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America Is An Idea — It's time for respected leadership on the world stage—and dignified leadership at home. It's time for equal opportunity, equal rights, and equal justice. It's time for an economy that rewards those who actually do the work. It's time for a president who will stand up for all of us.
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This is the Joe Biden you rarely see — This week, Joe Biden is set to announce his candidacy for president. Forgive me for getting ahead of the punditry clutter with this story. — Meetings in the Oval Office with President Obama and Vice President Biden to discuss Democratic House races were always thrilling.

Biden sounds fundraising alarm in conference call — On the eve of announcing his presidential bid, former Vice President Joe Biden raised the alarm about fundraising in a Wednesday conference call with top donors and supporters. — “The money's important.

Inside Joe Biden's decision to run one more time — Joe Biden spent a hot August day at his lakefront Delaware home watching hatred on display in Charlottesville, Virginia, where, days earlier, torch-wielding white supremacists had marched through town. A counter-protester advocating racial equality …

Biden serves notice: This is all about Trump
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How Biden Plans to Steamroll the 2020 Democratic Field
How Biden Plans to Steamroll the 2020 Democratic Field
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POLITICO Playbook: Biden jumps in, finally
POLITICO Playbook: Biden jumps in, finally
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Some women of color frustrated by Biden's presidential bid
Some women of color frustrated by Biden's presidential bid
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Unions crank it up for Biden launch
Unions crank it up for Biden launch
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Mueller documented a serious crime against all Americans. Here's how to respond. — Hillary Clinton was the 2016 Democratic nominee for president. — Our election was corrupted, our democracy assaulted, our sovereignty and security violated. This is the definitive conclusion of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's report.
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White House says Stephen Miller won't testify on immigration to House Oversight — Nadler: Miller should testify on sanctuary city plan — (CNN)The White House has informed the House Oversight Committee that Stephen Miller will not testify before the panel about his role …
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A reality of congressional oversight: Democrats can only do so much if Trump just says no — President Trump's White House appears to have figured out the secret of congressional oversight: there's not much Democrats can do if they say no to everything. — The big picture …
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Trump Vows Stonewall of ‘All’ House Subpoenas, Setting Up Fight Over Powers — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration escalated its defiance of Congress on Wednesday, as the Justice Department refused to let an official testify on Capitol Hill and President Trump vowed to fight what he called a …
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Sorry, Mr. President. Congress has every right to investigate you.
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Trump could stiff-arm Democrats until after 2020
Trump could stiff-arm Democrats until after 2020
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Trump's high-stakes subpoena battle with House Democrats, explained
Trump's high-stakes subpoena battle with House Democrats, explained
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President Trump, constitutional menace
President Trump, constitutional menace
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FBI raids Baltimore City Hall, home of Mayor Catherine Pugh, offices of job training center — FBI and IRS agents are raiding Baltimore's City Hall and the home of Mayor Catherine Pugh. — Dave Fitz, an FBI spokesman, confirmed agents from the Washington field office were executing search warrants …
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FBI, IRS execute search warrants on Pugh's home, City Hall, more
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Federal agents search Baltimore City Hall and the mayor's home
Federal agents search Baltimore City Hall and the mayor's home
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Mueller Report Reveals Trump's Fixation on Using Law Enforcement to Target a Rival — WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions had a tenuous hold on his job when President Trump called him at home in the middle of 2017. The president had already blamed him for recusing himself …
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Victor or Victim? Trump's Changing Response to Mueller Report
Victor or Victim? Trump's Changing Response to Mueller Report
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Bernie Sanders draws mayoral pension while running for president — his campaign co-chair Rep. Ro Khanna once blasted such ‘double-dipping’ — Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent who is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, for years has drawn a pension for having once …
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How Trump has changed white evangelicals' views about morality — So what if Mayor Pete Buttigieg calls him a “porn star president”? — Recently, Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg has been criticizing religious conservatives — especially Vice President Pence …
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We found 85,000 cops who've been investigated for misconduct. Now you can read their records. — USA TODAY is leading a national effort to obtain and publish disciplinary and misconduct records for thousands of police officers. — At least 85,000 law enforcement officers across the USA …

Judge Andrew Napolitano: Did President Trump obstruct justice? — When the Department of Justice designated Robert Mueller as special counsel to take over the FBI investigation of the Trump campaign in May 2017, Mueller's initial task was to determine if there had been a conspiracy …

Deutsche Bank begins process of providing Trump financial records to New York's attorney general — Trump sues to block Dems from his financial records — (CNN)Deutsche Bank has begun the process of providing financial records to New York state's attorney general in response to a subpoena …
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A Republic Too Fractured to Be Funny — Ron Chernow, the best-selling biographer and historian, has agreed to deliver the after-dinner speech at this year's White House Correspondents' Dinner, to be held Saturday night at the Washington Hilton. If we were to list the potential victims …

Mueller report shows Trump campaign left itself wide open to Russians, officials say — “The Russians found a group of people who were not intelligence savvy” and didn't listen to U.S. intel officials, said a CIA veteran. — WASHINGTON — The Mueller report's narrative of secret meetings between members …

Franklin Graham Calls for Pete Buttigieg to Repent for Being Gay — Franklin Graham, one of the country's most influential evangelical Christians, has called on Democratic candidate Pete Buttigieg to “repent” for being gay. Graham, the president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association …
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Rhode Island Man Threatened to ‘Eradicate’ All Democrats, Eat Pro-Choice Professor: Feds — ‘I will kill every Democrat in the world,’ Matthew Haviland, 30, allegedly wrote in one message. A friend says he has grown angry over how the media treats Trump. — A Donald Trump supporter …
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What Price Profit in Saudi Arabia? — The kingdom this week executed 37 “terrorists” after torture and sham trials. Corporations and governments should demand an end to the kingdom's egregious violations of human rights. — The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher.

Lori Loughlin and Husband 'Didn't Realize That What They Were Doing Was Illegal': Source — Mossimo Giannulli didn't fully grasp that their alleged bribery in the — college admissions scandal was illegal, a source familiar with the case tells PEOPLE. — “You read the complaint …

How Trump Took the Shine Off Washington's Glitziest Night — With the White House Correspondents' Dinner fast arriving on the Washington social calendar, the standard pose in the capital is one of detachment and disavowal: Sure, I'll be going because, you know, you kinda have to, right?