The president’s decision to send as many as 15,000 troops to the southern border has drawn unusual and blunt criticism from former military leaders that reflects the strain he has put on one of America’s most important norms: the tradition of an apolitical military.
The state must change its procedures to make it easier for some people flagged under the state’s restrictive “exact match” law to vote, a federal judge ruled, dealing a blow to Kemp, the GOP gubernatorial candidate and secretary of state.
The plaintiffs want to compel the government to scale back fossil-fuel extraction.
While the suspected attacker’s online postings were hate-filled, he was forgettable offline, people say.
The Supreme Court refused to delay an upcoming trial in which a number of states and civil rights organizations allege there was an improper political motive in Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’s decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census.
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While President Trump has demanded the truth and all options are said to be on the table, he has repeatedly emphasized that business as usual with Saudi Arabia is what he has in mind.
It marked the second insider attack at a base against foreign troops in less than two weeks.
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Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea said the sisters had said they were abused by family members and sought asylum on those grounds. He said sources in Virginia told detectives that “they would rather inflict harm on themselves than return to Saudi Arabia.”
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Van Hoof said she also has seen George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Joan of Arc.
