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DETROIT — It’s official: The campaign of Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein has requested a recount of the nearly 4.8 million ballots cast for president in the state of Michigan. So why is she doing it? The number of blank ballots in Michigan’s presidential election results was a “red flag” to her. “In part,

WASHINGTON — Nancy Pelosi will remain as the House minority leader after surviving a generational challenge from younger Democrats frustrated with repeated election losses and a leadership team top-heavy with liberal senior citizens. Pelosi, of California, kept the position on a secret 134-63 vote on Wednesday morning, defeating an underdog challenge from 43-year-old Rep. Tim

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday morning that he would “leave” his business operations “in total to fully focus on running the country.” Trump’s vast interests in real estate and other ventures have raised unprecedented concerns about the potential for conflict of interest, both at home and internationally. In one of a series of

“Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag,” President-elect Donald Trump tweeted on Tuesday. “If they do, there must be consequences—perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail!” What many many not know is that a decade ago, Hillary Clinton called for a similar punishment. Then a United States Senator for New York, Clinton

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — No charges will be brought against Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officer Brentley Vinson in the September shooting death of a man in University City, District Attorney Andrew Murray announced Wednesday. Keith Lamont Scott, 43, was shot Sept. 20 in a confrontation with officers outside his apartment. Murray said that evidence in the case shows

By Rabbi Ben Kamin  OCEANSIDE, California — The other day in my car, I came to an intersection at the same moment another driver appeared opposite.  Our eyes met—he was a black man, a little younger than me, and he looked deeply into me.  Two strangers transecting in an America where, it seems, we suddenly

(Image via Twitter) Following a dinner with president-elect Donald Trump and Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus in New York City Tuesday night, Mitt Romney told reporters that he thinks “America’s best days are ahead of us.” Romney, a former Massachusetts governor and the 2012 GOP presidential nominee, is rumored to be at the top

There were nearly 900 reports of hate incidents in the 10 days after the 2016 U.S. presidential election, and schools across the country reported an uptick in violence, derogatory comments and verbal harassment, according to a new study from the Southern Poverty Law Center. The Montgomery, Alabama-based organization, known for tracking hate incidents and groups