Category: Politics
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Volkswagen to build $4bn Audi SUV factory in US despite job cuts at home
Audi has said it will spend $4bn (£3bn) to build its first factory in the US, as its parent company Volkswagen struggles with the impact of steep tariffs imposed by Donald Trump.The German brand’s chief executive, Gernot Döllner, joined Trump…
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Trump’s midterm swing brings him to Michigan as Republicans aim to undermine El-Sayed in Senate race
After weeks of assailing Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in rallies across the country, President Donald Trump on Sunday is bringing his midterm barnstorming to Michigan, where Republicans see a chance to pick up an open seat on…
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Trump’s DOJ barrels into midterms with lawsuits, raids and arrests
With just nine days until the midterms, the Trump administration is escalating its assault on two of the Department of Justice’s most sacred guardrails:Independence from the White House.Restraint before elections.Why it matters: President Trump’s…
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Cutting ‘red tape’ is nothing but a red herring – and arguably counterproductive
Before becoming prime minister, Andy Burnham pledged to “end 40 years of neoliberalism”. But as he prepares for his first budget on Wednesday, his government is yet to let go of one of its most tedious cliches: red tape.In the run-up to the…
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Politics chat: The polls show a Democratic sweep in the midterms. Can you trust them?
If you look at the few truly competitive seats, polls show a more complicated picture of momentum toward the Democratic Party in midterm House races. For the Senate, Republicans are on defense.
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Democrats see an opportunity to tilt Pennsylvania’s state legislature their way
Statehouse elections this fall could swing the balance of power in state capitals. In Pennsylvania, Democrats could take control of what has been a divided legislature. Transcript …
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Free to discriminate: How the Supreme Court unraveled the Voting Rights Act
Thirteen years later, the damage is clear. States freed from federal oversight, many of them states of the old Confederacy, have adopted new restrictions on voting that dramatically dilute minority voting power.
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University of Michigan students can’t agree on socialism’s meaning
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Socialism is gaining popularity among young Americans, but Fox News Digital found strikingly different understandings of the ideology among college students, some of whom…
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Demand for UK government action 10 months after British man’s death in Grenada
A time-critical investigation into the death of a British man whose body was found in a ransacked property on the Caribbean island of Grenada has stalled because of diplomatic delays between the two countries.Charity workers supporting the family…
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Democrats are already planning their next regret
Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) will have served 30 years when he retires from the Senate this January, taking with him three decades of institutional knowledge and at least a little accumulated wisdom. The next…