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Written by LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent

Published: 09 September 2019

 

Republicans in the Senate plan to block any new legislation from the House of Representatives

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Written by MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press

Published: 07 September 2019

 

It will be the first state to allow voters to rank three or more candidates in order of preference

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Written by By ANDREW TAYLOR and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press

Published: 06 September 2019

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Pentagon plans to divert $3.6 billion from military budget to build Trump’s promised border wall

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Written by Errin Haines, AP National Writer

Published: 05 September 2019

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Many Black voters are driven as much or more by who can defeat President Donald Trump as the issues they care about

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Written by By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press

Published: 04 September 2019

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The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday urged ranking members of the House Judiciary Committee to oppose a bill that targets White supremacist groups by criminalizing domestic terrorism

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Written by Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent

Published: 03 September 2019

 

The National Congress of Black Women will celebrate its 35th annual brunch by honoring the 50th anniversary of Shirley Chisholm’s election

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Written by Anne D'Innocenzio, AP Retail Writer

Published: 03 September 2019

 

The announcement comes just days after a mass shooting claimed seven lives in Odessa, Texas and follows two other back-to-back shootings last month, one of them at a Walmart store.

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Written by ADAM BEAM Associated Press

Published: 02 September 2019

 

Stockton, Calif., Mayor Michael Tubbs says: "I think poverty is immoral, I think it is antiquated and I think it shouldn't exist."

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Written by KATHLEEN RONAYNE and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press

Published: 02 September 2019

 

Union membership is down nationwide but organized labor is a major campaign donor contributing more than $217 million in 2016

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Written by Lisa Mascaro, AP National Correspondent

Published: 01 September 2019

 

First test of Republican strategy will be a Sept. 10 special election in North Carolina