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Google and Facebook are set for a grilling this week from lawmakers who say their platforms have fueled a rise in white nationalism and outright racism. The tech titans are facing calls to take more action against such speech, even as they come under attack from the White House and congressional Republicans alleging that they are censoring the speech of conservatives.  At a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday, representatives from Google and Facebook will field questions about the role social media has played in allowing white nationalists to connect, organize and radicalize new recru

Rep. MORE (D-Calif.) has officially jumped into the 2020 presidential race. The California Democrat will announce his candidacy on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" on Monday night. The show tweeted out a video clip of Swalwell making the announcement after speaking on what he considers to be some of the problems in the current administration. “I see a country in quicksand, unable to solve problems and threats from abroad, unable to make life better for people here at home,” Swalwell told Colbert. “I’m ready to solve these problems.

MORE is accelerating his push to appoint loyalists to key administration posts, as he seeks to assert greater control over the federal government and move forward with his agenda. The rapid pace of staff moves, and the rationale behind them, has fueled concerns among some in Washington who worry the personnel changes could take a toll on operations and hurt the integrity of government institutions. Trump’s efforts reached a crescendo on Sunday when he ousted MORE as Homeland Security secretary just days after blindsiding her by withdrawing hi

Attorney General MORE’s report. Barr is expected to face questions about his handling of the Mueller investigation and report when he testifies on the Trump administration’s fiscal 2020 budget request. First, Barr will face a small group of lawmakers on the House Appropriations subcommittee with oversight of the Justice Department, a panel chaired by Rep. José Serrano (D-N.Y.) that boasts seven Democrats and four Republicans. The lawmakers are set to hit Barr hard over the Mueller report. In excerpts of her statement issued Monday night, Rep.

MORE will be picking a new fight with Senate Republicans if he decides to renew his past policy of separating families detained at the border as a way of stopping the wave of immigrants. Trump is expected to select a hard-liner to replace Homeland Security Secretary MORE, who was ousted on Sunday — reportedly after she resisted returning to the policies that led to children being taken from their parents at the border. The family separations created deep unrest among congressional Republicans ahead of the midterm elections, and Senate GOP sou

O’Rourke stood aloft as he proclaimed his message at a rally in Marshalltown, Iowa Friday: Iowa’s caucus system is the earliest to pick a contender for respective political parties in the presidential primary election system.

“This action sends a clear message to Tehran that its support for terrorism has serious consequences,” Trump wrote in a statement released by the White House.

“Stephen Miller is a white nationalist.

The news was confirmed by White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders in a statement. “United States Secret Service director Randolph “Tex” Alles has done a great job at the agency over the last two years, and the President is thankful for his over 40 years of service to the country,” Sanders said. Trump has selected Secret Service Agent James Murray to replace Alles in May. The move comes after a series of leadership changes in the security branch of the Trump administration, including the resignation of Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen and the

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats will ‘‘never’’ see President Trump’s tax returns, said White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney on Sunday, as a new front opened in the confrontation between the administration and Congress. Mulvaney accused Democrats of engaging in a ‘‘political stunt’’ and wanting ‘‘attention’’ after the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Representative Richard Neal of Massachusetts, asked the IRS to provide six years of Trump’s personal tax returns and the returns for some of his businesses. ‘‘That is not going to happen and they know it,’’ Mulvaney told ‘‘Fox News S