Politics

Long Lines as Undocumented Immigrants in N.Y. Rush to Get Licenses

On the New York side of the Hudson River, lines outside some Department of Motor Vehicles offices stretched for blocks on Monday, as people sought to take advantage of a new state law allowing undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses. Lawmakers in neighboring New Jersey were expected to approve similar legislation on Monday, the same […]

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Slotkin, Backing Impeachment, Draws Instant Protests, and Applause

ROCHESTER, Mich. — The blowback began on Monday even before Representative Elissa Slotkin took the lectern to announce she would vote to impeach President Trump. Dozens of angry Trump supporters bearing “Impeach Slotkin, Keep Trump” signs shouted down Ms. Slotkin, a first-term congresswoman, at a packed town hall-style meeting in a university ballroom, chanting “Hey,

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Judiciary Committee Report Argues Trump ‘Betrayed the Nation’

WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee formally presented its case for impeaching President Trump in a 658-page report published online early Monday morning, arguing just days before a final vote in the House that he “betrayed the nation by abusing his high office.” The report, which echoes similar documents produced after the committee’s approval of

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7 Aides Resign Over Rep. Van Drew’s Plan to Switch to Republican Party

Nearly all of Representative Jeff Van Drew’s Washington staff resigned over the weekend as both Democrats and Republicans harshly criticized the moderate Democrat’s apparent decision to switch parties just as the House prepares to undertake its historic vote on articles of impeachment against President Trump. Mr. Van Drew, who hails from a conservative district that

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Shadow minister: ‘Corbyn unfairly demonised by the media’

Shadow transport secretary Andy McDonald has told BBC Radio 5 Live that Jeremy Corbyn was “demonised and vilified” during the election campaign. Mr McDonald, who retained his Middlesbrough seat in last week’s election, said the difference in this campaign was the treatment of the party by broadcast media, including the BBC. “We’ve always had the

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Comey Admits Errors in Surveillance Warrants, but Defends F.B.I.

WASHINGTON — James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, acknowledged on Sunday that he was wrong when he said there were no problems with the warrants used to approve surveillance for an adviser to President Trump’s 2016 campaign. The admission from Mr. Comey, who forcefully defended himself and the bureau against broader accusations of a

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Military Investigating Suspected ‘White Power’ Hand Gestures Flashed at Game

United States military officials said they were investigating whether Army cadets and Navy midshipmen had flashed hand symbols associated with hate groups at their football game on Saturday. A broadcast showed cadets from the United States Military Academy and midshipmen from the Naval Academy in the stands displaying the sign at least five times behind

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