Trump weighs executive action on family separation
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White House considering executive action to prevent family separations at border
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The White House is considering executive action to allow children to stay with parents caught crossing the border illegally, Fox News has learned — a step that could avoid the family separations that have triggered a national outcry and political … Read More
Fewer Births Than Deaths Among Whites in Majority of U.S. States
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WASHINGTON — Deaths now outnumber births among white people in more than half the states in the country, demographers have found, signaling what could be a faster-than-expected transition to a future in which whites are no longer a majority of … Read More
Trump Administration Withdraws U.S. From U.N. Human Rights Council
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Nikki R. Haley, the American ambassador to the United Nations, speaking to the General Assembly last week in New York.Credit Don Emmert/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images WASHINGTON — The United States withdrew on Tuesday from the world’s most important human rights … Read More
The 500-Page Inspector General’s Report In 900 Words
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The FBI seal. JOSE LUIS MAGANA / AP The long-awaited report by the Justice Department’s inspector general examining the department’s conduct in the Hillary Clinton email investigation came out on Thursday, and, if nothing else, it’s exhaustive. At more than 500 pages, … Read More
Commentary: Justice Department to Comey: You sinned
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Blame Comey. That’s the main takeaway of the much-awaited Justice Departmentinspector general’s report on the Hillary Clinton email investigation. The report faulted former FBI Director James Comey both for saying in July 2016 that there were no grounds for a reasonable prosecutor to go … Read More
Judge Orders Paul Manafort Jailed Before Trial, Citing New Obstruction Charges
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Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, arrived for a hearing in federal court in Washington on Friday.CreditErin Schaff for The New York Times WASHINGTON — A federal judge revoked Paul Manafort’s bail and sent him to jail on Friday … Read More