A recent disruption of the balance of power between a chief executive and the Fourth Estate was the Trump administration’s revocation of CNN reporter Jim Acosta’s White House “hard pass.” The action was met by unanimous opposition from the press.
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As immigration denial rates increase, asylum seekers face setback at U.S. border
In the fiscal year of 2018, U.S. immigration judges denied asylum in 65 percent of cases.
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When you know that the world is not meant to be like this
The mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue reminds us that we need the voices of the dark past to help us understand the choices we now face.
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Review: Real news about the Trump White House
Bob Woodward offers a grim portrait of a presidential administration that seems increasingly unhinged.
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Now that the midterms are over, let’s stop obsessing over the Trump Show
Maybe we just like victimizing each other and never addressing basic problems. But our young citizens have had enough of this political show and are making a spectacle of their own.
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President Trump’s move to limit asylum claims is ‘illegal,’ challengers say
Those who cross the border illegally will be unable to claim asylum after President Trump signed a proclamation limiting such claims on Friday.
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Will the midterm elections results advance the immigration debate?
Exit polls indicated that immigration was second only to health care in the minds of voters.
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Added Democratic ranks pose threat to Trump governing agenda
Democrats suddenly have a foothold that gives them subpoena power to probe deep into Trump’s personal and professional missteps—and his long-withheld tax returns.
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With the polls half closed, voters pit Trump strength, Dem resistance
Fundraising, polls and history were not on the president’s side. But two years after an election that proved polls and prognosticators wrong, an air of uncertainty—and stormy weather across parts of the country—clouded the outcome of high-stakes elections from Florida to Alaska and everywhere in between.
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to fast-track cases challenging DACA
The Trump administration announced plans to end DACA last year, but court rulings have temporarily blocked the termination of the program.