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Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris says she would sign legislation 'when' she becomes president authorizing a study on financial compensation and a national apology for slavery. Harris told civil rights activist Al Sharpton on Friday: 'When I am elected president, I will sign that bill.' She was the first in a long line-up of 2020 Democrats to address the National Action Network conference's morning session. 'Justice means recognizing domestic terrorism, including white nationalistic extremism, from Pittsburgh to Charlottesville to Orlando as a threat to the country we love and should be considered a national security priority,' she said, as she...

Even Pelosi mocks AOC's 'green dream' after she launches grand 'Green New Deal' that foresees a USA without planes or cars and would rebuild EVERY building in America within ten years Freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez unveiled a new climate change initiative and had it swiftly knocked down by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Ocasio-Cortez is promoting the 'Green New Deal' as a policy proposal as one that could become a massive vehicle for cutting carbon emissions and creating jobs Pelosi said that it's just a 'suggestion' and one of 'many' the caucus is likely to receive on green energy 'The green...

FULL TITLE: Trump sends Dow Jones plunging nearly 800 points by tweeting 'I am a tariffs man' raising fears his 'truce' with China will be followed by full-scale trade war and recession U.S. stock markets plummeted Tuesday as a series of tweets from President Donald Trump suggested a trade war with China could resume next year despite claims of a truce and a long-term deal between the two countries. The Dow Jones closed almost 800 points down at 25,027, a loss of 3.1 per cent of its value, while billions were also wiped off the value of the Nasdaq and...

Obama dances while Brussels burns: President and Michelle take to the floor to TANGO during glitzy state dinner in Buenos Aires as he ignores calls to come home in wake of terror attacks Obama traveled to Buenos Aires to meet new Argentine leader Mauricio Macri following his visit to Havana, Cuba President was pictured Wednesday night at a state dinner with wife Michelle and Argentine first lady Juliana Awada There he danced the tango and sipped champagne, ignoring calls to return home after the Brussels terror attack Nine Americans were among hundreds wounded during a triple suicide bombing in the...

Actress and progressive activist Susan Sarandon lent her star power to Bernie Sanders at an Iowa rally this evening, passing over Hillary Clinton a second time for the nation's top job. A decider for Sarandon, who has known Sanders for more than two decades, was Clinton's 2002 vote for the Iraq War as a New York senator, a military conflict that Sanders did not support. 'That's where Hillary Clinton lost me,' she told DailyMail.com in an exclusive interview, 'because there was plenty of information that even I had that said there was a real problem with the logic involved.' Clinton...

Jeb Bush has an explanation for his Iraq war flub - it's that he has a 'hard time' criticizing his family. Bush made the admission on Thursday at the Republican National Committee's spring meeting, held this year in Flagstaff, Arizona, according to ABC News. Acknowledging that 'there's a lot of interest out there' from press in determining how he's different from his ex-president brother George W. Bush, the White House hopeful and son of former president George H.W. Bush said: 'I'm not going to go out of my way to say that, you know, my brother did this wrong or...