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West Bank Town Becomes ‘Big Prison’ as Israel Fences It In

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Trump Says He’s Willing to Let Migrant Farm Laborers Stay in US

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US Electric Vehicle Tax Breaks Will Expire on Sept. 30

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Eyeing Arctic Dominance, Trump Bill Earmarks $8.6 Billion for US Coast Guard Icebreakers

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Trump’s Sweeping Tax-Cut and Spending Bill Wins Congressional Approval

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Americans Celebrate Their Independence With Record-Breaking Travel Numbers

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US Supreme Court to Decide Legality of Transgender School Sports Bans

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Nvidia Set to Become the World’s Most Valuable Company in History

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Poll: 41% in US ‘Extremely Proud’ to Be American, Near Historic Low

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The Kanye Effect? New Polls Show Black Support for Trump Surging

Rush Limbaugh could hardly contain his excitement. “We’ve got three polls today showing Donald Trump at 30 percent or higher with black voters,” he told his national radio audience on Monday. “We’ve got Emerson, we’ve got Rasmussen and we’ve got Marist!” Rush was echoing a Trump 2020 campaign email entitled...

Israel Heads Toward Unprecedented 3rd Election Within a Year

JERUSALEM — Israeli kingmaker politician Avigdor Lieberman on Wednesday refused to endorse a candidate for prime minister, blaming both the contenders engaged in a tense standoff that has paralyzed Israeli politics and pushing the country toward a likely third election in less than a year. Lieberman’s comments came ahead of...

Debate Takeaways: Warren Attacked, 70s Club Avoids Age Issue

A dozen Democratic presidential candidates participated in a spirited debate over health care, taxes, gun control and impeachment. Takeaways from the three-hour forum in Westerville, Ohio: Warren's Rise Attracts Attacks Sen. Elizabeth Warren found Tuesday that her rise in the polls may come with a steep cost. She's now a clear target...

Exit Polls Signal Setback for Israel's Netanyahu in Election

JERUSALEM — In an apparent setback for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the longtime Israeli leader on Tuesday fell short of securing a parliamentary majority with his hard-line allies in national elections, initial exit polls showed, putting his political future in question. Results posted by Israel's three major TV stations indicated...

Democratic Debate: Top 2020 Contenders Finally on the Same Stage

HOUSTON — Despite the miles traveled, the tens of millions of dollars raised and the ceaseless churn of policy papers, the Democratic primary has been remarkably static for months with Joe Biden leading in polls and Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders vying to be the progressive alternative. That stability is...

10 Democrats Set for Next Debate as Several Others Miss Cut

WASHINGTON — Struggling Democratic presidential candidates are facing the bad news that they are not among the 10 who have qualified for the next debate, a predicament that is likely to spell doom for their campaigns. Hours ahead of a midnight Wednesday deadline to qualify, New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand announced...

Biden: Racism in US Is Institutional, 'White Man's Problem'

WASHINGTON — Racism in America is an institutional "white man's problem visited on people of color," Vice President Joe Biden said, arguing that the way to attack the issue is to defeat President Donald Trump and hold him responsible for deepening the nation's racial divide. Taking aim at incendiary racial appeals by...

Black Voters Say They Won't Forget Trump's Racist Tweets

DETROIT — Robin D. Stephens lived through Jim Crow and thought the worst days of racism were behind her. Then President Donald Trump told four American congresswomen of color to "go back" to where they came from. "It was very hurtful to see the person who is the leader of the...

A Million Independent Voters Risk Being Irrelevant in California’s Presidential Primary

Presidential challengers hoping to glide to victory through California’s newly relevant primary, a heads-up: Your electoral fate may hinge on convincing enough left-leaning millennials to send postcards over the holiday season. Welcome to the quirk-filled world of California election law. Here, voters without a registered political party can participate in the Democratic...

Cohen Admits Rigging Polls for Trump in 2014 and 2015

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump's estranged former lawyer acknowledged Thursday that he paid a technology company to rig Trump's standing in two online polls before the presidential campaign. Michael Cohen tweeted that "what I did was at the direction of and for the sole benefit of" Trump. "I truly...

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