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The feds have turned driver’s license photos into a gold mine for facial recognition searches Jul 08, 2019

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Thousands of facial-recognition requests, internal documents and emails over the past five years reveal that federal investigators have turned state departments of motor vehicles databases into the bedrock of an unprecedented surveillance infrastructure.

A citizenship question won’t be on the 2020 Census, but Trump’s war on immigration continues Jul 03, 2019

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Trump administration officials reluctantly concluded that there would not be enough time to continue the census question legal battle and to meet the printing deadlines for the census questionnaire.

Trump orders tanks to the Lincoln Memorial for July Fourth celebration Jul 02, 2019

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President Trump has asked the Pentagon to marshal a broadening array of military hardware, including tanks and fighter jets, to showcase his planned Fourth of July address to the nation.

Mystery Maltese professor back in spotlight with Barr review of Russia probe origins Jul 01, 2019

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Joseph Mifsud, a Maltese-born academic, has not surfaced publicly since 2017, when he told La Republica he was not a secret agent for the Russians. Now, Trump advisers have suggested he was a Western intelligence plant.

Biden bombs and Harris wins round two of the first Democratic debate Jun 28, 2019

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Rival Democratic presidential contenders pummeled former vice president Joe Biden with searing, emotional critiques on Thursday night in Miami at round two of the first debate.

First Democratic debate highlights the lurch to the left among 2020 candidates Jun 27, 2019

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The first debate of the 2020 presidential campaign last night offered a pretty clear road map of a new Democratic Party, one that favors a series of ambitious and liberal domestic initiatives.

The immigration wars are killing people Jun 26, 2019

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A heartbreaking image from the Associated Press sparked outrage and humanized the extent to which President Trump's policies are putting the lives of many migrants at risk.

A black Revolutionary War hero is belatedly honored Jun 25, 2019

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James Robinson, a black Revolutionary War hero, was denied his liberty and military honors. He was finally given a military funeral on Saturday in his adopted hometown of Detroit.

Immigrants still in fear after Trump postpones ICE raids Jun 24, 2019

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On Saturday, President Trump announced that he is postponing for two weeks the massive ICE raids he himself announced last week. Despite the delay of the raids, immigrant communities are still mobilizing and preparing for potential roundups.

Trump ordered an attack on Iran but called it off at the last minute Jun 21, 2019

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President Trump ordered an attack on Iran yesterday in retaliation for the downing of a surveillance drone in the Strait of Hormuz, but he called the operation off just hours before it was due to occur.

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