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Let me say that again: where it doesn’t matter who you love, just as long as you love with all your heart. In the Chicago we will build together, we will celebrate our differences. We will embrace our uniqueness, and we will make certain that all have every opportunity to succeed. Every child out there should know this: Each of you, one day, can be the mayor of Chicago. Want…

Nipsey Hussle and Lauren London arrive at the Warner Music Pre-Grammy Party 2019 on February 7, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/Sipa USA/AP) Allyson Chiu April 3 at 6:44 AM On Tuesday, actress Lauren London opened Instagram — the same app where she first connected with her partner, Grammy-nominated rapper Nipsey Hussle, more than five years ago — and shared a series of photos. There’s one of…

“This notion that we can close the border is just stupid,” said Rep. Bennie Thompson. | AP Photo/Susan Walsh congress By SARAH FERRIS and LAURA BARRÓN-LÓPEZ 04/02/2019 06:58 PM EDT Updated 04/02/2019 08:27 PM EDT 2019-04-02T08:27-0400 House Democratic leaders are considering a vote to condemn President Donald Trump’s calls to shut down the southern border, in a clear attempt to force Republicans into a difficult political spot, according to several…

<!– –> × SEARCH QUOTES Europe Politics Britain should be allowed to delay its official Brexit departure date again so it can think carefully about its future, the EU’s competition chief told CNBC. “I don’t see a risk in prolonging the departure (from the European Union),” Margrethe Vestager, the European Commissioner for Competition said Tuesday in an exclusive interview in Brussels. “If you need to reconsider how the Brexit referendum…

Two women have recently accused former Vice President Joe Biden of touching them inappropriately, sparking a debate about the possible 2020 presidential candidate‘s behavior. The women allege that Biden — while he was vice president — made them feel uncomfortable at Democratic Party functions. Lucy Flores, a Democrat who served in the Nevada State Assembly, wrote a piece for The Cut on Friday alleging that Biden “inhaled” her hair and then kissed…

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Video Nielsen: Trump will take every action within his authority to stop flow of illegal immigrants Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Tuesday that the Trump administration is treating the immigration crisis as a “Cat 5 hurricane disaster.” “We are bringing all of the agencies together; we’re asking everybody to chip in,” Nielsen said on “Tucker Carlson Tonight.” “Why wouldn’t we put the U.S. military along our border if it’s really a…

President Trump has indicated that he wants to make replacing Obamacare a key issue in the 2020 campaign, with a vote on a new plan to be held following the election, assuming Republicans take back full control of Washington. The problem: Republicans have already fooled voters with that message too many times. Whatever your preferred adage, Abraham Lincoln‘s about not being able to fool all the people all the time…

<!– –> × SEARCH QUOTES Politics A Chinese woman has been charged with making a false statement to the U.S. Secret Service after entering President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on bogus pretenses, while carrying a thumb drive that contained “malicious software,” court documents revealed Tuesday. A criminal complaint says the woman, Chinese national Yujing Zhang, claimed that she had been sent there by a Chinese man whom she…

In a letter to lawmakers last week, Attorney General William Barr referred to President Donald Trump’s public statements about his desire for the report to be released, insisting that he would not share the report with the White House in advance to allow Trump to claim executive privilege. | Mark Wilson/Getty Images white house By ANDREW DESIDERIO and KYLE CHENEY 04/02/2019 04:35 PM EDT President Donald Trump appeared to backpedal…

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President Trump says Republicans will pass “a great health care package” after the 2020 election. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP President Trump says Republicans will pass “a great health care package” after the 2020 election. Evan Vucci/AP President Trump, bowing to political reality, says he is putting off his thoughts of finding a replacement for the Affordable Care Act until after the 2020 election. In remarks to…

British Prime Minister Theresa May is gambling on a new plan to break the Brexit stalemate. May announced Tuesday she would seek a longer extension from the European Union to avert a no-deal Brexit on April 12. She also said she would meet with opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to try to come up with a compromise Brexit plan. “Today, I am taking action to break the logjam,” May said…

Devlin Barrett April 2 at 4:36 PM Secret Service agents arrested a woman at President Trump’s Florida resort this past weekend after she was found carrying two Chinese passports and a thumb drive with malicious software on it, according to court documents. Prosecutors allege the woman, Yujing Zhang, first approached a Mar-a-Lago security checkpoint on Saturday shortly after noon and told security officials she was there to go to the…

It must be nice, having national newsrooms to run full-time damage control pro bono. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said a stupid thing recently during a one-on-one interview with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes. That she said something ignorant is not news at all. What is newsworthy is that Newsweek felt the need to protect her where she is clearly in the wrong. The congresswoman was asked last Friday what lessons she learned…

Joe Biden’s presidential campaign has not yet launched, but it’s already rocked by a long-simmering controversy over the propriety of his interactions with women. A former Nevada state legislator named Lucy Flores wrote a personal essay that New York magazine published on Friday, in which she describes an encounter with Biden at a 2014 campaign event. Flores says the then-vice president came up behind her, touched her shoulders, and kissed…

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“For me, personally, I’m asking, ‘Who is going to be the break from politics as usual in Chicago?’” said Jordie Davies, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Chicago whose dissertation focuses on political activism. “I’m excited about two black women. But I’m looking at records. I’m looking at who is going to offer the most holistic platform for addressing problems in Chicago.” Deidre Baumann, 50, a lawyer who cast…

Environmental restoration employees deploy a containment boom from a boat on Offutt Air Force Base in Neb., as a precautionary measure for possible fuel leaks in the flooded area.  (U.S. Air Force via AP) Senate Republicans on Monday blasted their Democratic colleagues for blocking a disaster relief bill that was intended to help Midwestern regions affected by flooding because it supposedly didn’t go far enough to help Puerto Rico. The bill,…