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Missouri Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal is under Secret Service investigation and pressure to resign over her 'Trump assassination' social media post.

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American Prospect's Robert Kuttner had a "candid" conversation with White House strategist Steve Bannon, who talked about Trump administration and 45’s threats of “fire and fury.”

"What about the alt-left that came charging at, as you say, the alt-right?" Trump asked.

CNN commentator Keith Boykin sad he was ashamed of Trump surrogate Paris Dennard “as an African American” for supporting the president's response to Charlottesville riots.

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Kenneth Frazier, CEO of Merck & Co., resigned from President Trump's American Manufacturing Council when the President's response to violence in Charlottesville was insufficient.

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HUD will shut down both public housing projects in Cairo, Illinois, a rural town in Southern Illinois.

Betsy DeVos admits that she "should have decried much more forcefully the ravages of racism in this country."

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A grand jury impaneled by Special Counsel Robert Mueller to investigate possible Russian interference in the 2016 election has issued subpoenas related to a meeting between then-candidate Donald Trump’s son, son-in-law, and a Russian lawyer, according to CNN. Trump has repeatedly defended himself, calling the investigation a “witch hunt,” as U.S. intelligence agencies believe that […]

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President Donald Trump signed the measure imposing sanctions on Russia after his opposition to it drew widespread criticism.

Congresswoman Maxine Waters responds to Trump’s campaign courtship of Black voters.

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Americans can only hope Republicans and Democrats come up with a bipartisan agreement to avert a repeal of Obamacare.

The Trump administration wants to pressure universities to end admission policies that “discriminate against Whites.”