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Mark Sanford, Republican congressman who criticized Donald Trump, loses South Carolina’s GOP primary
[ad_1] Rep. Mark Sanford, R-S.C., lost his congressional primary on Tuesday because — even though he was elected there three times, despite his involvement in a high-profile sex scandal as governor — Republican voters were apparently less forgiving of Sanford’s willingness to speak critically about President Donald Trump. Sanford’s opponent in the GOP primary race, state Rep. Katie Arrington, focused…
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Indictment of Michael Cohen said to be imminent as Trump fixer ponders cooperating with prosecutors
[ad_1] President Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen is expected to lose his current legal defense team and strike a deal to cooperate with federal prosecutors who are investigating him, according to new reports Wednesday. Cohen, who worked for Trump in various capacities before he was president and has been dubbed as Trump’s “fixer,” has been under…
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Seth Grossman, Republican candidate for Congress in New Jersey, says “diversity is a bunch of crap”
[ad_1] One of the Republican Party’s nominees for Congress in the 2018 midterm elections was caught on camera asserting his controversial belief that “diversity is a bunch of crap.” Seth Grossman was the surprise victor over rival businessman Hirsh Singh in the GOP primary battle for New Jersey’s second congressional district last week. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee…
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Federal Reserves raises interest rates, drops crisis stance
[ad_1] The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate another quarter-point on Wednesday. The latest increase puts the federal funds’ target rate in a range between 1.75 and 2 percent. The move suggests that the nation’s central bank has confidence the economy will continue to grow. “Job gains have been strong, on average, in recent months, and the…
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Judge orders Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort to jail
[ad_1] Paul Manafort is going to jail. A federal judge ordered President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort to jail as he awaits separate trials on federal conspiracy and money-laundering charges brought forward by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III. The judge revoked Manafort’s bail following allegations that he had reached out to potential witnesses…
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Steve Bannon: Martin Luther King, Jr. “would be proud” of what President Donald Trump has done
[ad_1] Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon bombastically returned to the spotlight Sunday – and didn’t mince any words – during an appearance on ABC’s “This Week.” Bannon defended the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy, which has included separating undocumented migrant parents and their children if they are caught crossing the border into the U.S., during his…
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In 5-4 ruling, Supreme Court sides with Trump administration on travel ban
[ad_1] The Supreme Court upheld the latest version of President Donald Trump’s ban on travel to the U.S. by people from several Muslim-majority countries, in a ruling Tuesday that hands the White House a victory on one of its most controversial measures. The ruling was 5-4 along partisan lines, with Chief Justice John Roberts writing for the…
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Mitch McConnell gloats after Supreme Court undercuts public sector unions in final decision
[ad_1] When the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, decided to uphold President Donald Trump’s revised ban on travelers from several majority Muslim nations on Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s team tweeted an image of him and Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. When the high court dealt a major blow to unions representing millions…