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Video Remembering the life and legacy of Ross Perot Ross Perot was a maverick, a billionaire businessman and the most successful third party presidential candidate since Theodore Roosevelt in 1912. In his last documented political act, self-made billionaire and two-time presidential candidate Ross Perot wrote out two checks to President Trump’s re-election campaign before succumbing to his battle with leukemia at the age of 89, according to a report. Perot,…

Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, talks with members of a Diabetes Talking Circle during his visit to the Sacramento Native American Health Center in Sacramento Tuesday. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption toggle caption Rich Pedroncelli/AP Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, talks with members of a Diabetes Talking Circle during his visit to the Sacramento Native American Health Center in Sacramento Tuesday. Rich Pedroncelli/AP California has become the first state in the country to…

Fed chief faces tough task in congressional testimony Fed Chair Jerome Powell testifies before Congress this week, and he is expected to indicate the Fed could soon cut interest rates to boost the economy. Market Insiderread more

The two were photographed together there in the 1990s and early 2000s, Mr. Trump always in a tie, Mr. Epstein always without. And in Manhattan, they attended many of the same dinner parties, like the one that Mr. Epstein hosted for Prince Andrew, where the guest list also included Ron Perelman and Mort Zuckerman, among others. But longtime Trump associates played down their closeness, saying that was simply how Mr….

Video Judge rejects motion to change census legal team A federal judge in New York denied the Justice Department’s intention to put a new legal team to work on the attempt to get a citizenship question on next year’s census. A New York federal judge barred the Justice Department on Tuesday from changing its lawyers in a legal fight over the Trump administration’s effort to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census….

The two dozen candidates trying to challenge President Donald Trump next year have broadly preached a pro-worker message and lashed out at corporations during their campaigns. Other major candidates — from Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., to Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. — have reported recent spikes in income as they run for president. In a statement Tuesday, Biden campaign spokesman Andrew Bates disputed that Biden’s newfound wealth would affect his goals….

CLOSE President Donald Trump escalated his attacks on Obamacare, a day after his administration asked a federal court to strike down the entire law. Speaking in the Oval Office, he said Republicans “will be the party of great health care.” (March 27) AP A federal appeals court questioned Democratic lawyers Tuesday about whether the Affordable Care Act (ACA), popularly known as Obamacare, violated the Constitution. The judicial scrutiny is the next…

(YouTube / Wesly Michel) Eli Rosenberg July 9 at 9:11 PM The encounter was broadcast in a video, posted to Facebook on the Fourth of July. A white man faced the person with the camera, a black man, asking him to step out of the San Francisco building where the white man lived, or to call the person who invited him there. After the man refused, the white man, later…

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Video Chris Wallace reflects on Ross Perot’s political career Ross Perot crusaded against the deficit and was an early opponent of NAFTA, says ‘Fox News Sunday’ anchor Chris Wallace. Fox News Sunday anchor Chris Wallace said Tuesday, following the death of Ross Perot, that former President George H.W. Bush always felt that the Texas billionaire cost him re-election in 1992 against Bill Clinton. “I spent some time in his post-presidency…

On Tuesday, a federal appeals court upheld a lower court’s ruling that President Trump cannot block people he disagrees with from his Twitter account. Above, Trump’s Twitter feed is seen on June 27. J. David Ake/AP hide caption toggle caption J. David Ake/AP On Tuesday, a federal appeals court upheld a lower court’s ruling that President Trump cannot block people he disagrees with from his Twitter account. Above, Trump’s Twitter…

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross abruptly canceled a long-planned meeting with Britain’s Secretary of State for International Trade Liam Fox Tuesday because the British Ambassador to the U.S. Kim Darroch was also due to attend. A Trump administration source said that the meeting was jettisoned because of the row over leaked secret cables from Darroch that described President Trump as “inept” and “incompetent.” The source said that it showed the rift…

DALLAS (AP) — H. Ross Perot (pur-OH’), the colorful, self-made Texas billionaire who twice ran for president, has died. Family spokesman James Fuller says Perot died early Tuesday. He was 89. Perot rose from Depression-era poverty to become one of the nation’s richest men as the founder of computer services giant Electronic Data Systems Corp. In 1992, Perot jumped into the presidential campaign as an independent candidate, challenging President George…

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The Affordable Care Act is being challenged in the courts yet again — and a Fifth Circuit decision could help determine whether that fight winds up going any further. ON Tuesday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is set to hear oral arguments in the case of Texas v. Azar, a suit brought by 20 state attorneys general — and endorsed by President Donald Trump’s administration — that marks the…

Video Hannity: Election interference did happen on Biden and Obama’s watch Biden slams Trump’s diplomatic efforts, claims there would have been no Russian election interference ‘on my watch.’ Fox News’ Sean Hannity highlighted the very public infighting between Democrats including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., saying “this is all going to get worse” before the 2020 elections. “Look at the feud erupting right now between Speaker-In-Name-Only…