Letters: What do the Democrats stand for?

Re: "What does the Democratic Party stand for?" [Opinion, July 25]: First a history lesson. Coming of political age in April, June and those hot August nights 1968, and again May 1970, I will tell you what Democrats stood against: The war, the draft, soldiers being denied voting rights because they were under 21, minorities being denied voting rights because they were not white, "All the Presidents Men," racial and socioeconomic oppression, voter suppression, violations of human rights anywhere and everywhere around the world.

McCain, expected to save health bill, became the executioner

John McCain seemed poised to be the savior of the GOP health bill when he returned to the Capitol despite a brain cancer diagnosis. The longtime Arizona senator stunned pretty much everyone Friday by turning on his party and his president and joining two other GOP senators in voting "no" on the Republicans' final effort to repeal "Obamacare."

Could Jeff Sessions be moved to the Department of Homeland Security?

It's an idea some political observers have been debating after President Trump announced Friday that John Kelly, who leads the department, would replace Reince Priebus as White House chief of staff. Here's how the theory goes: The president has been lashing out at Sessions for recusing himself from the Russia meddling investigation.

Massachusetts Immigration Ruling Debated

A court ruling that forbids police officers in Massachusetts from holding a person based solely on a federal immigration detainer request is prompting calls for action from across the political spectrum on Beacon Hill. A closer look at the ruling, which the American Civil Liberties Union said was the first of its kind in the U.S., and what might happen next: The original case focused on Sreynuon Lunn, 32, who was born in a Thai refugee camp to Cambodian parents fleeing the Khmer Rouge and brought to the United States as a 7-month-old.

Trump: ‘We’re going to destroy’ MS-13

President Donald Trump traveled to Long Island Friday to discuss efforts to combat the violent MS-13 gang, telling law enforcement "don't be too nice" and warning immigrant criminals he is seeking to deport them. "Together we're going to restore safety to our streets and peace to our communities and we're going to destroy the vile, criminal cartel MS-13 and many other gangs," Trump said.

McCaul unveils border security bill

The top homeland security Republican in the House unveiled a border security bill Friday that would codify President Donald Trump's border wall, boost resources for Border Patrol and authorize the National Guard and Defense Department to provide support to those efforts. The Border Security for America Act by Texas Rep. Mike McCaul is a scaled back version of a bill that McCaul had been working on with fellow Texan Republican Sen. John Cornyn, as CNN first reported.

Trump headed to Long Island to trumpet MS-13 crackdown

Trumpeting his administration's crackdown on illegal immigration and violent crime, President Donald Trump is traveling to Long Island to urge Congress to dedicate more funding to the fight. Trump is set to speak Friday afternoon at Suffolk County Community College in Brentwood, New York, close to where the ultra-violent street gang MS-13 has committed a string of gruesome murders, including the massacre of four young men in April in a Central Islip park.

In New York, Trump to use gang violence to press for deportations

President Donald Trump will travel on Friday to a New York community shocked by a recent spate of graphic gang murders to highlight his efforts to stop illegal immigration and boost deportations. Trump's trip to Long Island gives the president an opportunity to showcase some progress on his agenda even as other legislative efforts flounder - and some respite from the chaos of a nasty power struggle among his senior staff that blew up on Thursday.

How Long Before a ‘Saturday Night Massacre’?

You can't label Jeff Sessions as some kind of globalist, malcontent, swampy NeverTrumper. He's an anti-establishment immigration hard-liner who seems to have signed on with Trump's presidential bid because he believed that Donald Trump was the one candidate who would build The Wall to protect America's southern border and put a stop to illegal immigration.

Trump: Liberation from ‘Obamacare nightmare’ is close

Celebrating a slim but symbolic health-care win in Washington, President Donald Trump told supporters in Ohio that the nation was one step closer to liberation from the "Obamacare nightmare." "You think that's easy? That's not easy," he told a crowd of thousands just hours after the Senate took a small but hard-fought first step Tuesday toward Republicans' years-long promise to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama's health care law.

Who Owns the Border-Death Truck Tragedy?by Michelle Malkin Florida…

Mexico turns a blind eye to human-smuggling rings, thanks to the billions it rakes in from illegal immigrants' remittances. lorida truck driver James Matthew Bradley isn't the mastermind of the human smuggling ring that led to the grisly deaths of ten illegal immigrants in his rig, which authorities found at a San Antonio Walmart over the weekend.

The Democrats’ Anthropological Field Trip to Study Americansby Kyle…

To capitalize on Donald Trump's low approval ratings they are rolling out Elizabeth Warren , Nancy Pelosi , and Chuck Schumer . Delivering the message that the party has fresh ideas are three emissaries who are a combined 211 years of age, deploying a phrase - "a better deal" - that harks back to the hottest policy proposals of 1933.

Trump administration again pressures sanctuary cities

The Trump administration opened up a new salvo against sanctuary cities on Tuesday -- moving to make immigration enforcement a pre-condition for receiving key law enforcement grants. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Tuesday evening that applicants for Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants will be required to certify that they'll cooperate with federal immigration enforcement more extensively than in the past, a move that is likely to generate court challenges quickly from advocates and state and local jurisdictions who have opposed President Donald Trump's efforts.

The standoff between Trump, Sessions escalates

The public standoff between the White House and the nation's senior law enforcement official took another strange turn Tuesday as President Donald Trump escalated his verbal attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who was urged by fellow conservatives to stand his ground. Attorney General Jeff Sessions under fire: It is unheard of for a Cabinet-level official to be subjected to such visceral and public criticism, which has now gone on for a week.

Who Owns Border Death Truck Tragedy? Mexico

Florida truck driver James Matthew Bradley isn't the mastermind of the human smuggling ring that led to the grisly deaths of 10 illegal immigrants in his rig, which authorities found at a San Antonio Walmart over the weekend. Bradley may now face the death penalty for transporting up to 100 people crammed in the trailer of his 18-wheeler.