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Sen. MORE (I-Vt.) has taken the lead in Iowa, according to a Des Moines Register/CNN poll released on Friday that shows the Vermont senator jumping past his top rivals after a third-place finish in the same survey in November. The poll, widely considered the most authoritative in Iowa, shows Sanders with the support of 20 percent of likely Democratic caucusgoers. He's trailed closely by another progressive, Sen.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) is the first governor in the United States to halt refugee resettlement in his state, a move that comes as the state has been inundated over the last three decades with mass immigration. For Fiscal Year 2020, President Donald Trump will continue cutting refugee admissions by reducing former President Barack Obama’s refugee inflow by at least 80 percent. This reduction would mean a maximum of 18,000 refugees can be resettled in the U.S.

There remain more than 11 million Americans who are out of work but want full-time jobs, despite claims by corporate interests and the big business lobby of a so-called “labor shortage.” The latest unemployment data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics reveals there is still slack in the labor market for disenfranchised Americans to enter the workforce rather than business bringing foreign workers to the U.S. to take jobs. Overall, about 5.8 million Americans are unemployed — 12.6 percent of whom are teenagers who generally seek entry-level jobs and 5.9 percent of whom are black Americans.

An “emergency” exhibition titled “Abortion Is Normal” has opened at the Eva Presenhuber gallery in New York City, the proceeds of which will benefit Planned Parenthood’s political action efforts. Downtown for Democracy, an organization that states on its website it has “transformed our community’s cultural influence into political power,” has produced the exhibition and will use some of the proceeds for voter education regarding reproductive rights. The exhibition is co-curated by feminist activists Jasmine Wahi and Rebecca Pauline Jampol an

It has been more than three years since President Donald Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton in the 2016 presidential election, but all of Clinton’s emails at the center of the email scandal that plagued her failed presidential campaign have still not seen the light of day. But on Friday, conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch announced the FBI produced 37 new pages of Clinton emails demonstrating she mishandled classified information and used text messages for official business as well. Judicial Watch announced in a press release on Friday: The

Just a month remains until New Hampshire voters cast ballots in the first-in-the-nation primary. The result will matter. Historically, if Granite Staters affirm Iowa’s choice, then that candidate has always won their party’s presidential nomination. However, the last two times the decision was split, it led to a protracted 50-state campaign marathon through June. From time to time this past year, the Globe has set out to answer this question: If the New Hampshire primary were held today, who would win?

Back to the Battleground series. Erie County on the western edge of the state, which swung by more than 16 points. Trump appealed to traditionally Democratic union voters with his message of bringing back jobs to the area and many bucked union leaders in supporting him over Democrat Hillary Clinton. Even though Trump has failed to jumpstart manufacturing, a local construction boom has boosted the economy and may help the president overcome his low popularity there. Hazleton was a hotbed of racial tension.

new poll from The Des Moines Register and CNN. The poll showed that Sanders was the first choice for 20% of would-be caucusgoers, a 5% increase from November, when the Register last polled the state. He was followed closely by Elizabeth Warren at 17%, Pete Buttigieg at 16% and Joe Biden at 15%. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 percentage points. The results are the latest sign that Sanders — lifted by his loyal supporters and an unchanging message — has strong campaign momentum heading into the Feb.

Speaker MORE.  Though she refused to budge on her previous demands, Pelosi signaled that the next phase of impeachment may be imminent. "I'm not holding them indefinitely," Pelosi said during a press briefing in the Capitol, referring to the two articles passed by the House in December over Trump’s dealings with Ukraine.

Three Republicans and eight Democrats bucked their parties on a resolution aimed at reining in MORE’s ability to launch additional military actions against Iran without first receiving authorization from Congress.  GOP Reps. MORE (Va.) voted against the measure.  The concurrent resolution — introduced by freshman Rep.