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Abolishing the Electoral College would be more complicated than it may seem
A number of states have signed onto a pact that guarantees their Electoral College votes to the winner of the popular vote, no matter the outcome in their individual states.
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READ: Attorney General Barr’s letter on Mueller report
Barr sent a letter on Friday notifying Congress that the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election had concluded. Read the text of the letter below.
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Trump and universities in fight over free speech, federal research funding
The president promised to do something about what he called a political climate on liberal college campuses that chills discourse.
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Water access is a problem in the U.S., affecting minority and rural groups the most
The Global Water Alliance symposium focused on challenges to clean-water access and underscored that the problem isn’t confined to the developing world.
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Florida man pleads guilty to charges of mailing bombs to Trump critics
Cesar Altieri Sayoc, 56, was arrested in late October and was scheduled to go on trial in July.
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Border Patrol starts releasing asylum-seeking migrants to South Texas streets
U.S. Border Patrol is releasing asylum-seeking migrants who were recently apprehended without detaining them because officials say detention facilities are full to capacity.
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Pay raises, more staff, earmarks: Lawmakers propose ways to overhaul Congress
Lawmakers' proposals largely fell into two categories: the kind that would change the culture of Congress, and the kind that would change how laws are made.
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The Electoral College is trending. Guess why.
At least three Democratic presidential hopefuls — Elizabeth Warren, Beto O'Rourke, and Pete Buttigieg — are currently calling for the artifact's abolition.
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Shifting hopes as Republicans, Democrats wait for Mueller
Barring an eleventh-hour surprise, Trump and his allies are starting to see the investigation as something potentially very different: a political opportunity.
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Supreme Court broadens the government’s power to detain criminal immigrants
The U.S. Supreme Court, ruled Tuesday that the government may detain, without a hearing, legal immigrants long after they have served the sentences for crimes they committed.
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Nebraska floods: 74 cities, 65 counties declare a state of emergency
Vice President Mike Pence visited Nebraska Tuesday to survey the damage caused by Midwest floods that have killed at least four and displaced hundreds.
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Democrats call for investigation into pro-Trump former owner of massage parlors
Democrats want to know the extent to which Yang or her businesses have been investigated by the FBI or state authorities for human trafficking or other violations of the law.
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Puzzling number of men tied to Ferguson protests have died
Some activists say their concerns about a possible connection arise out of a culture of fear that persists in Ferguson 4 ½ years after Michael Brown's death.
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Biden’s slip of the tongue shows increased likelihood of presidential run
Some national polls already show the former vice president as a favorite for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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As parents and grandparents age, more and more millennials are family caregivers
According to a study by the AARP, there are some 40 million people in the United States considered to be family caregivers.
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