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The Trump administration said Wednesday that the children of some U.S. military members and government employees working overseas will no longer automatically be considered United States citizens. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a policy that in some cases rescinds previous guidance stating that children of U.S.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman MORE as the New York Democrat pushes for impeachment behind the scenes. Nadler has fired off a wave of new subpoenas compelling former administration and Trump campaign officials to testify shortly after the House returns to Capitol Hill in September. He’s also seeking to challenge the White House’s claims of executive privilege as he pursues witness testimony from former White House counsel Don McGahn. The House's Office of General Counsel filed a motion in the U.S.

Gillibrand announced her departure from the presidential race just hours before Wednesday’s 11:59 p.m. deadline to qualify for the September Democrat debate. “I know this isn’t the result that we wanted. We wanted to win this race,” Gillibrand said in a video. “But it’s important to know when it’s not your time”: “Congratulations to @SenGillibrand on her campaign to fight for working families across America and make health care a right for all,” Sen.

The moment was framed as endearing by CBS News and other news outlets that witnessed it in person, but it also raised questions as to whether the woman, who identified herself as Maj.

Earlier Wednesday, the O’Rourke campaign claimed a staff member booted Breitbart News senior editor-at-large Joel Pollak from a speech at Benedict College, a historically black college in Columbia, South Carolina, in an attempt to protect black students. O’Rourke’s press secretary, Aleigha Cavalier, addressed Pollak’s removal in a statement, saying that the while the Texas Democrat “believes in the right to a free press,” Breitbart News “walks the line between being news and a perpetrator of hate speech.” “Given this particular Breitbart employee’s previous hateful reporting and the sensitivit

“Hurricane conditions are expected in the U.S. and British Virgin Islands, Culebra, and Vieques today,” the center’s website states. “Tropical storm conditions are expected today in Puerto Rico with hurricane conditions possible.” Dorian could be a Category 3 hurricane by the time it reaches the U.S. east coast, according to the center. Dorian became a hurricane near St. Thomas and the U.S.

WASHINGTON — Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand is dropping out of the presidential race as a campaign that once looked poised to ride strong #MeToo credentials to formidability was instead plagued by low polling and major fundraising struggles. The 52-year-old New York senator said Wednesday that she was suspending her campaign. That comes after failing to meet minimum thresholds for required numbers of donors and polling to qualify for the September Democratic debate in Houston. ‘‘I know this isn’t the result that we wanted.

WASHINGTON — Struggling Democratic presidential candidates braced for bad news Wednesday with the window to qualify for the next debate set to close at midnight, a near impossible deadline for them to make and one that was likely to spell doom for their campaigns. As time ticked down, New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand announced she was dropping out of the race after spending at least $4 million on advertising in recent months to qualify. Billionaire climate change activist Tom Steyer, Montana Gov.