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President Donald Trump’s long-awaited plan to overhaul the immigration system proposes a merit-based system to admit more high-skilled, well-educated immigrants. | Mark Wilson/Getty Images White House By CAITLIN OPRYSKO 05/17/2019 07:55 AM EDT President Donald Trump predicted Friday there’s a “good chance” that congressional Democrats will decide to work with him to pass his recently unveiled immigration plan before next year’s election, despite every indication to the contrary. “Will the…

America’s push to upgrade airports gets traction with new New… When the New Orleans new terminal opens later this year, it will be the latest upgrade and expansion of a U.S. airport, a key part of America’s infrastructure sorely in need… Airlinesread more

President Trump said court-ordered FBI surveillance of his 2016 presidential campaign was treason and those connected to it should serve long prison sentences. “A really bad situation,” Trump tweeted Friday. “TREASON means long jail sentences, and this was TREASON!” My Campaign for President was conclusively spied on. Nothing like this has ever happened in American Politics. A really bad situation. TREASON means long jail sentences, and this was TREASON! —…

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) on Friday released a statement calling on Congress to pass a slate of legislation aimed at guaranteeing abortion and other reproductive rights around the country, even if Roe v. Wade falls. The statement, posted on Medium, comes as a wave of strict anti-abortion laws are sweeping the country. On Wednesday, Gov. Kay Ivey of Alabama signed into law a bill banning nearly all abortions in the…

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Still, other women said they were alarmed by the limits emerging from the Legislature and the governor’s office, which opponents have vowed to challenge in court. “It’s insulting as an educated woman — in consultation with my highly educated doctor — that I can’t come to a decision that’s best for me and for my health,” said Erin Arnold, who lives in Birmingham and teaches biology. “A woman should have…

Carol D. Leonnig Rosalind S. Helderman May 16 at 10:07 PM A federal judge on Thursday ordered that prosecutors make public a transcript of a phone call that former national security adviser Michael Flynn tried hard to hide with a lie: his conversation with a Russian ambassador in late 2016. U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan in Washington ordered the government also to provide a public transcript of a November…

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An F-16 crashed at March Reserve Air Force Base on Thursday afternoon, hitting a warehouse located right by the runway. Maj. Perry Covington, a public affairs officer, said the building was on fire. The pilot ejected and was OK, Covington said. KABC An F-16 fighter jet crashed into a building near the runway at March Reserve Air Force Base, May 16, 2019. No other injuries were reported. 🚨Plane crash🚨 into…

A pregnant woman who had gone to a Chicago home in response to a Facebook offer of free baby clothes was strangled and her baby cut from her womb, police and family members said. The newborn was in grave condition and not expected to survive.  Three people were charged in the death of Marlen Ochoa-Uriostegui, 19, on Thursday. Police said Clarisa Figueroa, 46, and her daughter Desiree Figueroa, 24, were…

President Trump speaks to service members of the U.S. Coast Guard during an invitation to play golf at Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach, Fla. The Trump resort at Mar-a-Lago brought in nearly $23 million last year. Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images President Trump speaks to service members of the U.S. Coast Guard during an invitation to play golf at Trump International Golf…

There’s no reason for anyone to get excited about the White House’s “new” immigration proposal. If he treats it anything like he treated the nearly identical bill introduced two years ago by Sens. David Perdue, R-Ga., and Tom Cotton, R-Ark., President Trump will forget about it 10 days after it’s introduced. White House officials have been dripping out details on the plan for two weeks, and so far it’s set…

The president’s professed hopes for a dialogue with Iran seem unlikely to produce a breakthrough any time soon. In Tokyo, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif of Iran said there was “no possibility” of discussions with the administration to ease the tensions, Agence France-Presse reported. “The escalation by the United States is unacceptable,” Mr. Zarif told reporters, according to AFP. Mr. Pompeo has outlined 12 steps that Iran must take to…

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President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Wednesday barring US companies from using information and communication technology made or controlled by firms that pose a national security risk, and declaring a national emergency on the matter. While the order didn’t mention any countries or companies in particular, it’s clearly aimed at China. More specifically, many are arguing, it’s aimed at Huawei, the Chinese telecoms and smartphone manufacturing giant. The…

He says he’s created “maybe the best economy we’ve had in the history of our country,” but the Trump presidency has been taking a modest economic toll on his businesses, according to annual financial disclosure forms released Thursday. Financial disclosure forms made public by the Office of Government Ethics show overall income from Trump’s businesses in 2018 was roughly in line with the revenue he raked in in 2017 —…

Missouri’s Senate has passed what its authors call one of the nation’s most stringent anti-abortion bills, which would outlaw nearly all abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy. The Republican-led Senate passed the bill, dubbed Missouri Stands With The Unborn, by a margin of 24 to 10 early Thursday morning. In a statement, state Sens. Dave Schatz and Caleb Rowden said: “Today the Missouri Senate passed one of the most pro-life…

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[Where does Bill de Blasio stand on the issues? Find out here.] Mr. de Blasio often says that he has a “story to tell” about New York’s accomplishments, but his own narrative is also compelling. He was born Warren Wilhelm Jr. to a German-American father and an Italian-American mother; his father, a veteran who struggled with alcoholism, later killed himself. His relationship with his father was strained, and Mr. de…

(NEW YORK) — President Donald Trump’s latest financial disclosure report is expected to provide a rare glimpse into whether his presidency has helped or hurt his hotels, golf resorts and other parts of his business empire. The report, which is filed with the Office of Government Ethics and set for release Thursday, will be closely studied for changes in revenue at key properties in 2018, including his Mar-a-Lago resort in…