President Trump has finally given up his fight to ask people about their citizenship on the 2020 census.
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As attorney general, Harris opposed efforts to mandate independent investigations of police shootings.
The first step is to transfer redistricting power away from legislators to independent commissions.
The court’s opinion confronted the Trump administration’s false justification for adding the citizenship question.
The United States has no lawful claim of self-defense to justify a military attack on Iran.
The Census Department estimated that 6.5 million people could remain uncounted if the citizenship question were added.
Sanders’s Bill of Rights includes health care, affordable housing, education, a living wage and retirement.
Cuban people will suffer the most from the new restrictions on tourism, which is critical to Cuba’s economy.
The Trump administration and its close ally Israel have long had their sights on regime change in Iran.
Law enforcement agents prevented peaceful invitees from entering the embassy with supplies of food and water.