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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during a New Hampshire organizing event for her 2020 presidential exploratory committee at Manchester Community College on January 12, 2019, in Manchester, N.H. Scott Eisen/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Scott Eisen/Getty Images Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during a New Hampshire organizing event for her 2020 presidential exploratory committee at Manchester Community College on January 12, 2019, in Manchester, N.H. Scott Eisen/Getty Images More…

Authorities in Illinois say the bitter cold played a role in the death of a FedEx employee whose body was found outside a delivery hub in East Moline Thursday morning. Captain Darren Gault of the East Moline Police Department said the 69-year-old victim was discovered between two semi-trailers outside the freight facility by another FedEx employee around 9:30 a.m. Rock Island County Coroner Brian Gustafson said the cause of death is unknown but added…

Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Wednesday described third-trimester abortions as something done “in cases where there may be severe deformities or there may be a fetus that’s not viable.” Later that day, Northam’s Communications Director Ofirah Yheskel tried to clarify that Northam was referring to the fact that women seek third-trimester abortions only “except in the case of tragic or difficult circumstances, such as a nonviable pregnancy or in…

Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Wednesday described third-trimester abortions as something done “in cases where there may be severe deformities or there may be a fetus that’s not viable.” Later that day, Northam’s Communications Director Ofirah Yheskel tried to clarify that Northam was referring to the fact that women seek third-trimester abortions only “except in the case of tragic or difficult circumstances, such as a nonviable pregnancy or in…

Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Wednesday described third-trimester abortions as something done “in cases where there may be severe deformities or there may be a fetus that’s not viable.” Later that day, Northam’s Communications Director Ofirah Yheskel tried to clarify that Northam was referring to the fact that women seek third-trimester abortions only “except in the case of tragic or difficult circumstances, such as a nonviable pregnancy or in…

New York Times columnist David Brooks said Sen. Kamala Harris could be the Democrats’ best nominee to battle President Trump in 2020, and he said she might be able to “pulverize” him next year. “To beat Trump, I suspect Democrats will want unity,” wrote Brooks, the paper’s center-right leaning columnist. “They won’t want somebody who essentially runs against the Democratic establishment (Bernie Sanders); they’ll want somebody who embodies it (Harris)….

If President Trump tells the truth before a joint session of Congress, he will not say that what his predecessors have always said, that “the state of the union is strong.” The state of our union is fractured. And that makes us weak. There are plenty of positive indicators. Unemployment is still below 4 percent. Economic growth has averaged 3 percent over the past year and a half. Median wages…

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has offered a private apology to the Cherokee Nation for publicizing the results of a DNA test showing she might have distant Native American ancestry, the Tulsa World reported. “We are encouraged by this dialogue and understanding that being a Cherokee Nation tribal citizen is rooted in centuries of culture and laws, not through DNA tests,” Julie Hubbard, the tribe’s executive director of communications, told Tulsa…

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Mr Trump has repeatedly promoted Foxconn’s investment in Wisconsin US President Donald Trump has intervened following news that Foxconn was adjusting the focus of its new factory in Wisconsin. Foxconn had said it was considering a high-tech research hub for the site, earlier planned for making LCD panels. That news was seen as a setback for Mr Trump, who has made reviving the manufacturing sector…

Democratic Sen. Cory Booker kicked off his 2020 campaign on Friday, and in his first radio interview called for the legalization of marijuana. Speaking about criminal justice reform on the Tom Joyner Morning Show, the New Jersey senator said, “It means changing our drug laws. Ending prohibition against marijuana.” Booker highlighted the disproportionate impact of marijuana laws on the black community, and the fact that black people are roughly four…

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tells reporters Friday that the United States will withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia. Eric Baradat/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Eric Baradat/AFP/Getty Images Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tells reporters Friday that the United States will withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia. Eric Baradat/AFP/Getty Images The Trump administration announced Friday that the United States will formally begin the…

<!– –> × MENU SEARCH QUOTES Politics President Donald Trump on Friday said, “I think there’s a good chance we’ll have to” declare a national emergency in order to appropriate the funds to build his border wall. Trump wouldn’t say he would definitely declare it, but he told reporters that such a declaration “would help the process.” The remarks came as a specially created committee in Congress is poised to…

The NHL will celebrate Black History Month for the first time, shifting its focus in February from its wide-ranging “Hockey Is For Everyone” campaign to emphasize racial diversity in the sport. The league and NHL Players’ Association will announce the joint initiative Friday morning. It includes a traveling mobile museum devoted to the history of minorities in hockey predating Willie O’Ree breaking the color barrier in 1958 and going up…

The U.S. economy continued to show strength at the start of 2019, as the Labor Department reported Friday that businesses added 304,000 jobs in the month of January, marking the 100th straight month of job growth, as the overall unemployment rate edged up slightly to 4.0 percent. “The 100th straight month of gains indicates that labor market remains robust and that the economy remains quite strong despite recent turmoil in…

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO allies “fully support” the United States’ pending withdrawal notice from the INF nuclear missile pact over Russia’s actions, a statement by the alliance said. “The United States is taking this action in response to the significant risks to Euro-Atlantic security posed by Russia’s covert testing, production, and fielding of 9M729 ground-launched cruise missile systems,” it said. “Allies fully support this action.” Washington will soon announce plans…

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“I believe that we can build a country where no one is forgotten, no one is left behind … where we see the faces of our leaders on television and feel pride, not shame,” Booker said. “Together, we will channel our common pain back into our common purpose. Together, America, we will rise.”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday she could support a border security deal that adds new Normandy fencing along about 30 miles of open border. But she won’t bring a bill to the floor that includes Trump’s vision for a wall or steel-slat barrier, she said. “There is not going to be any wall money in the legislation,” Pelosi told reporters Thursday. Pelosi controls the House floor, and her approval…

Both President Donald Trump and his son Donald Trump Jr. praised a CNN report that seemed to put to rest a possible line of inquiry in the ongoing investigations into Russian interfence in the 2016 election. | Mark Wilson/Getty Images White House By BRENT D. GRIFFITHS 01/31/2019 11:32 PM EST President Donald Trump welcomed a report Thursday that said his son, Donald Trump Jr., did not talk with him on…

President Donald Trump applauded Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris‘ presidential campaign launch, describing it as “the best opening so far” in the 2020 primary race. Trump made the remarks during an interview with The New York Times published on Thursday night, saying Harris has “a better crowd, better enthusiasm.” The president, who spent the latter part of his career in show businesses before landing at the White House, homed in particularly…