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MORE on Friday praised Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as “a friend of mine,” despite concerns about the young leader among U.S.

Senate Republicans are pressing MORE to strike a trade deal with China or to at least make significant progress at the Group of 20 (G-20) summit in Osaka, Japan, where Trump will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Republican lawmakers are eager for Trump to reach an accommodation with China, or at least hold off on another round of tariffs on $300 billion on Chinese imports that would hit American consumers by raising the prices of agricultural imports, housewares and electronics. GOP senators at a private meeting this week impressed on Trump’s top economic advis

A federal judge on Friday issued a ruling blocking the Trump administration from tapping billions of dollars in military funds to construct a wall on the United States's southern border. U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam issued the permanent injunction in a California federal court, after initially ruling last month to temporarily halt the administration’s use of military funds for the border wall. MORE declared a national emergency earlier this year in order to divert roughly $6 billion in Defense Department funds toward border wall construction.

MORE in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea after the Group of 20 (G-20) summit that's taking place this weekend in Japan. "After some very important meetings, including my meeting with President Xi of China, I will be leaving Japan for South Korea (with President Moon).

“The president himself should condemn it,” Carter said when asked how the administration should deal with alleged election meddling.

Barack Obama told the American people for three years that the Constitution and federal law did not allow him to grant amnesty for illegal aliens, that amnesty could only be authorized by Congress. In Article I, Section 8, Clause 4, the Constitution grants Congress plenary power over immigration. After years of failing to get even a Democrat-controlled Congress to enact amnesty Barack Obama in 2012 announced a form of amnesty for illegal aliens who had entered the country as children.

CHICAGO (AP) — Joe Biden defended his civil rights record on Friday, pledging to be a ‘‘president who stands against racism, the forces of intolerance.’’ The former vice president and Democratic White House hopeful was in Chicago a day after his 2020 rival California Sen. Kamala Harris delivered a blistering attack at their first presidential debate in Miami. She blasted him for recently highlighting his work with segregationist senators and his past opposition to busing. ‘‘I heard, and I listened to, and I respect Sen.

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After a night of few fireworks Wednesday, tension over the issues of race boiled over to the forefront during Thursday night’s Democratic primary debate. Senator Kamala Harris challenged former vice president Joe Biden over his record on civil rights issues in the Senate in the 1970s. “I do not believe you are a racist and I agree with you when you commit yourself to the importance of finding common ground,” she said.