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A Morning Consult poll this week found that 40% of registered voters think the “Squad” represents “the views of Democrats in Washington, compared with 58% who said the same was true of” Pelosi. The poll, conducted July 19-21 among 1,992 registered voters with 2-point margin of error, also found that 54% of voters believe Pelosi is representative of “Democratic voters” compared to 41% for the “Squad.” Veteran journalist Carl Leubsdorf, the Washington columnist for the<

The senator was responding to a question on why he defended President Donald Trump over his recent tweets that had  sparked outrage among many on the left. “I’ve met people who have come here from behind the Iron Curtain,”Paul said.

“Apple will not be given Tariff waivers, or relief, for Mac Pro parts that are made in China,” he wrote on Twitter. “Make them in the USA, no Tariffs!” Apple had requested the Office of U.S.

(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump threatened France with “substantial reciprocal action” over plans for a new digital tax that affects U.S. technology companies. “If anybody taxes them, it should be their home Country, the USA,” Trump said in a tweet on Friday. “We will announce a substantial reciprocal action on Macron’s foolishness shortly.” French President Emmanuel Macron signed into law a 3% tax on the revenue of technology giants like Facebook Inc.

Charles Leazott hadn’t thought about the seal in months. The 46-year-old graphic designer threw it together after the 2016 presidential election — it was one part joke, one part catharsis. He used to be a proud Republican. He voted for George W. Bush twice. But Donald Trump’s GOP was no longer his party. So he created a mock presidential seal to prove his point. He substituted the arrows in the eagle’s claw for a set of golf clubs — a nod to the new president’s favorite pastime.

Representative Seth Moulton and the GOP exchanged volleys this week over how to respectfully handle the American flag, with Moulton charging that the flag mailed to him by Republicans trying to send a political message was folded incorrectly. Who’s right, and what’s the correct way to fold the American flag? Traditionally, an American flag should be

WASHINGTON — The widely anticipated testimony of Robert S.

Representative Ayanna Pressley filed a bill Thursday that aims to abolish capital punishment at the federal level. The Boston Democrat announced the bill in response to the federal government’s decision to resume executing death row inmates, also announced Thursday, ending an informal moratorium on the practice that has been in place since 2010. Pressley condemned the policy as cruel “by design” in announcing her proposal, which would also require death row inmat

The Senate Intelligence Committee has released its long-awaited bipartisan report on election security and Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Among the key findings of the report, the committee writes that “the Russian government directed extensive activity, beginning in at least 2014 and carrying into at least 2017, against U.S.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday that it will resume capital punishment for the first time in nearly two decades. Only three federal executions have taken place since 1988, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. All five of the death-row inmates named in Thursday's release were convicted for the murders of children. The Federal Bureau of Prisons has adopted a regulation that will require federal authorities to use a single drug, pentobarbital, in federal executions, according to the DOJ release.