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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan, the only Republican in Congress to call for impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, said Thursday he is leaving the GOP because he has become disenchanted with partisan politics and ‘‘frightened by what I see from it.’’ In an opinion article published in the Washington Post , on July 4, Amash said partisan politics is damaging American democracy. ‘‘I am declaring my independence and leaving the Republican Party,’’ Amash said.

Senator Elizabeth Warren on Friday outlined a series of executive actions she’d take “on day one” if elected president to boost wages among women of color, leveraging the federal government’s power to negotiate with its contractors. “For decades, the government has helped perpetuate the systemic discrimination that has denied women of color equal opportunities.

President Trump said his teleprompter suffered a malfunction Thursday when he referred to the Continental Army taking over airports during his July 4 speech in Washington, D.C. Speaking from the White House’s South Lawn on his way to his Bedminster, N.J., golf resort on Friday, Trump said the rain had been a factor in the malfunction, causing him to misspeak and claim the 18th-century army had seized airports as it liberated the colonies from the British.

Former vice president Joe Biden said Friday that he had not been prepared for Senator Kamala Harris to so pointedly question his record on school busing during the first Democratic debates, extending the dispute between the two presidential candidates, who have sparred repeatedly in the week since their high-profile confrontation. In an interview broadcast Friday morning on CNN, Biden said that while he had expected candidates to target him, he had been caught off guard by Harris’s criticism in part because of their relationship. “I was prepared for them to come

PROVINCETOWN — With supporters sporting handheld paper fans, signs, and shirts reading “Pete Town,” Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg made his presidential pitch to locals and out-of-town visitors at a town hall event Friday afternoon. A couple hundred people attended the event held at Provincetown Town Hall. Buttigieg — one of the top-polling candidates in the crowded 2020 Democratic presidential primary — fielded questions from audience members that focused on issues like climate change, improving the lives of LGBTQ individuals, and attacking Pr

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A determined Fourth of July crowd in Washington, D.C., braved several hours of rain as they awaited “Salute to America” speech on the National Mall.  Flocks of people in red, white and blue lined up along the sides of the Reflecting Pool donning rain ponchos, hats and umbrellas.

Rep. MORE. "Today, I am declaring my independence and leaving the Republican Party," Amash wrote in a Fourth of July op-ed for The Washington Post. "No matter your circumstance, I’m asking you to join me in rejecting the partisan loyalties and rhetoric that divide and dehumanize us.

MORE avoided infusing partisan rhetoric into his rainy July 4 speech on the National Mall, though he still received energetic applause from a drenched crowd of supporters. At his long-planned “Salute to America,” Trump stood on a riser with bleachers of attendees and the Lincoln Memorial serving as a backdrop, and special guests seated to either side.