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Trump taps a firebrand to be his immigration ‘czar’ May 22, 2019

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President Trump has apparently selected former Virginia attorney general Ken Cuccinelli to be his so-called immigration czar. Cuccinelli is disliked by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has vowed to block him from any Senate-confirmed post.

Trump suffers a courtroom defeat as he orders McGahn to not testify today May 21, 2019

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President Trump lost an early round of his court fight with Democrats last night after a federal judge ruled the president’s accounting firm must turn over his financial records to Congress as lawmakers seek to assert their oversight authority.

Joe Biden’s early success challenges the conventional wisdom about 2020 May 20, 2019

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In his opening weeks as a presidential candidate, Joe Biden has rejected much of the conventional wisdom that drove the opening stretch of the Democratic nomination fight.

On the anniversary of Brown v. Board, the Senate confirms a judge who won’t say if it was correctly May 17, 2019

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The Senate yesterday confirmed Wendy Vitter, the wife of a senator turned lobbyist, to a lifetime appointment as a federal judge despite her outspoken hostility to abortion rights as a longtime pro-life activist.

Trump grows angry at his advisers for the growing talk of Iran regime change May 16, 2019

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President Trump is frustrated with some of his top advisers, who he thinks could rush the United States into a military confrontation with Iran and shatter his long-standing pledge to withdraw from costly foreign wars.

Alabama advances the most restrictive abortion ban in America May 15, 2019

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The Alabama Senate passed the country’s most restrictive abortion ban overnight. It makes no exceptions for victims of rape and incest, and the state's Republican governor is expected to swiftly sign it.

The White House considers a plan that would send 120,000 troops to the Middle East May 14, 2019

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At a meeting of President Trump’s top national security aides last Thursday, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan presented an updated military plan that envisions sending as many as 120,000 troops to the Middle East.

Scientists will get their hands on a new set of untouched moon rocks for the first time May 13, 2019

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The United States hasn’t taken any new material from the moon since the last Apollo landing in 1972. Now, NASA is releasing three new moon rock samples for analysis.

Trade war escalates after no deal is reached May 10, 2019

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American and Chinese negotiators failed to reach a deal by midnight, so the United States has officially doubled tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese imports.

Donald Trump Jr. is subpoenaed as the House Judiciary Committee votes to hold Bill Barr in contempt May 09, 2019

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The House Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to hold Attorney General Bill Barr in contempt of Congress, hours after President Trump asserted executive privilege over special counsel Bob Mueller’s report.

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