08-22-2019
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Court: US Can Reject Asylum Along Parts Of Mexico Border
A federal appeals court on Friday cleared the way for the U.S. government to forbid Central American immigrants from seeking asylum at the two busiest stretches of the southern border in a partial legal victory for the Trump administration.
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08-21-2019
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Why Democrats Shouldn't Be Afraid To Talk About Socialism
At a packed rally in New Hampshire last week, Donald Trump did not shy away from boasting about his prospects in the 2020 reelection. "You have no choice but to vote for me," the president proclaimed to the crowd. After all, he said, "we have a group of socialists and communists to beat"
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08-20-2019
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Israel Is Not An 'Occupier,' No Matter How Many Crocodiles Cry
Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, on the heels of creating a media stir over their denied entry to Israel - because of their support for the anti-Israeli, Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, that is - just created a new media stir with a press conference designed to repeat the content of their first media stir.
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08-19-2019
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Obama Worries Biden's 2020 Bid Could 'Damage His Legacy': Report
Former President Barack Obama tried to talk Joe Biden out of jumping into the race for the Democratic presidential nomination - and fears his veep could "damage his legacy" with his White House bid, according to a report.
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08-16-2019
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Biden Allies Float Scaling Back Events To Limit Gaffes
Allies to Joe Biden have been floating the idea of altering the former vice president's schedule in an effort to reduce the gaffes he has made in recent days. The allies, growing increasingly nervous about Biden's verbal flubs, have said it's an approach that's been suggested to campaign officials on the heels of the former vice president's stumbles.
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08-15-2019
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Abbas Said To Snub Visiting Republican Congress Members
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas reportedly snubbed a visiting delegation of Republican Congress members on Tuesday, sending other senior officials to meet them in his place.
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08-14-2019
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Cuccinelli Claims Statue Of Liberty Poem Referred To Europeans
Acting U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Ken Cuccinelli asserted Tuesday that the poem emblazoned on the Statue of Liberty pedestal in New York Harbor referred specifically to immigrants from Europe.
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08-13-2019
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Forrest Claypool's Kid Goes To A Private School. Does It Matter?
Did you know that Forrest Claypool, CEO of the Chicago Public Schools, sends his daughter to a private school? Do you care? I can see why some readers might be scandalized. Others might say "So what?" And some would say it's nobody's business. So what's an editor to do?
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