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Defying threats from President Trump, House Democrats on Friday unveiled their first bill for the new Congress — part of which would require Trump and future presidents to disclose their tax returns. “We believe it will have great support,” Rep. Nancy Pelosi said, effectively thumbing her nose at Trump, who told The Post this week that he would declassify documents […]
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A third of respondents said they would be “extremely disappointed” if a loved one married a Republican. Most Democrats believe that Republicans are racist, sexist, bigoted, possibly even evil, or any combination thereof, The Hill is reporting. Republicans by and large feel the same way about Democrats, but not to the same extent. According to the results of a new […]
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Washington: Congressional Democrats on Thursday demanded emergency hearings in the US House of Representatives to investigate President Donald Trump's ouster of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, calling the move an effort to undermine a federal probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 US election. Former US Attorney General Jeff Sessions.Credit:AP Trump forced the resignation of Sessions on Wednesday, a day after […]
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Democratic resistance to President Trump is going to shift from rhetoric to reality in the wake of the midterm results. With Democrats set to take control of the House of Representatives next year, Trump will suddenly find himself vulnerable to congressional investigations and hearings on everything from his relationship with Russia to his personal finances. Nancy Pelosi, the previous and […]
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With Democrats taking control of the state Senate next year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo vowed Wednesday to move quickly to pass reforms blocked by Republicans: tighter ethics laws, early voting, the Dream Act, gun safety legislation and strengthening the state’s abortion law. “We need ethics reform and there’s no reason not to pass it,” Cuomo said on Westchester radio station WVOX, […]
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The general consensus is that wasn’t a great night for Republicans, but Donald Trump disagrees. It wasn’t all bad news for the Republican Party as the midterm elections drew to a close. The GOP managed to flip three seats in the Senate, assuring their hold on that crucial branch of Government. Losing the Senate would have been a major upset […]
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After Democrats secured at least 219 seats and ensured a majority in the House of Representatives, Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., said he plans to request President Donald Trump’s tax returns, The Week magazine is reporting. With Democrats holding a majority of the House, Neal, as the ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee, will become the committee’s chair, […]
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WASHINGTON — Twitter deleted more than 10,000 automated accounts posting messages that discouraged people from voting in Tuesday’s US election and wrongly appeared to be from Democrats after the party flagged the misleading tweets to the social media company. “We took action on relevant accounts and activity on Twitter,” a Twitter spokesman said in an email. The removals took place […]
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The investigation into suspicious packages sent to Democratic figures, prominent party supporters and CNN this week is focusing on Florida, law enforcement sources told The Post on Thursday. At least some of the 10 parcels, containing apparent pipe bombs, appear to have been sent from the Sunshine State, according to the Wall Street Journal. “It appears most of them if […]
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More than 5 million Americans have already turned out at the polls for early voting, casting their ballots for the upcoming midterm elections in November. Some states are already receiving a record number of early voters ahead of the midterm election, reports US News & World Report. Indiana is seeing presidential election-level turnout, and Minnesota early voters have already exceeded […]
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