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On July 24, 1959, during a visit to Moscow, Vice President Richard Nixon engaged in his famous "Kitchen Debate" with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. In 1862, Martin Van Buren, the eighth president of the United States, and the first to have been born a U.S. citizen, died at age 79 in Kinderhook, New York, the town where he was born in 1782.
The celebration of Nelson Mandela's 100th birthday last week and former US president Barack Obama's address at the occasion brought warmth to my heart, but also caused me to ask with Obama: Were we who believed in a progressive vision of tolerance, a common humanity, a caring, open society and social justice nave? Is this vision dead? "Progressive" is the key word here. Many associate it with left-wing political thinking, others with liberalism, yet others claim the title but are anything but progressive.
A Massachusetts state senator who opposes President Donald Trump's immigration policies was mistakenly booked on Fox News, and she used the airtime to criticize Trump's "illegal and inhumane" treatment of migrant families crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. Barbara L'Italien, a Democrat, appeared Monday on "Fox & Friends First," instead of the intended guest, Democratic congressional candidate Ann Kirkpatrick, who has openly supported U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement .
Calls to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement began as whispers, but today are a lion's-roar demand, at least among illegal immigration advocates and their congressional allies. Early on, the loudest end-ICE voices were the usual suspects, with California Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris leading the pack.
The Associated Industries of Florida -one of the leading business groups in the Sunshine State-threw its support behind state Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam for governor on Monday. AIF's Board of Directors endorsed Putnam who is running in next month's Republican primary against U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla.
Last week, a court-ordered deadline passed, one set for the federal government to reunify more than 2,500 children separated from their families when they attempted to cross the United States border. Government officials say they have now reunited more than 1,800 families, but some are still waiting.
President Donald Trump is "exploring the mechanisms" for revoking the security clearances of half a dozen former Obama administration officials and critics of his presidency.
The Senate easily confirmed Robert Wilkie on Monday as the 10th secretary of Veterans Affairs, elevating the top Pentagon official and Washington insider to lead an agency that serves a key constituency for President Donald Trump but has floundered amid political infighting. The 86-to-9 bipartisan vote, with Democrats casting nearly all of the no votes, was without the drama of other Cabinet confirmations in the Trump administration.
Meanwhile, Blackstone says its proposed changes are an attempt to offset Senator Ted Cruz's amendment to create competition for the blanket license. Two songwriter groups are accusing accusing Blackstone -- the owner of SESAC and the Harry Fox Agency -- of offering sweeping changes to the Music Modernization Act that would destroy the proposed legislation, in a move they claim is motivated by greed and callous disregard for American songwriters.
California's top-two primary carried the risk of producing only candidates of one party on the November ballot. This actually happened in a number of legislative and congressional districts, but they were not any of the contested ones.
DONALD Trump has threatened to strip former officials of their security clearances after they criticised his summit meeting with Vladimir Putin. Donald Trump has threatened to strip former officials of their security clearances after they criticised his summit meeting with Vladimir Putin.
More voting by mail plus a return of Mitt Romney to the ballot helped increase voter turnout in this year's primary election - but most Utahns still skipped it, officials said Monday as Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox's office released the final canvass of results.
A unidentified woman protests at Broad Street for the pending arrival of Vice President Mike Pence at the Union League, in Philadelphia, Monday, July 23, 2018. Dozens of demonstrators dressed as characters from the novel-turned-TV series "The Handmaid's Tale" descended on downtown Philadelphia to protest Pence's visit.
Police said they arrested Presschara McVay, 16, Monday morning and charged her with murder and conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon . Officers said McVay was involved in the robbery and shooting death of Abraham Wallace on Waddell Street in northwest Charlotte in November 2017.
Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, has said that she had sex with Donald Trump before he became president, something Trump has denied. Glendon Crain filed the petition for divorce on July 18 in state district court in Kaufman County, located just southeast of Dallas.
Investigators say a passerby called authorities July 12 after spotting an emaciated teen near Chandler. The 15-year-old boy was found living in a barn and eating sticks, leaves and grass to survive.
Cars and trucks roll along a section of Blackstone Ave. during rush hour in Fresno, California, June 23, 2017. The Trump administration will seek to revoke California's authority to regulate automobile greenhouse gas emissions.
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump is exploring "mechanisms" to revoke security clearances for former U.S. officials who have criticized him for his handling of the Russia investigation and his relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Monday. Sanders said the administration is reviewing clearances for former CIA director John Brennan, former FBI director director James Comey, former national intelligence director James Clapper, former CIA director Michael Hayden, former national security adviser Susan Rice and former deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe.