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New Jersey’s Mikie Sherrill enters national political fray with first set of midterm endorsements, aimed at veterans

Washington — With three months to go until the critical midterm elections, New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill is taking her first major step onto the national political stage to help Democratic candidates with military service win in competitive frontline races.  The centrist Democrat, who won in a top battleground race last year, will use her…

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Shannon Taylor wins Democratic primary in Virginia district Democrats hope to make competitive

Shannon Taylor has won the Democratic primary in Virginia’s 1st District, CBS News projects, defeating six other candidates seeking the chance to unseat incumbent GOP Rep. Rob Wittman. He’s held the seat since 2007 and has President Trump’s endorsement.  Taylor, the Commonwealth’s attorney for Henrico County, was the front-runner in the race. The 1st District…

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Trump’s obsession with SAVE America Act drives Congress into a standoff

Washington — President Trump and House conservatives are holding Congress hostage over Senate Republicans’ inability to pass a voting regulations bill known as the SAVE America Act.  Mr. Trump abruptly canceled a signing ceremony Wednesday for a landmark housing affordability bill that has overwhelming bipartisan support in both chambers, seeking once again to use unrelated…

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25 states sue FEMA and DHS, accusing Trump administration of withholding funding

A coalition of states is suing the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Homeland Security, accusing the Trump administration of withholding hundreds of millions of dollars in disaster-preparedness and homeland security grants to force states to adopt its policies on elections and immigration.  The complaint challenges new conditions imposed on the funding that…

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‘Diminished martyrs’ sacrifices’: Ministers rebuke Fazl over ‘insensitive’ remarks about military personnel – Pakistan

Ministers, mostly from the ruling PML-N, have rebuked Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl’s (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman over his recent remarks about security personnel, it emerged on Tuesday. Fazl made the statement during a recent party rally in Punjab’s Kasur, where he spoke about the security and terrorism situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. In this context,…

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