Democrats will focus on Justice Kennedy’s replacement in an attempt to motivate voters, while conservatives will pressure vulnerable Democratic senators in red states.
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As Judiciary Committee Republicans battered the deputy attorney general, Rod J. Rosenstein, a House Republican resolution intensified the war on the Russia investigation.
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Police arrested a D.J. in Pennsylvania and a nurse in Washington State this week, the latest examples of the use of an open-source ancestry site since the break in the Golden State killer case.
Alarmed by federal immigration policies, several cities and counties have canceled lucrative contracts to house migrants.
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Thursday: A bill heads to the governor today as the industry shifts its approach, Justice Kennedy says he will retire, and Mexicans shower Koreans with adoration.
The retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy, often considered the Supreme Court’s ideological center, could fundamentally change its direction.
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Adnan Januzaj curled in a left-footed shot in the second half to give Belgium a 1-0 victory over England.
Ideological classes have long been a part of the college curriculum in China. But they are more important than ever to the Communist Party even if many students call them propaganda.
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Martin Golden, who has opposed speed cameras near schools, has been ticketed 10 times since 2015 because his car exceeded the limit in the special zones.
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Though government officials have said they are not aimed at any country, the laws have passed at a moment when Australia is especially anxious about Chinese power.
Seized under an assimilation program, she and two other Aboriginal girls made their way home across hundreds of miles, a feat depicted in “Rabbit-Proof Fence.”
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The Swiss Institute relocated to Manhattan’s East Village with a forward-thinking mission: show experimental work by emerging artists.
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