President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign accused Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey of “abusing the power of his office” and “attempting to extort” the president by “conjuring a phony and outlandish bill for security.”
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Commentary: With a 50-Year Low Unemployment Rate, the Recession Clocks Need to be Reset Until After 2020
The U.S. economy got another dose of amazing news on Oct. 4 when the national unemployment rate dropped to a 50-year low of 3.5 percent.
Read MoreCommentary: I Spent a Year as a Trans Man Where Doctors Failed Me at Every Turn
I can’t wrap my head around all that I’ve done to myself in the last two years, much less the “help” that some health care professionals have done to me.
Read More58 Percent of Country Supports Impeachment Inquiry, WaPo Poll Shows
Fifty-eight percent of U.S. adults support House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, according to an October Washington Post-Schar School poll.
Read More84 Percent of Female Army Recruits Fail the Combat Fitness Test
The Army’s Combat Fitness Test (CFT), the successor to the previous Physical Fitness Test (PFT), has proven an astonishing failure, particularly when it comes to female recruits, as reported by ClearanceJobs.com.
Read MoreUS Blacklists Chinese Firms for Role in Abuse of Muslim Minorities
The U.S. Commerce Department added 28 Chinese firms to a trade blacklist Monday for being implicated in the abuse of Muslim minorities in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region.
Read MoreReport: House Democrats Weigh Masking Whistleblower’s Identity, Disguising Voice During Interviews
California Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff and other Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee are considering masking the identity of the Trump whistleblower during any potential interview out of what they say are concerns that Republicans will leak the identity of the individual.
Read MoreJulian Castro Leads LGBT Migrants to US Border
Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro traveled to Mexico to escort a group of LGBT migrants to the U.S. border, an attempt to showcase how the Trump administration’s immigration policy hurts vulnerable immigrants.
Read MoreMinnesota DFL Will Work With Youth Climate Activists to Push ‘Climate Action Plan’ in 2020
The Minnesota House DFL recently formed a new “Climate Action Caucus” and plans to work with youth climate activists to develop a “Climate Action Plan” to push through the State Legislature in 2020.
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