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Donald Trump says White House ‘fine-tuned machine,’ despite turmoil

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Donald Trump mounted an aggressive defense of his young presidency Thursday, lambasting reports that his campaign advisers had inappropriate contact with Russian officials and vowing to crack down on the leaking of classified information. Nearly a month into his presidency, Trump insisted in a freewheeling White House news conference that his new administration had made “significant progress” and took credit for an optimistic business climate and a rising stock market. The president denounced media reports of a chaotic start to…

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Patrick Murphy labels Marco Rubio a ‘puppet of the Koch Brothers’ at Tampa gathering

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Patrick Murphy says that despite the onslaught of negative ads being lobbed against him, he is confident that he will prevail against Republican incumbent Marco Rubio in the race for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat. “They are outspending us, four-to-one, I think right now, ” the Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful told about three dozen Democratic Party activists at a registration event held at Hillary Clinton campaign headquarters in Tampa’s Ybor City on Sunday afternoon. “An unbelievable amount that the Koch Brothers and special interests are spending to help their little…

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Jeb Bush can’t satisfy anyone with his stances on immigration

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Although Jeb Bush’s moderate stances on immigration have been portrayed as a potential drag on his chances of winning the GOP presidential nomination, it’s immigration advocates who are speaking out critically today, his first full day as an official candidate for president. In Derry, N.H., Bush conducted a sit-down interview with Sean Hannity that will be broadcast later tonight on Fox News. When pressed by the conservative talk-show host that securing the southern border with Mexico should be his first action…

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SEIU targets local officials to pass resolutions for immigration relief today

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Today, May 19th, was supposed to be the day when undocumented parents of U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents could begin applying for temporary deportation relief and work authorization under a new deferred action program known as DAPA (Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents). It was announced by President Obama last November as part of his executive actions on immigration, where he also announced an expansion of DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program), which he initially…

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Pam Bondi goes to Nevada

Drawing on lessons learned after a nightclub massacre last year in Orlando, Attorney General Pam Bondi and members of her

Kathy Castor embraces Hillary Clinton’s new stance on immigration reform

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In Las Vegas on Tuesday, Hillary Clinton came out strongly on the issue of immigration, saying she wants to ensure that undocumented immigrants can gain full citizenship under a reform of the patchwork system and the limited protections President Obama has put in place in the meantime. “This is where I differ with everybody on the Republican side,” Clinton said. “Make no mistake, not a single Republican candidate, announced or potential, is clearly and consistently supporting a path to citizenship. When they talk…

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Kathy Castor works with immigration attorneys on DACA & DAPA

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Last week 14 states filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of the Obama administration, which is trying to counter a Texas judge’s preliminary injunction blocking the executive order on immigration Obama issued in November. Florida and 25 other Republican-led states have sued the administration over the order. U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen‘s ruling last month put on hold key parts of Obama’s executive order that would temporarily remove the threat of deportation for some immigrants and give them permission to apply for work…

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