Here is the prepared text of President Bush’s State of the Union address Tuesday night: Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, members of the United States Congress. I come to this house of the people to speak to you and all Americans, certain that we stand at a defining hour. Halfway around the world, we are engaged … Read more
Candace Owens speaking at the 2019 Convention of the Right in Paris. (Michel Euler / Associated Press) The conservative U.S. political commentator Candace Owens was refused a visa to enter New Zealand for a speaking engagement because she had been banned from another country, immigration officials said Thursday. News of the ruling came weeks after … Read more
Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — In 1988, well-heeled gay activists went to Michael Dukakis’ presidential campaign with an offer to raise $1 million for his election effort. The campaign said no, according to the activists. “They turned us down flat because it was gay money,” said longtime gay rights advocate David Mixner. Less than a quarter-century … Read more
During a training session, Border Patrol specialist Mitchell Holmes, right, and Fish and Wildlife Regional Law Enforcement agent Kevin Shinn use skills they learned in the Border Patrol Chaplaincy academy. (Marta Lavandier / Associated Press) As immigration remains a hotly contested priority for the Trump administration after playing a decisive role in the deeply polarized … Read more
Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) is pictured at a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press) Rep. John Conyers Jr. of Michigan, the longest-serving member of the House of Representatives, resigned Tuesday after his support among fellow Democrats collapsed amid accusations of sexual harassment by several female employees. … Read more
President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev, their summit talks behind them, parted company in the heart of the Kremlin on a dreary, overcast Thursday morning after delivering glowingly upbeat reports on the future of superpower relations. But, despite the optimistic note on which the meeting ended, Gorbachev prodded Reagan for speedier progress, and … Read more
The campaign of John Cox, the 2018 Republican gubernatorial nominee who lost to Democrat Gavin Newsom in the general election, has been ordered to pay $100,000 in unpaid bills. (Howard Lipin / San Diego Union-Tribune) Multimillionaire recall candidate John Cox’s prior gubernatorial campaign has been ordered by a judge to pay about $100,000 to a … Read more
An American flag hangs in a classroom at a Denver elementary school. (David Zalubowski / Associated Press) The last time Donald Trump was president, rumors of immigration raids terrorized the Oregon community where Gustavo Balderas was the school superintendent. Word spread that immigration agents were going to try to enter schools. There was no truth … Read more
President Bush, reaffirming his support for the anti-abortion movement, told an estimated 200,000 abortion foes gathered under a hot, cloudless sky in the nation’s capital Saturday that their mission “must be to help more and more Americans make the right choice–the choice for life.” In a brief telephone address broadcast to the crowd over loudspeakers, … Read more
In this 2018 photo, Earlonne Woods gestures while speaking during an interview in Oakland. (Ben Margot / Associated Press) The day before Thanksgiving, Gov. Gavin Newsom granted pardons for 19 people, including award-winning San Quentin podcaster Earlonne Woods. “Ear Hustle,” the popular and critically acclaimed podcast that Woods co-founded from inside San Quentin State Prison … Read more
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