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Trump calls for reorganizing government, merging Departments of Education and Labor
By on June 21, 2018
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump proposed a reorganization of the federal government, aiming to combine the Education and Labor departments and shift control of U.S. food aid programs away from »

House postpones vote on a second immigration bill after voting down first
By on June 21, 2018
WASHINGTON — With a crisis over family separations still boiling on the border, the House on Thursday voted down a conservative immigration bill and abruptly postponed a vote on a »

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Mayors protest outside Texas holding facility for migrant teens
By on June 21, 2018
TORNILLO, Texas — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and a group of bipartisan mayors protested outside a government-run camp for migrant teens in Texas on Thursday, calling on the Trump »

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White House struggles to move past migrant family separation crisis, with no reunification plan in sight
By on June 21, 2018
WASHINGTON — The day after President Donald Trump claimed he had acted to keep migrant families together, the fate of more than 2,300 children held in custody separate from their »

States stand to pocket billions as Supreme Court rules internet businesses must collect sales taxes
By on June 21, 2018
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday standardized taxing rules for traditional retailers and online transactions, ruling that states and localities may collect sales taxes on all purchases over the »

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Supreme Court decides not to decide on constitutionality of partisan gerrymandering
By on June 18, 2018
WASHINGTON — In a major setback for political reformers, the Supreme Court refused Monday to rule on the constitutionality of extreme partisan gerrymandering, dismissing cases from Wisconsin and Maryland for »

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Backlash builds against Trump’s policy splitting families at border, as he falsely blames Democrats
By on June 18, 2018
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump faced a growing backlash Monday over his administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy that since April has separated at least 2,000 children from their parents crossing »

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Pompeo says Trump can offer North Korea security assurances unlike any in the past
By on June 11, 2018
SINGAPORE — On the eve of a historic meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo dangled new security concessions while »

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