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Joe Biden visits Tennessee and vows to 'restore' America's soul
Former Vice President Joe Biden says eight years of a Donald Trump presidency will "fundamentally" change the character of the country. Biden made the remarks Monday in Nashville during a campaign fundraising stop attended by the state's top Democrats. Biden says his aim is to ...
Former CIA chief John Brennan reportedly to brief Democrats on Iran
House Democrats will hear from former CIA Director John Brennan about the situation in Iran, inviting him to speak next week amid heightened concerns over the Trump administration's sudden moves in the region. Brennan, an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, is scheduled to talk ...
Jimmy Carter carved an unlikely path to the White House in 1976 and endured humbling defeat after one term. Now, six administrations later, the longest-living chief executive in American history is re-emerging from political obscurity at age 94 to win over his fellow Democrats ...
New Trump immigration plan would overhaul green card system, target 'top talent' instead of kin
Setting aside some of his hard-line rhetoric on illegal immigration, President Donald Trump said Thursday that he wanted to recruit "top talent" to America as he unveiled his latest efforts to reform residency laws after years of setbacks and stalemates. "We discriminate against genius," Trump ...
Democrats start marathon session reading version of Robert Mueller's report aloud
Live, from a tiny parlor in the Capitol, House Democrats are reading aloud nearly 400 pages of special counsel Robert Mueller's report. The marathon is likely to stretch into the wee hours of Friday. The duty will be split among more than two dozen lawmakers. Democratic ...
A South Carolina Republican senator is proposing to make it harder for Central Americans to win asylum in the U.S. He's urging President Donald Trump to cut an immigration deal with Democrats that would include that idea. Sen. Lindsey Graham's plan to staunch a recent ...
Critics decry long-distance video counseling for migrant teens in U.S. custody
The U.S. government is providing long-distance video counseling to teens housed at the country's largest child migrant detention center as officials struggle to accommodate increasing numbers of minors illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. Some mental health experts and human rights advocates say that's the ...
Joe Biden expands lead for 2020 U.S. presidential nomination despite lack of millennial support
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has expanded his lead over a wide field of candidates for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination by 5 percentage points since he entered the race in late April, according to a monthly Reuters/Ipsos poll. The poll released on Wednesday ...
Just weeks after announcing his presidential run, former Vice President Joe Biden led the Democratic pack in the key South Carolina race, attracting support from 46 percent of likely party primary voters in a state poll released Sunday. Biden had more than triple the support ...
U.S. threatens 'swift and decisive' response to any attack by Iran
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday threatened a "swift and decisive" U.S. response to any attack by Iran, in the latest of a series of escalating statements and actions. "The regime in Tehran should understand that any attacks by them or their proxies of ...
Democratic candidate Joe Biden clears path for campaign staff to organize union
Former Vice President Joe Biden kicked off his 2020 presidential campaign declaring himself "a union man," and his aides say he would welcome staffers organizing a bargaining unit. But Biden's team also believes the work environment he's offering is good enough to prevent any push ...
Onetime underdog Trump sits in unfamiliar position as Republican front-runner
President Donald Trump spent his first campaign as an underdog, written off by the political establishment and down on his own chances on Election Night. But as he and his team gear up for re-election, they're claiming an unfamiliar position: front-runner. Trump and his allies ...
