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The president of Alabama’s oldest private historically black college announced Thursday that the decision for the school’s marching band to perform at Donald Trump’s inauguration will stand despite several days of backlash. The Talladega Marching Tornadoes initially accepted an invitation this week to march in the parade at the Jan. 20 event, but a surge

A group of 13 Senate Democratic Caucus members said Thursday that they are ready to work with Republicans on changes to Obamacare, but objected to the quick pace GOP leaders are pushing to repeal the law entirely. Proclaiming themselves “moderate Senate Democrats,” the 13 – including Sen. Angus King, who is an independent but who

By David Anderson The Moderate Voice NEW YORK — I live in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York, a trendy slice of South Manhattan which defines “gentrification”: expensive wine and cheese stores, fru-fru patisseries, Google and Twitter’s East Coast headquarters on 17th. There’s the High Line, the new Whitney Art Museum, and Chelsea Market, so

On Tuesday, the 115th Congress passed a new rules package that includes an effective ban on representatives live streaming video or posting photos from the floor of the House. The controversial provision was proposed last month by the Republican-led Congress, and passed primarily on party lines when presented as part of a larger rules package.

WASHINGTON — Democrats face more political risk in opposing repeal of Obamacare than they might think. Republicans will keep reminding people of the Affordable Care Act’s more unpopular legacies — higher premiums, fewer choices, federal subsidies for coverage — and how they were enacted by Democrats. That effort began Wednesday, as the Senate began debating