President Donald Trump‘s biggest campaign promise, to build a wall along the United States-Mexico border, looks less likely to ever happen thanks to Friday court rulings in two separate cases. Unless, of course, Mexico suddenly decides to pay for it. The US District Court for Northern California made permanent a …
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Twenty Democratic candidates for president have now had a chance to say their piece on a debate stage. On Wednesday, Elizabeth Warren and Julian Castro turned in impressive performances from the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, while Beto O’Rourke, Tim Ryan, and John Delaney didn’t seem …
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WASHINGTON —Here’s a useful motto to bear in mind any time you read about President Trump’s personal finances: It’s not what he owns —it’s what he owes. Trump took office in 2017 as the most indebted president in the history of America. Of his many debts, he owed the most, …
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When Sen. Elizabeth Warren came forward in March to propose breaking up tech giants like Facebook and Google, the words “small business” were not necessarily at the tip of her tongue. She spoke of “freeloading billionaires” and “giant corporations,” but made no direct mention of their most immediate victims: the …
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If you turned on cable news this week, or read our own coverage in Rolling Stone, you might have heard about YouTube’s decision to demonetize well-known conservative commentator Steven Crowder. Crowder’s offense involved calling Vox journalist Carlos Maza a “lispy queer” and a “gay Vox sprite,” leading, says Maza, to …
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RS Politics Leaderboard: Ranking Crowded Field of 2020 Presidential Hopefuls Add another name to the list. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) announced on Thursday that he is running for president. He broke the news to John Dickerson on CBS This Morning. “I think this country faces two enormous challenges,” Bennet said. …
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