Mississippi ICE raids lead to 680 arrests
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300 of 680 people detained in Mississippi ICE raids released: Report
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Three hundred of 680 people detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in several raids across Mississippi Wednesday were released, the agency said Wednesday night. Just less than half of those detained in raids on seven food processing plants in Bay … Read More
Trump declares ‘hate has no place in our country,’ as Dems demand recall of Congress
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President Trump on Sunday forcefully denounced two mass shootings in Ohio and Texas, saying “hate has no place in our country.” As the president spoke, top Democratic presidential candidates — including Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Cory Booker — demanded … Read More
U.S. preparing to withdraw thousands of troops from Afghanistan in initial deal with Taliban
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Soldiers carry the casket of Spec. Michael Nance at Dover Air Force Base on July 31 in Delaware. Nance and Pfc. Brandon Kreischer were killed on July 29 in Afghanistan’s Uruzgan province. (Steve Ruark/AP) The Trump administration is preparing to … Read More
US pulls out of Reagan-era arms treaty
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A historic arms-control treaty signed three decades ago by President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev was scrapped after President Trump decided to withdraw Friday. The move to scrap the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty comes amid the administration’s assessment that Russia was in “material … Read More
Detroit debate: Liberal 2020 Dems forced on defense over ‘Medicare-for-all,’ immigration
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DETROIT – It was a battle for the soul of the Democratic Party on stage in the Motor City. Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren — the presidential primary field’s liberal standard-bearers — were pulled into what was essentially a two-and-a-half-hour fight with their more … Read More
The 99% Get a Bigger Raise
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New data show much faster growth in wages and incomes. An assembly line worker packages items from an online order to be shipped out of a Target store in Edison, N.J., Nov. 16, 2018. PHOTO: JULIO CORTEZ/ASSOCIATED PRESS Political discourse nowadays is … Read More
Senate bows to Trump vetoes, allows Saudi arms sales
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President Donald Trump welcomes first responders before signing H.R. 1327, an act ensuring that a victims’ compensation fund related to the Sept. 11 attacks never runs out of money, in the Rose Garden of the White House. Monday, July 29, … Read More