Immigrant children in Conn. to be reunited with parents
Vanesa Suarez, of New Haven, Conn., of the group Unidad Latina en Accion, leads an immigration rally outside the Federal Courthouse in Bridgeport, Conn. on Wednesday, July 11, 2018.
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The Latest: Intelligence chief reiterates Russian meddling
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hand with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the end of the press conference after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, Monday, July 16, 2018. U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hand with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the end of the press conference after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, Monday, July 16, 2018.
No prior president has ever abased himself more abjectly before a…
President Trump is taking heat from all corners Monday after his summit and press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin. In an especially bruising statement, Senator John McCain called the press conference "one of the most disgraceful performances by an American president in memory" and said that taken in combination with his "bombastic and erratic conduct" with allies, it represented "a recent low point in the history of the American presidency."
New Jersey looking to add 6 medical marijuana dispensaries
Murphy said in a statement that the state is requesting applications for six new dispensaries, up from the six that now operate in the state. The program has grown under the Democratic governor, who has vowed to expand it.
Nicholson says parents’ decision is sign of intolerance
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kevin Nicholson says his parents' decision to support his Democratic opponent is a "true representation" of political intolerance. Nicholson wrote about his parents' support from Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin in an op-ed for Fox News published on Monday.
See Trump and Putin give opening remarks
Kensington Palace has released the first official photographs from the christening of Prince Louis, the third child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Hillary Clinton goes after Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Russian President Vladimir Putin while speaking at the Women in the World Summit in New York.
Photos of Prince Louisa christening released
Kensington Palace has released the first official photographs from the christening of Prince Louis, the third child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Kensington Palace has released the first official photographs from the christening of Prince Louis, the third child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
Hillary Clinton goes after al-Assad, Putin
Hillary Clinton goes after Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Russian President Vladimir Putin while speaking at the Women in the World Summit in New York. Hillary Clinton goes after Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Russian President Vladimir Putin while speaking at the Women in the World Summit in New York.
Democrats’ calls for Trump to cancel Putin meeting absurd
Democrats had no issue with Russia when former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did her infamous "Russian Reset" or gave the Russians 20 percent of U.S. uranium. They had no issue with Russia when former President Barack Obama was caught on a hot mic telling former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev he'd have "more flexibility" after the 2012 election.
People Versus Established Order: Contradiction Sharpens In New York And Elsewhere
Does the stunning victory of a 28-year-old Latino bartender in New York last week over a 10-term Democratic lawmaker bear any resemblance to AAP's victory under a political novice, Arvind Kejriwal in February 2015. He thrashed Narendra Modi's resurgent BJP and a Congress Chief Minister entering her fourth term? Of course, there are a thousand differences in detail but these are dwarfed by a basic similarity there is popular resentment with establishments everywhere.
Commentary: Welcome to McCarthyism 2.0
McCarthyism and the Hollywood blacklist were all a reaction to the Cold War - the key word being "war." They were responses - widely agreed to be bad ones - to the threat from an existential enemy of American democracy.
‘Who Is America?’: TV Review
Putin must wonder what else America knows about Russia - When Russian President Vladimir Putin sits down at the table in Helsinki on Monday, he will surely have in the back of his mind some intelligence worries that have nothing to do with the U.S. president seated across from him.
Julian Assange could be EVICTED from Ecuador embassy as he’s…
Putin must wonder what else America knows about Russia - When Russian President Vladimir Putin sits down at the table in Helsinki on Monday, he will surely have in the back of his mind some intelligence worries that have nothing to do with the U.S. president seated across from him.
How LePage – and his veto pen – remade Maine politics
Gov. Paul LePage's legacy as Maine's 74th governor will be complex and varied, ranging from his conservative accomplishments to verbal explosions that put Maine in a negative national light. With three of his four terms spent as Democrats held legislative majorities, the Republican governor's veto became the most formidable weapon in his efforts to simultaneously advance his conservative agenda while thwarting liberal and moderate initiatives.
Calif. Democrats refuse to endorse Sen. Dianne Feinstein
The California Democratic Party voted not to endorse longtime incumbent, Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Saturday, and instead overwhelmingly chose her primary challenger, former State Sen. Kevin de Leon. Feinstein, who has served as a California Senator since 1992, only garnered 7 percent of the vote in the 330-member executive board, while de Leon won 65 percent.
Dianne Feinstein remains favorite in Californiaa s U.S. Senate race despite snub
Kevin de Leon, a sparsely known liberal legislator trying to oust U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, staged an insider coup Saturday by winning the endorsement of state Democratic Party leaders. The embarrassing snub to Feinstein was a testament to the leftward shift of California Democratic activists in the age of President Donald Trump, highlighting a long-running split between the party establishment and its restive liberal wing.
Paul: Asking for Russian hackers’ extradition a ‘moot point’
Republican Sen. Rand Paul says asking for the extradition of the Russian intelligence agents indicted Friday for interfering in the 2016 election would be a "moot point." "I think it'd be a moot point; I don't think Russia is sending anyone back over here for trial, the same way we wouldn't send anybody over there for trial," the Kentucky senator said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union."
How Carriers Get Permission to Share Your Location
Cellphone carriers usually ask for their customers' blessing before listing their phone numbers, sharing their addresses or exposing them to promotional emails. But seeking permission to share one particularly sensitive piece of information-a cellphone's current location-often falls to one of several dozen third-party companies like Securus Inc. and 3Cinteractive Corp. rely on those firms to vouch that they obtained users' consent before handing over the data.
The 2 ways Russia may have helped Trump steal the election aren’t what you think | Will Bunch
Will Bunch has worked at the Daily News for 20-plus years and is now senior writer. Since 2005, he's written the uber-opinionated, fair-but-dangerously unbalanced opinion blog "Attytood," covering a range of topics ; it's been named best blog in the state by the Associated Press Managing Editors and best blog in the city by Philadelphia Magazine.
It a belies common sensea Trump would a pressa Putin about election interference: Democratic Senator
A Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said that since President Donald Trump has "believed" President Vladimir Putin's denials that the Russian government meddled in the 2016 U.S. election, it "belies common sense" that Trump "is going to sit down across from Putin and press him hard on the issue of Russian meddling." "He has already said that he has asked Putin about meddling," Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy said of Trump on Sunday in an interview on This Week .