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Support for Gun Control Drops Ahead of Midterm Elections
Gallup finds gun-control support down 6 points from February
'We will not be intimidated' — Mattis doubles down on US vow to counter China's attempts to dominate the South China Sea
Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis called on America's allies to combat Chinese efforts to dominate the contested South China Sea during a trilateral meeting in Singapore Friday
Jamal Khashoggi, journalist who spoke truth to power, 1958-2018
Critic of Saudi repression who paid the price for falling out of favour
Hundreds of migrants in U.S.-bound caravan cross Mexico-Guatemala border
A U.S.-bound caravan that once totaled more than 3,000 Central American migrants looked to be about a third that size Saturday morning, when its remaining members woke up on a bridge that divides the borders of Guatemala and Mexico and waited to get past a crossing guarded by hundreds of Mexican federal police
From Worst to First: The Average Social Security Benefit by State
Each month, more than 62 million people, including nearly 43.4 million retired workers, receive a Social Security benefit check
Is Health Care a Sleeper Issue in the Midterm Elections?
President Donald Trump has all but put himself on the ballot this November, dominating the news with a brutal confirmation fight over a Supreme Court justice, renegotiation of a trade pact with Mexico and Canada and inflammatory comments at rallies and in TV interviews
Facebook says hackers were able to access millions of phone numbers and email addresses
Facebook said a recent security breach impacted 30 million users, which is about 20 million fewer than the company first announced in late September
Delaware ruling is a partial victory for gun-rights advocates
A Delaware judge has once again found that parts of the state’s latest attempt to regulate firearms on public lands are unconstitutional
Nikki Haley resigns as US ambassador to UN, shocking fellow diplomats
Nikki Haley has resigned as the US ambassador to the United Nations and will leave her post in January, in a move that stunned allied diplomats and other senior officials
Beto O’Rourke May Benefit From an Unlikely Support Group: White Evangelical Women
After church on a recent Sunday, Emily Mooney smiled as she told her girlfriends about her public act of rebellion. She had slapped a “Beto for Senate’’ sticker on her S.U.V. and driven it to her family’s evangelical church
Senate balks at McCarthy's $25 billion border wall proposal
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy could complicate post-election efforts to fund the government with his new proposal to provide $25 billion for a wall along the southern border
Is A Hike In Social Security Retirement Age Really Just A Benefit Cut?
You've heard this before, with respect to the prospect of raising the Full Retirement Age in Social Security:
We just got a look at what Amazon's expansion into healthcare could look like — and it could wipe out a wave of smaller pharmacies
With its new pop-up stores, its takeover of Whole Foods, and its new interest in healthcare, Amazon seems to be staging a massive takeover of unsuspecting industries left and right
Justice Department Sues California Over Net Neutrality Law
California is on track to find out just how much control one state can have over giant Internet service providers
Don’t touch the Second Amendment
The ongoing debate over guns in America has led some to vociferously call for abolishing the Second Amendment
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