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The Trump administration asserts a nearly 50-year-old law requiring the preservation of presidential records is unconstitutional. Historians warn important papers could be destroyed.
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An 82-year-old Virginia senator raising the stakes, an Indiana consensus builder and a Texas enforcer are among state officials who have shaped the course of the midterm redistricting race. -
Villaraigosa was State Assembly Speaker from 1998 to 2000 and was mayor of Los Angeles for 8 years before terming out in 2013. He has also run for governor before in 2018. He failed to move on from the primary, losing to Gavin Newsom and John Cox. -
An NPR analysis shows how immigrants' attempts to live or work legally in the U.S. are caught in a bureaucratic morass. -
The federal judge's decision continues to block above-ground construction on the $400 million White House ballroom, allowing only below-ground work on a bunker and other "national security facilities" at the site. -
Earlier in the morning GOP leaders had pushed for either a five-year renewal or the 18-month renewal President Trump had demanded, but both votes tanked. -
The departure adds to a string of recent personnel changes at the Department of Homeland Security, a year into President Trump's administration. -
Ten Republicans voted alongside Democrats, in a rebuke to the Trump administration's immigration policies. Should it pass the Senate, the White House said President Trump would veto the measure. -
Lawmakers have been in a stalemate for over 60 days about funding the entire department, which includes agencies that oversee immigration enforcement, disaster relief, cybersecurity and the U.S. Coast Guard. -
The nomination comes after months of interim leadership at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. -
In a legal battle between Trump and California over transgender and abortion care, will businesses be caught in a fight between hostile Justice Departments?
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