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Louisiana senators take up new US House map while South Carolina plans for extra redistricting work

Two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Louisiana's congressional map, state senators on Thursday are to consider a plan that would eliminate a majority-Black district while giving Republicans a chance to win an additional seat in the November midterm elections. The high ...
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This court became a symbol of Trump’s immigration crackdown. Now it’s at the center of a House race

NEW YORK (AP) - A federal immigration court in Lower Manhattan has come to represent the Trump administration's deportation campaign in New York City, with agents carrying out chaotic and sometimes violent arrests in the hallway as migrants leave hearings. Now the court is serving ...
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President Trump invites Chinese President Xi Jinping for a Sept. 24 visit at the White House (AUDIO)

(SRN NEWS) President Trump calls the first meeting of his summit with Chinese president Xi "extremely positive and productive." Xi stresses the need for U-S China cooperation. Following their two-hour meeting, the presidents attended a state banquet. And Mr Trump has invited his ...
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Democrats will debate in Iowa US Senate primary shaped by outside money and big-name endorsements

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Two Democrats vying to be Iowa's next U.S. senator are scheduled to debate Thursday, as each seeks to convince voters he's better positioned to flip the Republican-held seat in a contest that has seen heavy outside spending and high-profile ...
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Senate advances legislation to withhold pay from senators during government shutdowns

(WASHINGTON) -- In an unanimous 99-0 vote, the Senate on Wednesday advanced a resolution to withhold pay from senators during a government shutdown.Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts did not vote on the resolution, which was introduced by Republican Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana.The vote was ...
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Breakdown of $1 billion request for Trump’s White House ballroom project

(WASHINGTON) -- ABC News has obtained a one-page breakdown of how the White House says it intends to spend the $1 billion that some Republicans want to approve for President Donald Trump's East Wing renovation to the White House, which includes the construction of ...
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Trump arrives in Beijing for high-stakes summit with Xi amid US war with Iran

(BEIJING, China) -- President Donald Trump arrived on Wednesday in Beijing for a multi-day summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, during which he said he'd seek to deepen diplomatic and economic ties between the world's two largest economic powers.After his arrival at Beijing Capital ...
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Army cuts training as service is short billions of dollars

(WASHINGTON) -- The Army is grappling with a sudden budget crunch and scrambling to slash training costs across broad swaths of the force, according to internal documents reviewed by ABC News and multiple U.S. officials.The move is to make up for a shortfall of ...
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Exclusive-US halting Medicare enrollments for new home healthcare and hospice providers

By Jody Godoy May 13 (Reuters) - The Trump administration will temporarily block new home health and hospice providers on Wednesday from enrolling in Medicare, a senior administration official said, citing concerns about widespread fraud. The nationwide moratorium is the latest move by Vice President JD ...
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AP Exclusive: Senate Democrats plan to force votes on Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rollbacks

NEW YORK (AP) - Senate Democrats plan to force several votes on the Trump administration's dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a maneuver aimed at making vulnerable Republicans take politically difficult votes in an election year. The plan to hold the votes Wednesday, shared ...
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Inside the furor plaguing Democratic National Committee leader Ken Martin

NEW YORK (AP) - Democrats keep winning at the ballot box. And yet Ken Martin, the man leading the Democratic National Committee, is facing a crisis of confidence among party officials who are increasingly concerned about the health of their political machine barely a ...
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California mayor charged with acting as illegal agent for China

(WASHINGTON) -- Eileen Wang, the mayor of Arcadia, California, was charged with acting as an illegal foreign agent for China, the Justice Department announced on Monday.Wang agreed to plead guilty, the DOJ said.The City of Arcadia said Wang resigned from her position on Monday.Starting ...
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