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Bernie Sanders has failed in his quest to include opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal in the Democratic Party's official guidelines. During a combative meeting in a hotel ballroom, members of the Democratic National Convention's full Platform Committee opted instead to endorse an amendment that included stronger language governing trade deals, including the TPP.
Hearing of Ab Mikva's death brought back vivid memories of autumn 1974. A newly-minted lawyer, I had moved to Chicago to practice law, but shaped by the turbulent events of the civil rights revolution, Vietnam and Watergate, I dreamed of being in politics, government and public service.
Several people around the country have been arrested for making threats against law enforcement in the wake of shootings by police in Louisiana and Minnesota and the killings of five officers in Dallas. A suburban Chicago woman is accused of posting a threat on Facebook to shoot any police officer who pulls her over and asks her to get out of the car.
In this Friday, July 8, 2016 file photo, Glory Yount, 17, left, marches with others along Minnesota Avenue after a gathering in response to recent shootings across the county in Sioux Falls, S.D. Earlier in the week, videos showed two black men killed by police, and five police officers were slain at a march in Dallas protesting the killings. DALLAS - President Barack Obama said Saturday that the gunman responsible for killing five Dallas police officers was a "demented individual" who does not represent black Americans any more than a white man accused of killing blacks at a church in Charleston, South Carolina, represents whites.
Obama is in Warsaw to attend the NATO... . British Prime Minister David Cameron arrives for sessions of the second day of the NATO Summit, in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, July 9, 2016.
NATO's supreme allied commander said Saturday that he anticipates the military alliance will expand maritime patrols into the Mediterranean Sea, a response to the threat posed by the Islamic State group and the ongoing crisis in which migrants have fled from Iraq, Syria, Libya and other countries stricken with conflict. The patrols could take place both at sea and by air, said Army Gen.
Obama is in Warsaw to attend the NATO... . British Prime Minister David Cameron arrives for sessions of the second day of the NATO Summit, in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, July 9, 2016.
Obama is in Warsaw to attend the NATO... . British Prime Minister David Cameron arrives for sessions of the second day of the NATO Summit, in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, July 9, 2016.
Bernie Sanders' crusade to shape the Democratic party platform scored a win late Friday night, with the approval of an amendment calling for increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 over time. The fight to get more explicit platform language around wages showed the Vermont senator's campaign still fighting for the liberal issues that made up his "political revolution" even as his clout fades.
People react during a rally at Justin Herman Plaza in San Francisco, California on July 08, 2016. About 1000 people showed support during a rally and march along Market Street denouncing recent police shootings around the country.
A look at protests and related events nationwide and in the United Kingdom on Friday following the police shootings of black men in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and suburban St. Paul, Minnesota, and the deadly sniper attack on police officers in Dallas. About 300 people gathered in front of the state Capitol to seek solutions to racial strife, which Little Rock knows so well.
New revelations about one of Donald Trump's for-profit educational ventures have turned the spotlight on a Jewish Florida couple with their own checkered past in business. Though the now-defunct Trump Institute bore the name of the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, in reality it had little to do with him - which was part of the problem.
Today, the Human Rights Campaign , the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer civil rights organization, denounced Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson for filing a federal lawsuit on behalf of 10 states seeking to block President Barack Obama's historic guidance to ensure the dignity and equal treatment of transgender students in public and federally-funded schools. "It's a sad day when powerful law enforcement officials come together to harm children by collectively discriminating against them simply because of who they are," said JoDee Winterhof, senior vice president for policy and political affairs at The Human Rights Campaign.
US President Barack Obama insisted Brexit would not harm transatlantic unity, but warned against a bitter divorce undermining security in the face of a resurgent Russia. US President Barack Obama , pictured with Prime Minister David Cameron, said Britain and the EU could make an "orderly transition to a new relationship" Britain's decision to leave the European Union dominated Obama's final NATO meeting before he leaves office, which comes at what he called the most critical time for the military alliance since the Cold War.
It's extremely hard for a Republican to win the presidency without Florida's 29 electoral votes. The polls suggest that Hillary Clinton might capitalize on huge demographic shifts to an extent that Barack Obama never did.
President Barack Obama pauses while making a statement on Afghanistan from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 6, 2016. The president said the U.S. will leave 8,400 troops in Afghanistan when he completes his term, down slightly from the current number but well up from the 5,500 he announced previously, arguing America's interests depend on helping Afghanistan's struggling government fight continuing threats from the Taliban and others.
CHICAGO – A former Illinois congressman said Friday he's standing by a Twitter post he sent after the fatal shooting of police officers in Dallas in which he said President Barack Obama should “Watch out” and “Real America is coming after you.” Joe Walsh told The Associated Press on Friday he didn't intend to incite violence against Obama or anyone else. The one-term Republican congressman and syndicated radio talk show host from suburban Chicago is known for his often-provocative comments.
US president Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron during a group photograph at the Presidential Palace ahead of a working dinner on day one of the Nato summit The Prime Minister, attending the Nato summit in Warsaw, will announce that he is to deploy up to 50 additional personnel to help build up the beleaguered Afghan security forces. They will join the 450 British troops already in the country who had been due to return at the end of this year but will now have their mission extended into 2017.
Hillary Clinton has refuted FBI's charge that she was "extremely careless" with classified information as secretary of state and tried to put the blame on other officials as she offered her first public comments since a probe into her use of private email server was closed this week. The presumptive Democratic nominee in interviews to several US networks tried to move past the controversy that was hung over her presidential bid, saying her use of a private email account as as secretary of state during President Barack Obama's first term was a "mistake."
President Barack Obama will depart for Spain on Saturday and return to the United States Sunday -- one day earlier than planned -- so that he can visit Dallas and meet with police and citizens impacted by the deadly police shootings. The White House announced the amended travel schedule late Friday, saying Obama will visit Madrid Saturday and travel to Rota the following day.