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Confusion, fear spread on Mexico border with new Trump asylum policy

Asylum-seekers gathered in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, grappled to understand what a new US policy that all but eliminates refugee claims by Central Americans — and many others — means for them.

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Trump focuses on race, returning to his electoral strategy ahead of 2020

Voters delivered President Trump a victory in 2016 after he called for a border wall but returned the Democrats to the House majority in 2018 after he sent active-duty military to the border.

House votes to condemn Trump’s racist tweets

In a remarkable political repudiation, the Democratic-led House voted to condemn President Trump’s racist comments against four congresswomen of color, despite protestations by Trump’s Republican congressional allies and his own insistence he hasn’t ‘‘a racist bone in my body.’’

‘I abandon the chair’: House debate delayed over Pelosi’s condemnation of Trump tweets

An objection by House Republicans to Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s remarks criticizing President Trump’s tweets has delayed the chamber’s debate over a resolution condemning Trump’s words.

Ayanna Pressley has done more than weather Trump’s attacks. She’s winning

The nation is getting a good look at the savvy instincts and steely resolve that enabled her to topple a Capitol Hill fixture last year.
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Facing their toughest challenge, members of ‘the Squad’ turned to Pressley for her ‘positive, loving tone’

Ayanna Pressley has been in the limelight in recent days after President Trump attacked her and three other Congressional women of color, and her star is shining.

John Paul Stevens, liberal leader on Supreme Court, dies at 99

His term on the court lasted nearly 35 years, making him the third-longest serving justice.

Despite controversies, a ‘growing acceptance of Trump’ among Republicans in N.H.

In the swing state of New Hampshire, a recent survey shows Trump to be as popular as ever among GOP voters.

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Kellyanne Conway asks reporter’s ethnicity as she defends Trump’s racist remarks

House nears contentious vote to condemn racist Trump tweets

Roger Stone must stay off social media, judge decides

Read the text of the House resolution condemning Trump’s tweets

Meet the ‘Squad’: Pressley, Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, and Tlaib

Congresswomen targeted by Trump vow to fight his ‘hateful’ policies


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Abortion in America

Seizing an opportunity, conservative lawmakers push abortion bans to test Roe

Seizing their best opportunity in decades to sharply restrict abortion nationwide, lawmakers in seven states have voted for sweeping prohibitions this year.

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Governor Baker calls Trump tweets ‘racist’ and ‘shameful’

Here’s how Republicans are reacting to Trump’s tweets about progressive congresswomen

Kamala Harris blasts Jeffrey Epstein’s law firm — while raising cash from its attorneys

Pelosi pushes House resolution condemning Trump tweets

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Trump vehemently defends tweets telling congresswomen to leave: ‘Many people agree with me’

President Trump on Monday afternoon defended his tweets urging Democratic women of color to go back to the countries they came from despite all being American, telling reporters, “These are people that hate our country.” When asked if he was concerned that many saw his comments as racist, Trump replied, “It doesn’t concern me because many people agree with me.”

People are tweeting ‘Go back to your country’ stories following Trump’s tweets

Social media users are sharing their experiences of being told to “go back to your country” and similar statements following the president’s comments toward four congresswomen.

Trump moves to end asylum protections for Central Americans

According to a new rule published in the Federal Register, asylum seekers who pass through another country first will be ineligible for asylum at the US southern border.

Trump calls on congresswomen to apologize after his Twitter attacks

President Trump tweeted a new broadside Monday after weekend tweets in which he attacked progressive Democrats with what is widely established as a racist trope, suggesting they return to the “broken and crime infested places from which they came.”

Beto O’Rourke says he had relative who owned slaves

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke says he was recently given documents showing that both he and his wife are descended from people who owned slaves.

A look at how Democrats responded to Trump’s tweets telling progressives to leave the US

Although many Republicans have stayed silent, President Trump’s comments have led to a widespread outcry among Democrats.

Hillary Clinton rips Trump for tweets about congresswomen

“They’re from America, and you’re right about one thing: Currently their government is a complete and total catastrophe,” the former secretary of state wrote in response to the president.

Ayanna Pressley hits back at Trump: ‘This is what racism looks like’

The Massachusetts congresswoman hit back at President Trump on Sunday after he told a group of progressive Democratic congresswomen to leave the United States.