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COLUMBIA, S.C. — When she was a young girl, politics was everyday life for Jalisa Washington-Price. Her grandmother was one of the first black people elected to the Richland County Council, and weekends in the 1990s meant a constant flow of campaign events and community meetings. Immersed in that world so early, she longed for a career on the big stage in the nation’s capital.

Joe Biden was a freshman senator, the youngest member of the august body, when he reached out to an older colleague for help on one of his early legislative proposals: The courts were ordering racially segregated school districts to bus children to create more integrated classrooms, a practice Biden opposed and wanted to change. ‘‘I want you to know that I very much appreciate your help during this week’s Committee meeting in attempting to bring my antibusing legislation to a vote,’’ Biden wrote on June 30, 1977. The recipient of Biden’s entreaty was Senator Jam

A federal judge on Wednesday said he would reconsider whether there was a discriminatory intent behind the Trump administration’s addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
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GOP lawmakers and strategists are voicing deep concerns about National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) Chairman Rep. MORE (Minn.) and his team’s 2020 strategy. In recent weeks, a number of top Republicans have aired grievances with the House GOP campaign arm’s approach, with some going as far as questioning if Emmer and his operation are in over their heads. “His team is inept.

The 2020 election is more than a year away, but some Republican lawmakers are pessimistic about their chances of winning back the House. MORE’s approval ratings in key swing states are under water.

Former Vice President MORE came under fire on Wednesday after invoking his working relationships with two segregationist senators in the 1970s as an example of bygone “civility” in the Senate. Five of Biden’s rivals in the Democratic presidential field, New York City Mayor MORE (D-Md.), laid into him for mentioning Sens.

Former Vice President MORE (I-Vt.) demanded Biden apologize for the comment.  “You don’t joke about calling black men ‘boys,’” Booker said in a statement. “Men like James O. Eastland used words like that, and the racist policies that accompanied them, to perpetuate white supremacy and strip black Americans of our very humanity. “I have to tell Vice President Biden, as someone I respect, that he is wrong for using his relationships with Eastland and Talmadge as examples of how to bring our country together.

Rep. Hice spoke with Breitbart News on the heels of President Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign announcement in Orlando, Florida. During the rally, both Trump and Vice President Mike Pence described Trump’s campaign as part of a greater movement for the average working man and woman. “It turned out to be more than just a political campaign, it turned out to be a great political movement because of you,” Trump said.

The new labor supply will partly counter President Donald Trump’s “Hire American” immigration policies that are now forcing up Americans’ wages.

The transcript is as follows:  In March, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) offered a similar defense of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) after her controversial remarks targeting Israel, saying, “I don’t think our colleague is antisemitic.