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What Do Devin Nunes and Bernie Sanders Have in Common?

On the political spectrum, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I) of Vermont and Rep. Devin Nunes (R) of California are polar opposites. But the liberal Sanders and the conservative Nunes share a disdain of mainstream media that has inspired both to set up media operations distilling unfiltered campaign messages to voters. Sanders...

Questions for Mueller From the Left and the Right

What should the members of Congress ask former special counsel Robert Mueller when he testifies in front of two House committees Wednesday? A pair of columnists, writing for InsideSources.com, answer that question from two political points of view. Lisa Gilbert, vice president of legislative affairs for Public Citizen, views the task...

House Condemns Trump's 'Racist' Words. 4 GOP Join Dems in Vote.

WASHINGTON — In a remarkable political repudiation, the Democratic-led House voted Tuesday night to condemn President Donald Trump's "racist comments" against four congresswomen of color, despite protestations by Trump's Republican congressional allies and his own insistence he hasn't "a racist bone in my body." Two days after Trump tweeted that...

Trump Moves to End Asylum Protections for Central Americans

WASHINGTON  — The Trump administration on Monday moved to end asylum protections for most Central American migrants in a major escalation of the president's battle to tamp down the number of people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. According to a new rule published in the Federal Register , asylum seekers who pass through...

Trump Drops Bid to Include Citizenship Question on Census

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump abandoned his controversial bid to demand citizenship details from all respondents in next year's census Thursday, instead directing federal agencies to try to compile the information using existing databases. "It is essential that we have a clear breakdown of the number of citizens and non-citizens...

Tariffs and Bee Research Cuts. How Will Trump Hit Farmers Next?

American farmers who backed Donald Trump in 2016 can be excused for wondering when they'll get some presidential love. After approving a bee-killing pesticide last month, the White House said Saturday that it would stop collecting data on declining honey bee populations. The Trump administration cited budget cuts for temporarily...

Trump Said Water Wars 'Easy' to Fix. What Do Farmers Say Now?

Three years ago, presidential candidate Donald Trump got right to the heart of Central Valley agriculture's fight over its most precious resource. “We’re going to solve your water problem. You have a water problem that is so insane," Trump told a campaign audience at Selland Arena in May 2016.  "It is...

2020 Census Moving Forward Without Citizenship Question

The Justice Department said Tuesday the 2020 Census is moving ahead without a question about citizenship. Kristen Clarke, an attorney for a civil rights group that helped fight the addition of the question, said Trump administration attorneys notified parties in lawsuits that the printing of the hundreds of millions of...

Russia Made Trump an 'Illegitimate' President, Jimmy Carter Says

ATLANTA — Former President Jimmy Carter said Friday he believes President Donald Trump actually lost the 2016 election and is president only because of Russian interference. Carter made the comments during a discussion on human rights at a resort in Leesburg, Virginia, without offering any evidence for his statements. "There...

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