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doj: matt whitaker as acting attorney general appointment is proper

Congressional Democrats, including swath of incoming House committee chairs once the party takes the in early January, have criticized Whitaker's appointment as acting attorney general. ..

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mississippi election: cindy hyde-smith and white women in america

If Democrats want to understand — and change — the political behavior of white women, they’ll need to understand how they’ve been both empowered and disempowered since the country was founded, and how that dual status affects their politics today. . ... Martha McSally (R-AZ), who conceded..

democratizing cuba?

Facing the passing of the generation who made Cuban in 1959, the goal of Cuban elite is improving the character of the leadership and the sustainability of the one-party system. ..

maybe it’s time for america to split up

For the near future, the boldest policy proposals are likely to be rollbacks: Democrats angling to revert to a pre-Trump tax code, Republicans to repeal Obama’s health-care law. ... At the time, Democrats interpreted New Federalism as high-minded cover for a strategy of dismantling New..

‘cruel and unscientific’ to define legal sex by biology

Democrats statement was sent to President Donald Trump's after New York Times reported that the administration will clarify that the sex of people involved sex-discrimination legal fights will be based on their male or female body.. Trump's biology-determines-sex policy makes it clear that..

shin bet director: west bank deceptively quiet

The Democrats have taken control of the House of Representatives, while Republicans have solidified their majority in the Senate. ... Another third blamed Democrats in Congress. And almost two thirds thought the media was responsible for dividing the country. . ..

racial politics

With some races still undecided, Democrats will pick up close to 35 House seats, giving them solid control, and also half-dozen governorships, while losing at least couple of Senate seats. ... Democrats will achieve control of all the investigative committees and their accusations and..

u.s. militia groups head to border

So it is unlikely that Democrats will take back both the House and the Senate (and they may take back neither). ... After United States President Donald Trump nominated Kavanaugh for a seat on the court in July, a California Democrat named Christine Blasey Ford accused him of sexual..

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