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Who Chooses Abortion? More Women Than You Might Think.

The abortion debate is at the center of U.S. political dialogue. As of June 2018, 49 percent of Americans consider themselves pro-choice, while 45 percent consider themselves pro-life. Voices from both sides flood social media feeds, while newspapers, radio an...

Dems Vow To Fight Trump Supreme Court Nominee Kavanaugh

President Donald Trump has nominated influential conservative Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court as he seeks to shift the nation's highest court further to the right. Trump chose the 53-year-old federal appellate judge for the seat opened up by the ...
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Trump Plans To Reveal Supreme Court Pick on Monday

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is closing in on his next Supreme Court nominee, with three federal judges leading the competition to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. Trump's top contenders for ...

Nearly irrelevant California GOP becomes circular firing squad

Once a reliably Republican city, Rancho Cucamonga now leans slightly Democratic, notes CalMatters columnist Dan Walters. It's a sign of the times in California, where over the last decade "Republican voter registration has declined from 34.2 percent of regi...

Officer’s Body-Cam Video of Las Vegas Mass Shooting

Here is the latest on the Las Vegas shooter and other stories catching our eye: In the months before his deadly rampage, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock was a man “descending into madness,” a person briefed on new...