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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Phillip Bailey
If Kamala Harris does pull the trigger on running for governor of California later this year she'd be the top contender, a new poll finds. An Emerson College survey released Thursday shows 31% of Golden State voters who plan to cast a ballot in the June 2026 primary would support the former vice president over a wide-ranging field. But California voters are evenly split on whether the 60-year-old Democrat, who lost last year's pivotal presidential race, should enter the race.
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1 week ago | 
heraldmailmedia.com | Phillip Bailey
Democratic lawmakers, including Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, say if a wrongly deported man sent to a supermax prison in El Salvador isn't brought back to the United States, they will visit the Central American country, adding further pressure on the Trump administration for his release.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Phillip Bailey
Democratic lawmakers, including Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, say if a wrongly deported man sent to a supermax prison in El Salvador isn't brought back to the United States, they will visit the Central American country, adding further pressure on the Trump administration for his release.
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1 week ago | 
courierpress.com | Phillip Bailey
Democratic lawmakers say if a wrongly deported man sent to a supermax prison in El Salvador isn't brought back to the U.S., they will visit the central American country, adding further pressure on the Trump administration for his release. President Donald Trump met with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele in the Oval Office on Monday, where he praised the foreign leader for opening his country's notorious prison system to alleged gang members and detainees the U.S. wants out of the country.
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1 week ago | 
azcentral.com | Phillip Bailey
Democratic lawmakers say if a wrongly deported man sent to a supermax prison in El Salvador isn't brought back to the United States, they will visit the Central American country, adding further pressure on the Trump administration for his release.
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1 week ago | 
usatoday.com | Phillip Bailey
Former President Barack Obama praised Harvard University's decision to resist the Trump administration's conditions for federal funding, and encouraged other institutions to do the same. The White House is freezing $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts towards the Ivy League school after it rejected demands to implement a mask ban, make changes to programs and departments that "fuel antisemitic harassment" and eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.
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yahoo.com | Alexis Simmerman |Phillip Bailey
Just weeks after dismissing the idea, ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith has admitted considering running for president in 2028. "Time to stop messing around. Life is great. Especially at ESPN/Disney," the 57-year-old "First Take" host said in an April 7 post on X. "Hate the thought of being a politician. But sick of this mess.
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1 week ago | 
statesman.com | Alexis Simmerman |Phillip Bailey
Just weeks after dismissing the idea, ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith has admitted considering running for president in 2028. "Time to stop messing around. Life is great. Especially at ESPN/Disney," the 57-year-old "First Take" host said in an April 7 post on X. "Hate the thought of being a politician. But sick of this mess.
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1 week ago | 
usatoday.com | Phillip Bailey
The government documents related to the 1968 assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy are set to be released to the public "within the next few days," according to one of President Donald Trump's top intelligence officers. Trump signed an executive order in January that would unveil a trove of records surrounding the murders, which, along with the assassination of President John F.
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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Phillip Bailey
President Donald Trump's choice to lead the nation's largest land manager has withdrawn her name from consideration during the confirmation hearing on Thursday. Kathleen Sgamma, an oil and gas lobbyist, had been picked to head the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which oversees roughly 247 million acres of federal land. The agency is critical, particularly in rural swaths of the country, given it leases parcels for livestock grazing, issues permits for mining and manages lands used for recreation.
