Campaign 2020Deval Patrick, former governor of Massachusetts, will join Democratic presidential contest this week
The two-term governor will enter the race less than three months before the first votes are taken in Iowa. He faces a challenge in raising the money and voter support to propel his campaign.
Wolf replaces Kevin McAleenan, who assumed the acting chief role at the Department of Homeland Security when President Trump removed Kirstjen Nielsen in April.
Drug-resistant bacteria and fungi and related infections sicken about 3 million people and kill about 48,000 every year in the United States, the study found. The new estimates show that previous figures missed about half of the illnesses and deaths.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit came amid tensions over Turkey’s military offensive after President Trump agreed to withdraw U.S. troops from the region last month.
One critic called the proposed $1,170 application fee "an unprecedented weaponization of government fees." In real terms, the proposed changes would make the fee equivalent of nearly 2 percent of the median household income.
The day after the president bashed the Federal Reserve for not slashing rates more, Jerome H. Powell told Congress’s Joint Economic Committee that the central bank has no imminent plans for further interest rate cuts.
Prosecutors concluded their case against the political operative by portraying him as a serial liar who repeatedly misled Congress to protect President Trump.
An Aeroflot passenger whose cat was over the weight limit for in-cabin flying used a feline body double to get his pet on board. But after boasting of his exploits on Facebook, the man got a slap from the Russian airline.
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Pete Buttigieg wants to connect to the religious right. But tension among his in-laws shows how hard that may be.
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