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Justice Anthony Kennedy's biggest decisions

WASHINGTON _ Justice Anthony M. Kennedy has served on the Supreme Court since February 1988 and has been the key, swing vote on the court for much of his tenure. Here are some of the landmark decisions he helped shape:

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 27, 2018

Court rejects California law that mandated pregnancy centers give info on abortion

WASHINGTON _ Anti-abortion centers that help pregnant women likely do not have to give those women information about low-cost access to abortions, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 26, 2018

Kentucky WWII veteran who died in 1998 is awarded Medal of Honor

WASHINGTON _ Decades of legal battles and impassioned pleas on behalf of Kentucky World War II veteran Garlin Murl Conner ended Tuesday in spectacular fashion, as his wife accepted his posthumous Medal of Honor from President Donald Trump.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 26, 2018

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Markos Kounalakis: Cut the charade and crown the president

Wow! Did the Supreme Court just give the president the power of decree? Finally, a branch of the United States government that recognizes its junior status and accedes to the supreme authority of the executive branch. The travel ban ruling is a parsed argument that effectively states the president of…

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 26, 2018

House leaders reject mandate on checking employees' legal status in immigration bill

WASHINGTON _ An effort to mandate that every employer use a system to check that their employees are working in the country legally was rejected by House leaders Tuesday _ a strong signal that the GOP leadership does not believe it has enough support to be passed as part of…

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 26, 2018

Why women are dominating Democratic primaries

WASHINGTON _ Anna Greenberg was Bill de Blasio's pollster in 2013 when the then-candidate for New York City mayor defeated former front-runner Christine Quinn _ a victory Greenberg says was a case of the liberal de Blasio's ideology trumping Quinn's gender.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 25, 2018

Trump foes move toward public shaming even of low-level officials

WASHINGTON _ The public shaming of high-level, widely known Trump administration officials has expanded to the divulging of personal information about rank-and-file government employees who are carrying out President Donald Trump's least popular policies.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 25, 2018

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Exclusive: Trump plan gives immigrants choice of detention, with or without child

WASHINGTON _ The Trump administration is developing a plan that would give parents who are caught crossing the border illegally a difficult choice: Remain detained with their child in a large tent city or give up custody of their child, at least temporarily, according to two sources who have discussed…

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 25, 2018

States using election security grants for new voting machines that won't be ready for 2018

WASHINGTON _ In three Southern states with some of the nation's most vulnerable election systems, federal grants designed to help thwart cyberattacks may not provide much protection in time for the midterm elections as Congress intended.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 25, 2018

Kamala Harris is coming to Puerto Rico's aid. Will Puerto Ricans in Florida return the favor?

WASHINGTON _ California is home to some of the largest populations of ethnic minorities and diaspora communities in the country. Puerto Ricans are not among them.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 25, 2018

Out of power in state government, Texas, liberals try to change policy in big cities

Liberal groups in Texas _ locked out of power in Austin, the state capital _ are turning to the state's largest Democratic cities to advance their policy agenda in Texas this fall.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 22, 2018

Inside the Ukraine peace plan in the Mueller probe: More authors, earlier drafting than believed

WASHINGTON _ A controversial peace plan for Ukraine and Russia that has drawn headlines and scrutiny from special counsel Robert Mueller was initially devised in early 2016 with significant input from an ex-congressman and a Ukrainian-American billionaire, according to a former Ukrainian legislator who promoted the proposal before Donald Trump's…

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 22, 2018

Republican candidates rely on a Trump effect

WASHINGTON _ President Donald Trump is endorsing candidates, rallying his supporters and this week will again test his ability to move Republican votes when his name is not on the ballot.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 22, 2018

Out of power in state government, Texas, liberals try to change policy in big cities

Liberal groups in Texas _ locked out of power in Austin, the state capital _ are turning to the state's largest Democratic cities to advance their policy agenda in Texas this fall.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 22, 2018

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McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 22, 2018

Vegan bakery owners find merchant cash loans can be anything but sweet

WASHINGTON _ The good news for Miami entrepreneurs Mariana Cortez and husband Sebastian Ghiragossian was that Whole Foods wanted to sell their popular vegan cupcakes in local stores _ a highly-sought measure of success for any small-scale food producer.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 21, 2018

Trump administration recycles failed arguments to try to resurrect family detention

WASHINGTON _ In asking a federal court to release it from a from a 2-decade-old settlement regarding family detention, the Trump administration is using the same arguments that President Barack Obama used to no avail in 2015.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 21, 2018

Voting machine vendor treated election officials to trips to Vegas, elsewhere

WASHINGTON _ The nation's largest voting equipment vendor has for at least nine years coaxed state and local elections officials to serve on an "advisory board" that gathers twice annually for company-sponsored conferences, including one last year at a ritzy Las Vegas resort hotel.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 21, 2018

No federal money for arming teachers, House says

WASHINGTON _ The Department of Homeland Security would not be able to use two big federal grant programs to pay for arming teachers, thanks to a provision tucked into House legislation that quietly passed this week.

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McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 20, 2018

Ex-soldier who shot up Afghan village may seek clemency from president, lawyer says

WASHINGTON_Robert Bales, the former Army staff sergeant who killed 16 Afghan civilians, including seven children, will likely ask the president to commute his life sentence once he exhausts his legal appeals for one of the nation's most notorious war crimes.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 20, 2018

Trump's immigration order replaces one crisis with another

WASHINGTON _ President Donald Trump's immigration executive order attempts to solve one contentious action _ the separation of families _ but will bring back another _ locking them up together indefinitely.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 20, 2018

Obama separated families at the border, too

WASHINGTON _ President Barack Obama separated parents from their children at the border.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 20, 2018

New Panama Papers leak shows US oddly inactive

WASHINGTON _ A new leak of data from the beleaguered law firm Mossack Fonseca shows it scrambling to contain the crisis triggered by the April 2016 leak of the Panama Papers and attempting to field demands for information from authorities in numerous countries _ with the glaring exception of the…

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 20, 2018

Vulnerable Republicans ready to work with Democrats if immigration votes fail

WASHINGTON _ If House votes on immigration fail Thursday _ which lawmakers said is a real possibility _ vulnerable Republicans are ready to defy their party establishment and work with Democrats to revive the effort.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 19, 2018

Supreme Court gerrymandering decision signals more legal challenges to come

WASHINGTON _ The U.S. Supreme Court's handling of two cases alleging partisan gerrymandering is expected to spur even more legal action over the constitutionality of crafting electoral maps that tend to favor one political party.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 19, 2018

Cash-free candidates: Some win primaries with less than $5,000

WASHINGTON _ At first glance, one might think Cristina McNeil a scofflaw.

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