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Marchant, Hurd retirements put Texas in focus in 2020 House elections

A wave of House Republican retirements has Democrats jumping at the chance to push deeper into a GOP stronghold. Rep. Kenny Marchant, an eighth-term Texas Republican who represents Dallas suburbs,...

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Buttigieg releases plan to battle domestic terrorism in wake of shooting...

In the wake of the dual massacres in El Paso and Dayton, Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg on Tuesday released a comprehensive campaign proposal that he argues will do more to protect...

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Trump’s tariffs cost US businesses $3.4 billion in June: Study

A docker works in front of a container ship at Qingdao Port in Qingdao, Shandong Province of China. ChinaFotoPress | Getty Images President Donald Trump’s tariffs cost U.S. businesses $3.4 billion in...

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Trump had phone call with NRA’s LaPierre in wake of massacres

President Trump had a phone conversation with the National Rifle Association Chief Executive Wayne LaPierre on Tuesday,  just days after two mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton,  Ohio. Trump...

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Ex-FBI Deputy Director McCabe sues Justice Department over firing

Andrew McCabe Getty Images Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is suing the Department of Justice over his 2018 firing, which came just over 24 hours before he planned to retire, alleging the...

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Pete Buttigieg: ‘Systemic racism is a white problem’

Fox News Sunday – Sunday, August 4 On today’s episode of Fox News Sunday, Chris Wallace spoke Pete Buttigieg as they broke down the horrible latest shootings that have left at least 29 dead....

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Assault weapons ban, impeachment confound House Democrats

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Erin Scott | Reuters Is it worth it? That’s the question House Democrats keep asking themselves about two issues of growing relevance over the last few weeks. One is...

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Elizabeth Warren calls for higher taxes, NRA investigation as part of gun...

Democratic 2020 hopeful Elizabeth Warren on Saturday unveiled a sweeping gun control proposal that would see higher taxes on gun manufacturers, waiting periods for guns and an investigation into the...

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Mitch McConnell campaign Twitter account is unlocked

An activist holds a sign outside the office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on August 6, 2019 in Louisville, Kentucky. Luke Sharrett | Getty Images Mitch McConnell’s campaign Twitter...

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New Yorkers mock de Blasio in Iowa with fake dollars: ‘In Bill we trusted’

Call him Dollar Bill. If New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio thought he could escape the disdain from his constituents while campaigning in Iowa, he was wrong. NYC MAYOR BILL DE BLASIO PUSHING FOR 70...

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Hong Kong airport cancels all flights over protests

Hong Kong International Airport, one of the world’s busiest terminals, has canceled all departures for the remainder of the day, citing serious disruption due to pro-democracy demonstrations. The...

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Tulsi Gabbard to report for active duty with National Guard for two weeks:...

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, answers questions after the second of two Democratic presidential primary debates hosted by CNN Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019, in the Fox Theatre in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul...

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Warden of jail where Jeffrey Epstein killed himself reassigned

A New York Medical Examiner’s car is parked outside the Metropolitan Correctional Center where financier Jeffrey Epstein was being held, on August 10, 2019, in New York. Don Emmert | AFP | Getty...

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Governors of Missouri, Kansas sign deal to end economic ‘border war’

Who says Republicans and Democrats can’t work together? Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, a Republican, and Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat, addressed their states’ long-running economic “border war”...

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Jeffrey Epstein met with Bill Gates years after financier served jail time

Bill Gates Chesnot/Getty Images Microsoft founder Bill Gates spoke more than once with Jeffrey Epstein, the late financier accused of child sex trafficking, to discuss ways to increase philanthropic...

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Newest anti-Trump Republican Joe Walsh tries to shed history of incendiary...

Former Illinois congressman and radio host Joe Walsh is attracting sudden media attention as he floats a possible GOP primary challenge against President Trump — but the Tea Party-aligned Republican...

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Delaney plans to stay in 2020 race if he misses fall debates

Democratic presidential candidate and former Rep. John Delaney delivers a 20-minute campaign speech at the Des Moines Register Political Soapbox at the Iowa State Fair August 09, 2019 in Des Moines,...

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Obama reportedly told Biden he didn’t have to run in 2020

Former President Barack Obama, discussing Joe Biden’s run for the high office in 2020, reportedly told his vice president that he didn’t “have to do this.” “You don’t have to do this, Joe, you really...

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Epstein’s ex-cellmate cleared after probe into earlier suicide attempt: lawyer

U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein appears in a photograph taken for the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services’ sex offender registry March 28, 2017 and obtained by Reuters July 10, 2019....

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Dick Cheney set to headline Trump 2020 fundraiser in Wyoming on Monday

When U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney appears Monday at a fundraiser for President Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign in her home state of Wyoming, she’ll be joined by someone else who knows his way around...

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