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The myth of voter fraud has long been used to justify voter suppression tactics against minorities, and, this week, Republicans -- whose crusade has been to reduce voter access by claiming voter fraud received a huge victory when the Republican majority on the Supreme Court upheld one of the most aggressive voter suppression laws in the country. She soon went to guest Dale Ho of the American Civil Liberties Union who misleadingly asserted: "Ohio says if you don't vote in a two-year period, we're going to send you a postcard.
The marriage rate remains low , but Jay-Z and BeyoncA are doing their best to keep wedlock fashionable. On Everything Is Love , the joint album the couple surprise-released on Saturday, their union again glitters as a luxury item as covetable as their AlaA a boots and Aruba vacations.
Democrats expanded their campaign Sunday to spotlight the Trump administration's forced separation of migrant children from their families at the U.S. border, trying to compel a change of policy and gain political advantage five months before midterm elections. Against a notable silence on the part of many Republicans who usually defend President Trump, Democratic lawmakers fanned out across the country, visiting a detention center outside New York City and heading to Texas to inspect facilities where children have been detained.
Sen. Jeff Merkley, from right, D-Ore., speaks to the media along with fellow Democratic lawmakers Sen. Chris Van Hollen, center, of Maryland., Rep. David Cicilline, of Rhode Island, and Rep. Mark Pocan of Wisconsin in front of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Centralized Processing Center in McAllen, Texas, on June 17, 2018. Sen. Jeff Merkley, from right, D-Ore., speaks to the media along with fellow Democratic lawmakers Sen. Chris Van Hollen, center, of Maryland., Rep. David Cicilline, of Rhode Island, and Rep. Mark Pocan of Wisconsin in front of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Centralized Processing Center in McAllen, Texas, on June 17, 2018.
The comedian Roseanne Barr resurrected one of the oldest and most profoundly racist slanders in American history when she referred to Valerie Jarrett, an African-American woman who served as an adviser to President Barack Obama, as the offspring of an ape. This depiction - promoted by slave traders, historians and practitioners of "scientific" racism - was used to justify slavery, lynching and the creation of the Jim Crow state.
New York's 19th Congressional District stretches from the wealthy enclaves of Rhinebeck and the tie-dye world of Woodstock across the Catskill Mountains to the struggling dairy farmers near Cooperstown. In this enormous district, seven Democrats are competing in the primary on June 26 to challenge Representative John Faso, a first-termer who is considered one of the most vulnerable Republicans in the House.
The accident happened off Highway 85 in Big Wells, about 130 miles southwest of San Antonio, Sunday before noon. Dimmit County Sheriff Marion Boyd said there were 14 people in the vehicle at the time of the crash and 12 of them are suspected undocumented immigrants.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is questioning President Donald Trump's pick to head the government's consumer watchdog agency. The California Democrat says she believes Kathy Kraninger, currently an associate director at the Office of Management and Budget, lacks the required experience to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, especially given the Trump administration's "hostility to consumer protection."
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal is planning to join with immigrant families to protest the decision by federal authorities to separate children from their parents as families arrive at the nation's southern border. The Connecticut Democrat is calling for the end of what he called an inhumane practice being conducted as part of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.
In this Sept. 26, 2017, file photo, longtime Donald Trump associate Roger Stone arrives to testify before the House Intelligence Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Javier Solano and his granddaughter Rachel Chajon 2 of Somerset attend the Father's Day Rally forFamily Unity, organized by immigration rights advocates, outside of the Elizabeth Detention Center. Chajon's father, a citizen of Guatemala, was picked up by ICE ten months ago outside of their home.
Democratic members of Congress from New Jersey and New York on Sunday met with immigration detainees separated from children at the southwest border who are now being held at a New Jersey immigration facility. During a news conference afterward, the representatives said they met with five men at the Elizabeth Contract Detention Facility, four of whom were brought to New Jersey from the U.S.-Mexico border.
While it started as a press conference to update the public on the RISE West Virginia flood recovery program, Gov. Jim Justice's Friday morning evolved into a wrestling match with Democrats calling for his resignation and a platform to tout his accomplishments in office.
Senator Susan Collins refuses to pick a side on the Trump/Miller "tearing kids away from their asylum-seeking parents and placing them in concentration like detention centers" debate. In this clip, she is pseudo-defending the Trump policy...while also kind of not.
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A panel of bureaucrats who decide whether Canadian personalities are significant enough to be remembered with an official plaque from the Canadian government has rejected actor Lorne Green - again - for that honor. Greene, who starred as iconic Ben Cartwright in the TV series "Bonanza" from 1959-73, was also in dozens of feature films, did Shakespeare on the Canadian stage and was called "The Voice of Doom" as a CBC Radio Second World War news anchor because of his deep baritone.
The new movie First Reformed is being lauded by critics and described as the magnum opus of director and screenwriter Paul Schrader. He found fame with his screenplay for the 1976 classic Taxi Driver , and his movies often feature alienated protagonists who grapple with the evil in society and in themselves.
Many families have a hard time making ends meet during summertime because when school lets out kids lose access to healthy school meals. Federal summer meals programs provide a solution.
Italy dispatched t... . FILE- This June 12, 2018 photo released Wednesday, June 13, 2018 by French NGO "SOS Mediterranee" shows migrants being transferred from the Aquarius ship to Italian Coast Guard boats, in the Mediterranean S... Police say at least one person has been killed and 20 injured when shooting broke out at an all-night cultural festival in Trenton, New Jersey.
Sen. Chuck Schumer on Sunday railed against companies claiming to sell the benefits of sunscreen in a pill form, arguing the method is not effective against sun damage and should be taken off the shelves. Schumer said several companies sell such pills, falsely promising protection against UVA and UVB rays.