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Democrats Strip Superdelegates Of Power In Historic Reform Vote — The Democratic National Committee's changes aim to heal the lingering divisions of the 2016 presidential primary. — CHICAGO In a long-awaited bid to reinvigorate the Democratic Party and heal the divides of the 2016 presidential primary …
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Democrats strip superdelegates of power in picking presidential nominee — Party officials voted at a meeting to strip the party insiders of much of their influence, a big win for the party's base. — CHICAGO - Democratic Party officials voted Saturday to strip superdelegates …
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Democrats weaken ‘superdelegates’ in effort to avoid another bitter presidential primary — CHICAGO — The Democratic National Committee voted Saturday to neutralize the votes of unpledged convention delegates, part of a package of hard-fought reforms designed to prevent a repeat …
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APNewsBreak: DNC, TV networks discuss presidential debates — CHICAGO (AP) — The Democratic Party has begun conversations with television networks about a series of presidential primary debates in 2019, a top party official has told The Associated Press. — The talks are “in the very early stages …
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Democrats Voted To Strip Power From Superdelegates
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Democrats adopt gender nonbinary language to charter
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Democrats Cut Party Leaders' Power to Pick Presidential Nominee
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Exclusive: Ex-Trump World Tower doorman releases ‘catch-and-kill’ contract about alleged Trump affair — (CNN)A former Trump World Tower doorman who says he has knowledge of an alleged affair President Donald Trump had with an ex-housekeeper, which resulted in a child, is now able to talk …
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Judge Strikes Down Key Parts of Trump's Orders Easing the Firing of Federal Workers — A federal district judge in Washington struck down most of the key provisions of three executive orders that President Trump signed in late May that would have made it easier to fire federal employees.
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What Will Mueller Do? The Answer Might Lie in a By-the-Book Past — The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, has approached law enforcement consistently for decades: leading aggressive investigations marked by adherence to precedent and higher office. — WASHINGTON — Long …


Beto O'Rourke says “nothing more American” than NFL players protesting the national anthem — Rep. Beto O'Rourke, the Democratic candidate challenging Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, was featured in a viral video posted to Twitter on Tuesday giving an answer at a town hall defending NFL players who kneel during the national anthem before games.
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We Asked 1,000 People What Happened On Tuesday. Here's What Some Of Them Said. — Paul Manafort, Michael Cohen, someone's lost cat and Post Malone. — On Tuesday, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was convicted of federal charges, and former Trump lawyer …


The three illegal acts that may have helped Trump win the presidency — The nation heard this week accusations that Donald Trump was personally involved in the decision to offer two women money shortly before the 2016 election to keep them from sharing stories of alleged affairs.
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After Careful Consideration, Brown Decides To Oppose Kavanaugh Nomination — Senator: ‘Special interests already have armies of lobbyists and lawyers on their sides, working people need judges who will put their rights first’ — WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) …


Bad blood between McCain and Trump lingers, even as the Arizona Republican nears the end — It got off to a bad start, and President Trump's venomous relationship with Sen. John McCain probably won't end well either. — The president was reportedly disinvited to McCain's funeral months ago …
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Trump Org. CFO's immunity deal is new problem for Trump — Prosecutors are edging closer and closer to President Trump — 's business empire, a fact underlined by the news Friday of an immunity deal reportedly given to the Trump Organization's longtime chief financial officer (CFO).


Conor Daly loses Lilly Diabetes sponsorship over remark his father made over 30 years ago — ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (AP) — Lilly Diabetes has pulled its sponsorship of Conor Daly's No. 6 car in the NASCAR Xfinity race at Road America, citing a racially insensitive remark made by the driver's father in the 1980s that surfaced this week.
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Statement from Julia — I've received many questions from supporters today about a piece published yesterday in Tablet Magazine. I'll be responding thoroughly to some of the questions raised in that irresponsible article in interviews, which will be published over the coming days …
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Chapel Hill Police Officer With Anti-Government Militia Tattoo Will Keep His Job — The North Carolina officer's Three Percenters tattoo was visible as he stood guard near the “Silent Sam” Confederate memorial. — The Chapel Hill Police Department will not discipline a police officer …


Money Really Does Lead to a More Satisfying Life — New research suggests that more money really does lead to a more satisfying life. Surveys of thousands of Swedish lottery winners have provided persuasive evidence of this truth. — Lottery winners said they were substantially more satisfied with their lives than lottery losers.


Trump anxiety spreads through South Korea — Many South Koreans worry that the U.S. president — though hailed for bringing Kim Jong Un to the table — lacks the patience for a true breakthrough with the North. — SEOUL — South Koreans are growing more anxious about President Donald Trump's commitment …
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TPUSA Members Quit in Protest of ‘Exploiting’ Mollie Tibbetts' Death … The University of Iowa chapter of a conservative student organization declined a proposal that the campus host two of the group's highest-profile national leaders for an “immigration event” following the alleged murder …
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Republicans Are Exploiting the Murder of Mollie Tibbetts
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