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							<title><![CDATA[Beware Russia's Subversive Intent, Senate Panel Is Told]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Melissa Cruz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Russia&rsquo;s interference in the 2016 presidential election should be viewed not as a discrete event but as the latest in a long string of attempts by the Kremlin to erode trust in democratic societies, panelists said this week in testimony before a Senate subcommittee. Specifically,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Daniela Vargas Is Free But DREAMers' Status Still Muddy]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Melissa Cruz</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Daniela Vargas Is Free, But DREAMers' Status Still Muddy]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Melissa Cruz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Although Daniela Vargas was released from federal detention on March 10, her fate in the United States is still up in the air, highlighting the uncertainty immigrants face under the new administration.
The 22-year-old college student was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Seattle DREAMer Case Raises Deportation Concerns]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Melissa Cruz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A tattoo and two sets of initials have come to signify Daniel Ramirez Medina&rsquo;s predicament -- and possibly his fate.
The initials are DREAMer and DACA. The former stands for Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors, a legislative proposal &ndash; first introduced in 2001...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hoyer: Dems Can Win Up to 35 House Seats in 2018]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Melissa Cruz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, in an interview with RealClearPolitics, said Democrats could take back the House in 2018, winning as many as 35 seats.
"First of all, we're optimistic moving forward in 2018. Second of all ... a president of one party facing a minority after the first two...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What's Next for Trump's Unconfirmed Cabinet Picks?]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Melissa Cruz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Many of President Trump&rsquo;s high-profile nominees for Cabinet positions have gradually made their way through a contentious confirmation process, despite Democratic opposition often slowing the pace to a crawl. There have been a number of party-line votes, with the GOP&rsquo;s narrow...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['Sanctuary Campuses' Defy Trump -- Though at a Risk]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/02/18/sanctuary_campuses_defy_trump_though_at_a_risk_133117.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Melissa Cruz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With the Trump administration&rsquo;s immigration policy taking shape and the threat of increased deportations looming, nearly a dozen colleges around the country have begun taking a cue from so-called sanctuary cities to shield their undocumented students. Calling themselves...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Third Parties See Chance for Spot in Presidential Debates]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/02/10/third_parties_see_chance_for_spot_in_presidential_debates_133045.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Melissa Cruz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Except for 2008, the Commission on Presidential Debates has been sued in every presidential cycle since it was formed in 1987. Those court challenges, usually centering on opening the process to more candidates, have never gotten anywhere &mdash; until now. 
Those frustrated with the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Chaffetz's Oversight Role Shift With Trump in Office?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/02/03/will_chaffetzs_oversight_role_shift_with_trump_in_office_132976.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Melissa Cruz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, tasked with monitoring and investigating abuses of power within the federal government, released its proposed agenda this week, detailing an expansive list of 43 items up for potential scrutiny.
But not one of those items involved...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pro-Life Feminists' Broader Message Is Nonviolence]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/01/28/pro-life_feminists_broader_message_is_nonviolence.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Melissa Cruz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Of the thousands of pro-life advocates attending Friday&rsquo;s 44th annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., many were young, self-identified feminists who hope to steer the movement away from its singular focus on abortion.
Distancing themselves from the old guard &ndash; a group...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Women's March Organizers' Next Goal: Staying Power]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/01/25/womens_march_organizers_next_goal_staying_power_132887.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Melissa Cruz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Women&rsquo;s March on Washington defied all expectations, drawing an estimated 500,000 protesters to the D.C. event alone, and many thousands more to sister demonstrations throughout the country. But what is next for the movement at large? Will it blossom into a political force akin...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mnuchin Hammered by Dems for Failing to Disclose Assets]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/01/20/mnuchin_hammered_by_dems_for_failing_to_disclose_assets_132854.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Melissa Cruz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Treasury Secretary nominee Steven Mnuchin attempted to sell the Senate Finance Committee on Donald Trump's pro-growth tax plan, but was repeatedly dogged by questions Thursday about how he failed to disclose nearly $100 million in assets in his Senate questionnaire.  But both Senate...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Interior Nominee Zinke Says Goal Is &quot;Restored Trust&quot;]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Melissa Cruz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Department of Interior secretary nominee Ryan Zinke emphasized two of his qualifications at his confirmation hearing Tuesday: An upbringing in the Montana woods gave him a deep understanding of the department's mission, he said, and his days as a Navy SEAL would help him command an...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Transportation Nominee Chao Gets Warm Welcome at Hearing]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Melissa Cruz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Transportation secretary nominee Elaine Chao received a warm welcome from Republicans and Democrats alike Wednesday at her Senate confirmation hearing, where she offered few specifics on her plan to lead a department that oversees all things transportation: from infrastructure to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Carson Tells Skeptics He Is Qualified to Lead HUD]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/01/12/amid_skepticism_carson_insists_he_is_qualified_to_lead_hud_132784.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Melissa Cruz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ben Carson&rsquo;s confirmation hearing to become the Housing and Urban Development secretary left Republicans satisfied Thursday, but Senate Democrats appeared largely unconvinced of his qualifications for the job. They repeatedly pushed Carson on this, but without much success. The...]]></description>
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