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Before Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, here are 5 of the biggest U.S. political upsets

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's defeat of incumbent New York Rep. Joe Crowley has the political world buzzing. But the far from the first time…

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Supreme Court sides with Florida in decades-long dispute with Georgia over water rights

The Supreme Court Wednesday sides with Florida in its decades-long fight with Georgia over water rights, sending the case back…

6 years ago

Supreme Court deals major financial blow to nation's public employee unions

A deeply divided Supreme Court dealt a major blow to the nation's public employee unions that likely will result in a…

6 years ago

The Supreme Court decision gutting public sector unions, explained

How to understand Janus v. AFSCME. The Supreme Court has issued a sweeping ruling that dramatically undermines unions for teachers,…

6 years ago

The Supreme Court’s indefensible double standard in the travel-ban case and Masterpiece Cakeshop

Biased comments by officials shaped the outcome of one key court decision but were ruled irrelevant in the other. Many…

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Why Incredibles director Brad Bird gets compared to Ayn Rand — and why he shouldn’t be

Lots of critics have tried to write Bird off as an objectivist, but the truth is much more complicated. The…

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Meet Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the progressive Latina shaking up politics

Three days ago, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was saying #abolishICE in Tornillo, Texas. On Tuesday night, she unseated a Democratic leader in…

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Immigrant children: Federal judge orders families separated at border be reunited within 30 days

A federal judge in California has ordered U.S. immigration authorities to reunite separated families on the border within 30 days, describing the Trump…

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AG Jeff Sessions mocks border critics as 'lunatic fringe'

In a speech to the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions defended the need to enforce the…

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President Donald Trump to back softer restrictions on China investment in U.S. tech

Holding off on another trade confrontation with China, President Donald Trump will ask Congress to give him more tools to limit…

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