Thursday's Headlines: Even with shifts in the national mood, Democrats get boost in quest for control of House
In blow to Trump's crackdown, border arrests again topped 50,000 in May ; China completes inquiry, finds no cause as more Americans are stricken with mystery illness; A...
Democracy Dies in Darkness
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Democrats are hoping that as Election Day approaches, more Americans will see their congressional vote as an opportunity to put a check on unified Republican control in Washington. Yet the improving economic outlook appears to be having some effect on partisan sentiment, putting in question the depth of the Democratic advantage.
The numbers are an indication that escalating enforcement tactics by the Trump administration — including separating migrant parents from their children — have not had an immediate deterrent effect on illegal immigration.
Additional people have been sent to the United States for evaluation after a diplomat and his family were evacuated after experiencing unexplained, unusual noises like those that affected dozens of embassy workers in Cuba.
The full costs of President Trump's trade policies — in investments foregone and workers not hired — escape casual scrutiny. If the experience of Cleveland's Stripmatic Products is any guide, protectionism may already be backfiring on Americans and undermining Trump's stated goal of reclaiming manufacturing from China.
The GOP senator's bipartisan bill would require congressional approval when the president enacts tariffs under the auspices of national security, as Trump did last week. Corker said Trump called him and asked him not to file the bill. But Corker introduced it anyway.
The meeting was supposed to be about hurricane preparedness, but the president turned the closed-door discussion into soliloquies on his prowess negotiating airplane deals, his popularity, his unending love of coal, his "great Cabinet," his planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and other topics.
The president has griped to several advisers that he fears attending the Group of Seven summit may not be a good use of his time because he is diametrically opposed on many key issues with his counterparts — and does not want to be lectured by them.
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Many migrants have headed to Spain through Morocco, but the route can be dangerous. Women, in particular, are vulnerable to sexual violence from smugglers, fellow migrants and the military and police.
The American Civil Liberties Union, which has been representing the man, said it will ask a court to block the release, the terms of which it condemned as a de facto "death warrant."
The porn star released text messages that the lawsuit said show "collusion" between Keith Davidson and the president's personal attorney, Michael Cohen.
Black churches have become a battleground in the debate over regulating the payday lending industry, with pastors divided over whether the high-interest loans are helpful or harmful in their communities.
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