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JOAN VENNOCHI If Warren wants to run for president, she should.  Editorial The Trump administration’s “public charge” rule is chilling and cruel, and letters from Massachusetts officials show how the policy would hurt immigrants.  Opinion | Laurence H. Tribe Our country’s governing document makes good on the promise that no one is above the law.

JOAN VENNOCHI If Warren wants to run for president, she should.  Editorial The Trump administration’s “public charge” rule is chilling and cruel, and letters from Massachusetts officials show how the policy would hurt immigrants.  Opinion | Laurence H. Tribe Our country’s governing document makes good on the promise that no one is above the law.

JOAN VENNOCHI If Warren wants to run for president, she should.  Editorial The Trump administration’s “public charge” rule is chilling and cruel, and letters from Massachusetts officials show how the policy would hurt immigrants.  Opinion | Laurence H. Tribe Our country’s governing document makes good on the promise that no one is above the law.

The lawyer for Michael Cohen, MORE's former lawyer, said Trump knew Cohen lied to Congress ahead of time. Lanny Davis, an attorney representing Cohen in his ongoing legal battles with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, told Bloomberg Radio’s “Sound On" that while Trump did not direct Cohen specifically to lie to Congress, he knew his lawyer's plans and did not direct him to tell the truth. "Mr.

The GOP-controlled Senate on Wednesday dealt a significant blow to MORE by voting to advance a resolution ending U.S. support for the Saudi war in Yemen in the aftermath of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi’s slaying.  Senators agreed to begin debate on the measure despite only 11 of the chamber’s 51 Republicans joining with all Democrats to support it.

A new election in North Carolina’s 9th District appears all but certain as new fraud claims surfaced about early votes that were leaked and as more details emerged about the alleged illegal collection of absentee ballots. More Republicans are joining the chorus of calls for a reset, with the state GOP saying a new race is necessary if allegations that early votes were shared with nonelection officials prior to Election Day in Bladen County are true. Dallas Woodhouse, executive director of the North Carolina GOP, told reporters Tuesday he’s “pretty certain” those votes were leaked.

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House Republicans are struggling to come up with a strategy to fulfill MORE’s demand that the lower chamber pass a funding bill that includes $5 billion for his promised border wall.   By Wednesday evening, GOP leaders still had not settled on what vehicle they would use to fund the wall or if they would even take a vote this week to do so. Lawmakers in the House have until Dec.

Ryan, who has been an outspoken critic of Pelosi, announced his support for a term limits agreement with her that will ensure the rise of a new generation of Democratic leaders. The deal agreed to would see Pelosi agree to transition out of her leadership role by the end of the next Congress or — if she can obtain two-thirds support of the Democratic Caucus —at the end of the 117th Congress, Ryan’s office said. Ryan said in the statement: Ryan, who now considers Pelosi an “honest partner,” commended the Democrat leader for “her comm

Ryan, who has been an outspoken critic of Pelosi, announced his support for a term limits agreement with her that will ensure the rise of a new generation of Democratic leaders. The deal agreed to would see Pelosi agree to transition out of her leadership role by the end of the next Congress or — if she can obtain two-thirds support of the Democratic Caucus —at the end of the 117th Congress, Ryan’s office said. Ryan said in the statement: Ryan, who now considers Pelosi an “honest partner,” commended the Democrat leader for “her comm