Politics

President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Monday, Oct. 21, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
WWJ News
October 22, 2019 - 1:06 pm

Trump Likens House Impeachment Inquiry To 'A Lynching'

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump triggered outrage Tuesday by comparing the Democrat-led impeachment inquiry to a lynching, assigning the horrors of a deadly and racist chapter in U.S. history to a process laid out in the Constitution. "That is one word no president ought to apply to...
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FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2019, file photo former President Jimmy Carter acknowledges a student who's question has been picked for him to answer during an annual Carter Town Hall held at Emory University in Atlanta. Carter has been hospitalized after a fall at his home in Plains, Ga. A statement from The Carter Center says Carter suffered "a minor pelvic fracture" on Monday, Oct. 21 but remains in good spirits and looks forward to recovering at home. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)
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October 22, 2019 - 8:42 am

Jimmy Carter Hospitalized After Fall At Georgia Home

ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter is in the hospital again after falling and fracturing his pelvis at his home in Plains, Georgia. Carter Center spokeswoman Deanne Congileo described the fracture as minor in a statement issued Tuesday. She said the 95-year-old is in good spirits at the...
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FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2019, file photo Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at Georgetown University in Washington. With just over a year left until the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Facebook is stepping up its efforts to ensure it is not used as a tool to interfere in politics and democracies around the world. Facebook said Monday, Oct. 21, that it will also label state-controlled media as such, label fact -checks more clearly and invest $2 million in media literacy projects. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)
WWJ News
October 21, 2019 - 4:02 pm

Facebook Ramps Up Election Security Efforts Ahead Of 2020

With just over a year left until the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Facebook is stepping up its efforts to ensure it is not used as a tool to interfere in politics and democracies around the world. The efforts outlined Monday include a special security tool for elected officials and candidates...
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Milliken
(Photo: State of Michigan)
WWJ News
October 18, 2019 - 6:17 pm

Former Michigan Gov. Bill Milliken Dies At Age 97

"He had a unique ability to bring people from both sides of the aisle together for the betterment of Michigan."
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FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2019, file photo Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette is interviewed on stage at the World Energy Congress in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. President Donald Trump says he is nominating Brouillette to replace Rick Perry in the top job at the Energy Department. Trump tweets that Brouillette’s experience in that area is “unparalleled” and calls him a “total professional.” (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)
WWJ News
October 18, 2019 - 5:20 pm

Trump Taps Perry Deputy To Replace Him At Energy Department

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that he will nominate Energy Secretary Rick Perry's deputy to lead the agency when Perry leaves later this year. Dan Brouillette had been the expected successor of Perry, who says his departure announcement Thursday was long planned and not...
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FILE - This June 2, 2017 file frame from video shows the Trump National Doral in Doral, Fla. The White House says it has chosen President Donald Trump's golf resort in Miami as the site for next year's Group of Seven summit. (AP Photo/Alex Sanz, File)
WWJ News
October 17, 2019 - 2:17 pm

White House Says Next G-7 To Be Held At Trump Golf Resort

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Thursday it has chosen President Donald Trump's golf resort near Miami as the site for next year's Group of Seven summit. The announcement to hold the event at Trump National Doral comes at the same time the president has accused Joe Biden's family of...
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, and former Vice President Joe Biden hug during a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by CNN/New York Times at Otterbein University, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019, in Westerville, Ohio. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
WWJ News
October 16, 2019 - 10:35 am

Study: 'Medicare For All' Not Only Way To Universal Coverage

WASHINGTON (AP) — Health care memo to Democrats: There's more than one way to get to coverage for all. A study out Wednesday finds that an approach similar to the plan from former Vice President Joe Bide n can deliver about the same level of coverage as the government-run "Medicare for All" plan...
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Tarrah Gibbons
October 15, 2019 - 11:30 pm

What You Missed: Democrats Take the Debate Stage in Ohio

Live Updates: • As the debate ended, candidates offered their closing statements. Here is what some of them had to say: Elizabeth Warren : "But the problem here that we need to focus on is, first, how widespread gun violence is. It’s not just about mass shootings. It’s what happens in neighborhoods...
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(AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Associated Press
October 15, 2019 - 9:57 pm

Warren Again Dodges On Health Care, Rivals Jump To Criticize

Democratic rivals sprang against Sen. Elizabeth Warren at Tuesday night's presidential debate.
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Democratic presidential candidates chosen to participate in fourth debate;
WWJ News
October 15, 2019 - 9:19 am

6 Questions That Loom Over Crowded Democratic Debate

WESTERVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Just a month has passed since the last presidential debate, but the state of the Democrats' 2020 race has shifted. The political world is suddenly consumed by an escalating impeachment inquiry, one of the leading Democratic presidential hopefuls is recovering from a heart...
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