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The Department of Homeland Security on February 21 rolled out a pair of memos meant to set internal guidelines for the implementation of President Donald Trump's anti-immigrant executive orders. The flagship policies of those executive orders are unpopular with a majority of Americans, but they have been a cause for celebration among nativists and white supremacists.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions flexed his influence with President Donald Trump after the president sided with him in reversing the Obama administration's draft guidelines on transgender students' bathroom use in schools. Sessions had sparred with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, whose permission was needed so the administration could go through with the directive.
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Racial and ethnic diversity is no longer confined to big cities and the east and west coasts of the United States. In the 2016 U.S. presidential election , racially and ethnically diverse metropolitan areas were more likely to vote for Hillary Clinton.
U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross, 15th District, on Tuesday faced chants of "What's the plan?" at a town hall meeting in Clermont when he said he wanted to repeal and replace Obamacare.
The world's biggest automakers have asked Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt to reconsider a recent decision to lock in strict fuel efficiency standards for cars and light trucks to be produced in model years 2022 to 2025. The requests by the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and the Association of Global Automakers to relax the standards, which the Obama administration finalized Jan. 13, could provide the first indication of how the Trump administration will reshape the government's approach to addressing climate change.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday condemned recent threats against Jewish community centres in the U.S. as "painful reminders" of lingering prejudice and evil, his first full-throated comments on the rise of anti-Semitic venom after pressure for him to speak out forcefully. With his somewhat delayed denunciation, Trump sought to reset his relationship with American Jews, which has been strained by a recent White House statement on the Holocaust, comments by some of his supporters and his own fractious exchange with a reporter for an Orthodox Jewish publication.
The simple but frustrating truth is that facts alone are not enough to convince people. Even the most thorough, accurate piece of reporting might still be trumped by a poorly reasoned and false counterargument.
Frustrated by the party's performance on Capitol Hill and emboldened by the mass protests against President Donald Trump, a coalition of progressive groups say they are open to supporting primary challengers next year against Democratic members of the House and Senate - even if many inside the party believe that intra-party races might ultimately only help the Republican Party gain more power. The organizations, many run by former members of Bernie Sanders' insurgent presidential campaign, say they haven't drafted a list of targets just yet.
The Office of Speaker of the House Paul Ryan publicly confirmed his visit to McAllen for the first time Wednesday morning amid tight security. "The speaker will be visiting McAllen, Texas Wednesday to examine the challenges of securing our border and learn more about the issues facing border communities," spokeswoman AshLee Strong said in a brief email.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered a new court hearing for a black Texas prison inmate who claims improper testimony about his race tainted his death sentence. The justices voted 6-2 in favor of inmate Duane Buck.
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U.S. President Donald Trump has shown little patience for dissent, but that trait is likely to be tested by his new national security adviser, Army Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster. A military intellectual whose ideas have been shaped more by experience than by emotion, more by practice than by politics, and more by intellect than by impulse may also find himself in political terrain that may be as alien, and perhaps as hostile, to him as the sands and cities of Afghanistan and Iraq were.
Letter: National Guard story invents controversy where there's none Saw your front page article about the National Guard being used to round up illegals. Check out this story on azcentral.com: http://azc.cc/2luyA5S Donald Trump and John McCain have been sparring publicly from the beginning of Trump's campaign for presidency, which began in June 2015.
Planned Parenthood South Austin Health Center is seen in Austin, Texas, U.S. on June 27, 2016. REUTERS/Ilana Panich-Linsman/File Photo A federal judge on Tuesday ruled Texas officials cannot cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, allowing the organization to continue providing reimbursed services - at least temporarily - to the 12,500 Texas Medicaid patients who rely on it.
Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events A woman holding an Obamacare sign in front of a medical center in Miami on Nov. 27, 2016. One of the biggest early surprises under the Trump administration is that the long-standing Republican campaign against Obamacare seems to be shifting from "demolish it" to "fix it ."
Senator says he'll hold a town hall - if there's 'no booing' Protesters track Sen. Dean Heller and U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei to luncheon instead. Check out this story on ydr.com: http://usat.ly/2m9QPk6 A month into Trump's presidency, protests continue over his immigration policies, Cabinet selections and the GOP's push to repeal the Affordable Care Act RENO, Nev.
The sacrifices made by those who serve in our nation's armed forces are many. Unfortunately, some of these heroes must lay down their lives so that the American way of life can be preserved.
The Trump administration plans to roll back protections for transgender students, reversing federal guidance that required the nation's public schools to allow children to use the bathrooms and locker rooms that matched their gender identities. In a letter to the nation's schools, administration officials plan to say they are withdrawing guidance issued by the Obama administration that found that denying transgender students the right to use the bathroom of their choice violates federal prohibitions against sex discrimination, according to a draft of the letter obtained by The Washington Post .