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The cases come as federal courts as well as independent agencies within the Trump administration remain divided over whether the Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
House Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings responded: "This complaint reads more like political talking points than a reasoned legal brief."
The Trump administration will stop granting waivers that allow several countries to import Iranian crude without triggering U.S. sanctions.
Warren says her proposal would benefit 95% of the 45 million Americans carrying student debt and wipe it out for 75% of them.
Stronger economic data recently signals a continuation of above-trend growth, says the Council of Economic Advisors chairman.
Democrats would have to flip four Republican-held Senate seats next year to win control of the Senate and take away a critical buffer for Trump.
Trump's Fed pick Stephen Moore has brought that less-flattering trade-off into focus, a comparison that Democrats like better.
Nearly every candidate support federal legalization of recreational marijuana and many call for expunging federal charges for those prosecuted.
Rudy Giuliani said on Sunday that there's 'nothing wrong' with taking information from Russians, after the Mueller report laid out extensive ties between the Trump campaign and Russians during the 2016 election campaign.
"Bernie right now has a better chance of winning than rest of field combined," said Cenk Uygur, founder of progressive news network TYT and host of "The Young Turks," who supported Sanders in 2016.
The U.S. International Trade Commission report comes as President Donald Trump pushes Congress to ratify the revised trade deal despite reservations from both Democrats and Republicans.
Ukraine entered uncharted political waters on Monday after near final results showed a comedian with no political experience and few detailed policies had dramatically up-ended the status quo and won the country's presidential election by a landslide.
Trump's attempts to affect the Russia probe mostly failed because the people around him "declined to carry out orders," according to Robert Mueller's team.
"The results of the investigation are a total victory for the President," say Trump's attorneys, including Rudy Giuliani.
The document, which lays out the findings of Mueller's 22-month-long investigation of Russia's interference in the 2016 election, is 448 pages long and consists of three volumes.
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