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Why Beto O'Rourke Should Run for President in 2020
On Monday in El Paso, Beto O'Rourke acknowledged the obvious: He's considering running for president in 2020.
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Why Paul Ryan's Smartest Move Would Be to Quit in 2018
The news that Speaker Paul Ryan is engaged in "soul searching" about his political future and could leave Congress after the 2018 election shocked a political Washington sprinting toward a tax cut vote and Christmas recess.
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Rexit! How Tillerson's firing proves that total loyalty is all that matters to Donald Trump
- The hiring of Rex Tillerson as secretary of state was touted as both a coup and a symbol by Donald Trump.
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Donald Trump just accidentally revealed something very important about his 'fake news' attacks
On Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump sent out a tweet bashing the media. Nothing new there.
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The Trump administration is trying to turn the McCain death joke into a 'leak' scandal
Last week in the White House, an aide to President Donald Trump "joked" that John McCain's opposition to CIA nominee Gina Haspel was largely immaterial because "he's dying anyway."
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Clinton's Iraq Vote Looms Over Sanders's Single-payer Bill
The leading Democratic prospects for the 2020 presidential race seem to have learned the lesson of the Iraq war in 2008: If the party is clearly moving in one direction, move with it.
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Housing affordability in Houston and Harris County is declining, especially for renters
Housing affordability in the Houston area is declining for all households and renters are finding it almost impossible to buy homes without significant subsidies, according to a new report from Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
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Millennial Alumni Kicks Fundraising Up a Notch with Virtual Day Party
This past weekend, a group of young alumni raised over $4,300 during their first of a short series of virtual day parties in efforts to support student scholarships at Bethune-Cookman University. The young alumni group known as WHOE was established in 2016 by 2012 graduates Jeremy Mercer and Damian Thompson to create a lane for the young alumni of B-CU who wanted to provide an elevated homecoming experience for them and their peers.
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CNN anchors reflect on the life of Anthony Bourdain
"Honestly," CNN's Anderson Cooper said, "it's hard to even talk about him in the past tense at this point."
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Elon Musk's next move: 5 big challenges facing Tesla
Elon Musk is keeping Tesla a public company. Making it a successful public company will take more work.
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Ayanna Pressley's win shows just being liberal isn't enough in today's Democratic Party
On Tuesday night, Boston city councilor Ayanna Pressley crushed 10-term Rep. Michael Capuano in the Democratic primary for a seat that has been held by the likes of John F. Kennedy and Tip O'Neill in the past.
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When Military Meets Art: Honoring Buffalo Soldiers
Turning the pages of history books there was always something vastly missing… the story of African Americans. Sure, there was plenty of information about the dreadful life of a slave who spent long days picking cotton, being sold like property, and being demoralized every minute of their lives. A little was told about the Jim Crow era when African Americans lived in a country where they were thought of as interior and where cheated of rights and privileges and treated less than. Never were the true tales of the days when African Americans were king and queens, inventors and innovators, and savers and heroes. Thus, affecting how African Americans saw themselves.
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Bishop T.D. Jakes, Kenneth Chenault and Tommie Smith Among XCEL Award Honorees
BLACK ENTERPRISE will present its highest honor in recognition of the achievements of black men when it presents the XCEL Awards at the 2018 Black Men XCEL Summit on Aug. 29, 2018, in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The Black Men XCEL Summit celebrates the achievements of today's black men. The Summit, which offers executive development and leadership for men of color, annually attracts more than 800 corporate executives, professionals, and businessmen and women from across the country. The Summit, hosted by FedEx, will take place Aug. 29–Sept. 2, 2018, at the PGA National Resort & Spa.
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Dozens dead as wildfires near Athens force people to flee into the sea
At least 50 people have died in the worst wildfires to hit Greece in more than a decade, with some residents forced to flee into the sea to escape the advancing flames.
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Donald Trump just can't stop saying nice things about Vladimir Putin
President Donald Trump can find a mean word to say about almost anyone: Pope Francis, a Gold Star family, Arizona Sen. John McCain, a disabled reporter, and on and on and on.
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R.I.P. Kofi Annan, Nobel Peace Prize Winner and Former United Nations Secretary General
The former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan, has died at the age of 80 after a short illness, his family and foundation announced on Saturday.
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Mitt Romney has some thoughts on Donald Trump -- and the President's not going to like them
The story of Mitt Romney and Donald Trump is long and complicated. And over the weekend, it added a new chapter.
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Mayor Sylvester Turner Announces Plans for Citgo Freedom Over Texas
Celebrating 30 years of July 4th music, fireworks and fanfare on Buffalo Bayou, Houston’s signature patriotic event - CITGO Freedom Over Texas - will turn it WAY up with live performances, family activities and stunning pyrotechnics Tuesday, July 4th from 4 p.m. – 10 p.m. For the first time in the event’s history, the celebration will kick off with a patriotic tribute by United States Air Force Band of the West. Five-time GRAMMY-nominated and CMA Award-winning artist, HUNTER HAYES will follow before multi-platinum selling, 2016 MTV Video Music Award-winning DNCE takes the stage.
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Elon Musk says he expects Saudis to fund plan to take Tesla private
Elon Musk, who tweeted last week that he had "funding secured" to take Tesla private, says he was referring to conversations he had with the Saudi sovereign wealth fund.
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f Donald Trump signs this border funding compromise, it's a MASSIVE capitulation
Lost amid this will-he-won't-he-sign-it debate over President Donald Trump's decision on the border funding compromise bill is this fundamental fact: If Trump does sign this legislation, it is a massive capitulation by the President on the issue that more than any other animated his 2016 victory.