The Governor of California has granted an emergency release to Patricia Wright, a 69-year-old woman fighting terminal cancer inside a prison that has suffered a major outbreak. Wright, who doctors say is months old, was released from prison Tuesday morning for the first time in 23 years, greeted by her …
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Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a memorandum directing the U.S. Census Bureau to exclude undocumented immigrants from population totals that determine how many seats in Congress each state gets. It is an unprecedented movement that appears to be an attempt to preserve white political power. The American Civil Liberties Union …
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The Independent employs journalists from around the world to bring you truly independent journalism. To support us, consider a contribution. After weeks of refusing to cover his face in public, Donald Trump has posted on Twitter a black-and-white photo of himself wearing a mask and encouraged Americans to do the …
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The Trump administration has been consulting with the former government attorney who wrote the legal justification for the submarine, about how the president could try to rule by decree. John Yoo told Axios that he had been speaking to White House officials about his opinion that a recent Supreme Court …
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Two generations ago, Richard Nixon was sweating to lose the first presidential debate on television to a young, fit and cool John F. Kennedy. It was the kind of rookie mistake you could attribute to the novelty on television. So how do you explain, 60 years later, the sweat dripping …
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