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Renée Graham Announcing Abrams as a running mate now would be audacious; never before has a major-party candidate announced a running mate so early.  SCOT LEHIGH Beto O’Rourke could give Bernie Sanders a run for the role of favored candidate of younger voters.  book review Joan Biskupic’s biography of the chief justice comes as interest in the Supreme Court is sky high.  For years it seemed like Moulton had nothing but buzz. Now on the outskirts of power in Washington, he’s looking closely at a bid for president.

Renée Graham Announcing Abrams as a running mate now would be audacious; never before has a major-party candidate announced a running mate so early.  SCOT LEHIGH Beto O’Rourke could give Bernie Sanders a run for the role of favored candidate of younger voters.  book review Joan Biskupic’s biography of the chief justice comes as interest in the Supreme Court is sky high.  For years it seemed like Moulton had nothing but buzz. Now on the outskirts of power in Washington, he’s looking closely at a bid for president.

Renée Graham Announcing Abrams as a running mate now would be audacious; never before has a major-party candidate announced a running mate so early.  SCOT LEHIGH Beto O’Rourke could give Bernie Sanders a run for the role of favored candidate of younger voters.  book review Joan Biskupic’s biography of the chief justice comes as interest in the Supreme Court is sky high.  For years it seemed like Moulton had nothing but buzz. Now on the outskirts of power in Washington, he’s looking closely at a bid for president.

A freshman House Democrat apologized to his Jewish constituents during a district town hall this week for comments Rep. MORE (D-Minn.) made questioning U.S.-Israel policy that critics considered anti-Semitic.  Rep.

Justice Clarence Thomas, who is known for his silence, shocked spectators in court Wednesday when he asked a question during arguments in a dispute over racial discrimination in jury selection. Thomas's question, which marks the second time in a decade the court's leading conservative has spoken during arguments, came in the case of a Mississippi man who has been tried six times for the 1996 murders of four people inside a furniture store. Thomas last spoke in February 2016 when he

MORE’s final report on the Russia investigation should be made public, expressing confidence it will prove he did not collude with Moscow’s effort to interfere in the 2016 election. "Let it come out.

MORE, attacking the late GOP senator from Arizona for his connection to a dossier of claims about the president and Russia, his vote against a Republican effort to repeal ObamaCare and his support for the Iraq War. Trump spent five full minutes jabbing at McCain during an official White House event intended to highlight manufacturing in Ohio. The barbs marked the fourth time in the last five days that Trump has criticized McCain, who died from brain cancer in August. "I gave him the kind of funeral that he wanted, which as president I had to approve.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Wednesday that the country would ban the sale of all assault rifles and semi-automatic guns, less than a week after a shooter opened fire at two mosques in Christchurch, killing 50 people.  "Today I am announcing that New Zealand will ban all military-style semi-automatic weapons.

The Daily Mail quoted Ardern saying, “On March 15 our history changed forever. Now, our laws will too.