's Search Bias On Trial In Washington

5:15pm July 16, 2019

by Amy Scott

A Senate panel is looking to see if the company is keeping conservative media and bloggers out of top search results. Google has previously denied political bias.

President Trump described the immigration plan presented at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday as "the best of everything."

Amid Furor Over Racist Tweets, White House Announces Immigration Bill

5:09pm July 16, 2019

The White House has been quietly working to draft a bill that aims to unite Republicans on the issue. The plan doesn't deal with the millions currently in the country.

Roger Stone, a longtime confidant of President Donald Trump, accompanied by his wife, Nydia Stone, left federal court in Washington, Tuesday, July 16, 2019.

Roger Stone Barred From Using Social Media As Judge Tightens Gag Order

4:34pm July 16, 2019

by Ryan Lucas

Judge Amy Berman Jackson ordered the political consultant not to post, like, retweet or forward following what she ruled was a breach of a gag order from earlier in his case.

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N.J. Rep. Tom Malinowski Discusses His Resolution To Condemn Trump Over Racist Tweets

4:29pm July 16, 2019

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Rep. Tom Malinowski, D-N.J., about his resolution to condemn the president over the notion that four congresswomen of color should 'go back' to where they came from.

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Trump Campaign Launches Initiative To Win More Women Voters In 2020

4:29pm July 16, 2019

by Danielle Kurtzleben

The Trump campaign launched its initiative to reach women voters in 2020 on Tuesday in the Philadelphia suburbs, an area where women were decisive in electing Democrats to Congress in 2018.

A now-closed Irish pub in Lawrence, Mass., displayed an old "Help Wanted/No Irish Need Apply" — a common sight across the country in the mid-1800s.

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With Latest Nativist Rhetoric, Trump Takes America Back To Where It Came From

4:29pm July 16, 2019

by Ron Elving

By repeating that these immigrants are "not ... you," the president defined them as "the other" in stark terms. The battle lines could not be more clear in a conflict nearly as old as America itself.

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Text of a House resolution condemning remarks by President Trump about four members of Congress.

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READ: Here's The Resolution Condemning Trump's Racist Comments About Congresswomen

2:35pm July 16, 2019

by Brian Naylor

The House will vote Tuesday evening on a resolution "condemning President Trump's racist comments directed at Members of Congress."

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Trump met in the demilitarized zone between the Koreas on June 30.

Irate Over Military Exercises, North Korea Threatens To Resume Nuclear, Missile Tests

2:33pm July 16, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

Pyongyang accused the U.S. of "unilaterally reneging on its commitments" and said North Korea is "gradually losing our justification to follow through" on its own promises.

From Right: U.S. Reps. Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar at a press conference at the Capitol on Monday. President Trump has accused the "squad" of hating America and has said they should "go back" to where they came

'He Says Stupid Stuff': Amid Outrage, Trump Supporters Shrug Off Racist Language

1:33pm July 16, 2019

by Tovia Smith

"I think that as negative as he is, and as much as a troublemaker as he is," says Chris Kennedy, "[Trump] is contributing to a very positive forward momentum."

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