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If those votes on state budget amendments seem at odds with the image that state Republicans often try to project — they are.  Capital Source Samantha Ormsby, who has served as a deputy press secretary, will replace Nicole Caravella, who left the mayor’s office last week for a job in the private sector.

Robert Francis Kennedy, slain in Los Angeles 50 years ago this week, seems oddly alive today. His ideas and legacy remain fresh, vibrant, unsettling, and challenging.

Robert Francis Kennedy, slain in Los Angeles 50 years ago this week, seems oddly alive today. His ideas and legacy remain fresh, vibrant, unsettling, and challenging.

Robert Francis Kennedy, slain in Los Angeles 50 years ago this week, seems oddly alive today. His ideas and legacy remain fresh, vibrant, unsettling, and challenging.

MORE and his allies took a victory lap on Friday, as new job numbers showed the overall unemployment rate dropped to an 18-year low, with black unemployment hitting its lowest rate on record. The economy has expanded at a robust rate throughout Trump’s time in office, and many observers believe it will be the strongest card Republicans can play as they campaign in November’s midterm elections. Yet the jobs report came at the end of a week that has also seen fears of a trade war rise sharply. The EU as well as the other nations have pledged retaliatory tariffs and the

MORE in January, arguing that the president could not have possibly obstructed justice because he has constitutional authority over all federal investigations.  The letter, which was obtained by The New York Times, argues that the Constitution gives Trump the broad authority to, "if he wished, terminate the inquiry, or even exercise his power to pardon." The 20-page memo also says Trump is not required to sit for an interview with investigators.

Blue states are defying the Trump administration in a bid to protect ObamaCare and keep their insurance markets stable. Several states, including California and Maryland, are looking to put limits on short-term insurance plans, even as the Trump administration is poised to expand access to them nationwide. The states are doing so because they fear the availability of the short-term plans will drive up premium costs for ObamaCare. On another front, Vermont and New Jersey have passed state laws that require people to buy health insurance.

Rudy Giuliani on Saturday threatened to take special counsel MORE.  "If Mueller tries to subpoena us, we're going to court," Giuliani said in an interview with ABC News.

The defense industry is bracing for the fallout from the Trump administration’s decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Europe, Mexico and Canada. The 25 percent tariff on imported steel and 10 percent tariff on aluminum, which went into effect Friday, is expected to raise costs for the U.S. defense industry, biting into its bottom line. Though U.S.