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The Story: Time, a news magazine publishing  since 1923, chooses a Person of the Year (in less enlightened eras this was called its "Man of...

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Democratic presidential candidate John Delaney thinks it's a waste of time for candidates to talk about the Electoral College. “I would love to get rid of the Electoral College because I don’t think it’s the right way -- but it’s not changing. Doing things that matter to the American people.” “Every vote matters and the way we can make that happen is that we can have national voting, and that means get rid of the Electoral College,” said another Democratic White House hopeful, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, in remarks Monday at Jackson State University in Mississippi. Delaney also addressed the topic of age, and the question of whether fellow candidates like Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., 77, and former Vice President Joseph Biden, 76, were too old to run, reacting to a column in The Washington Post asking if the two veteran politicians had waited too long to pursue the high office. “I don’t think people should be telling the American people that, you know, someone based on their age isn’t qualified to be the president. That’s up for the American people to decide,” Delaney, 55, told McCallum. “It’s crazy. Look, I’m a capitalist. “I believe in the power of capitalism, in its ability to create jobs and innovate, but I also believe in strong social programs.”

Positioning themselves above it all, as ready and eager to work and compromise with the party of Donald Trump, can't help but make them sound weak and defensive. [They] like to slice-and-dice our country into Red States and Blue States; Red States for Republicans, Blue States for Democrats. Obama was right about one thing: There aren't really blue and red states. Why is Joe Biden promising to say nice words about Republicans, and even campaigning for them? Why is Amy Klobuchar insisting that she and tens of millions of Trump voters are united in their “shared belief in our dreams for America”? Part of the explanation is surely rooted in the good, old-fashioned American suspicion of partisanship that goes all the way back to George Washington, and perhaps before him. Which is what ends up happening wherever democratic elections are a regular feature of political life. But of course such magnanimity only became possible because the North had all but prevailed in the fight by the time Lincoln delivered his speech. That's democratic politics 101. That makes bipartisan boilerplate sound silly — and places the politicians who utter such bromides right smack in the middle of the very nearly empty space between the two parties.

Positioning themselves above it all, as ready and eager to work and compromise with the party of Donald Trump, can't help but make them sound weak and defensive. [They] like to slice-and-dice our country into Red States and Blue States; Red States for Republicans, Blue States for Democrats. Obama was right about one thing: There aren't really blue and red states. Why is Joe Biden promising to say nice words about Republicans, and even campaigning for them? Why is Amy Klobuchar insisting that she and tens of millions of Trump voters are united in their “shared belief in our dreams for America”? Part of the explanation is surely rooted in the good, old-fashioned American suspicion of partisanship that goes all the way back to George Washington, and perhaps before him. Which is what ends up happening wherever democratic elections are a regular feature of political life. But of course such magnanimity only became possible because the North had all but prevailed in the fight by the time Lincoln delivered his speech. That's democratic politics 101. That makes bipartisan boilerplate sound silly — and places the politicians who utter such bromides right smack in the middle of the very nearly empty space between the two parties.

The Story: On January 12, 2019, Julián Castro, former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, announced that he is running for the Democratic Party's...

NBC and Time withheld stories that would have been damaging to creepy porn lawyer Michael Avenatti; reaction from progressive radio host Chris Hahn. FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking news as well…

There is a fundamental question about the future of the Democratic Party that's currently playing out in Massachusetts' 7th Congressional District. Ayanna Pressley, the first black woman elected to the Boston City Council, is challenging Congressman Mike Capuano, a white male 10-term incumbent. The two have similar progressive policies, but the matchup is sparking another debate about how much race, gender and age ought to matter in Democratic Party politics. NPR's Asma Khalid reports from Boston. The district has changed. MIKE CAPUANO: All districts change. Capuano points to his seniority and record of delivering money for infrastructure projects around Boston. KHALID: This is how Capuano campaigns. I hear people who talk to me about issues. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.

The conservative wing of the party, emboldened by President Donald Trump's approach, are pushing hardline measures, including limits on legal immigration and funding for a border wall, that they believe will turn out the base in November and re-elect Trump in 2020. Meanwhile, Trump continues to hammer the issue, tweeting Thursday, "Congress must pass smart, fast and reasonable Immigration Laws now. Many have also used his now-reversed policy that resulted in thousands of families being separated at the border as a further justification for pushing legislation. Conservative Freedom Caucus member Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pennsylvania, who voted against the compromise bill he helped negotiate, said the party was not staying true to Trump's campaign pledge with that bill. Moderates running in competitive districts, however, dismiss talk of "amnesty" in reference to DACA, saying they don't agree that the House majority rests on rejecting citizenship for undocumented immigrants and embracing hardline policies. "I don't know if the House majority is resting on just one issue, there's a lot of things going on, but I think solving the issue, securing the border, making sure the base is happy, but also addressing the issue of DACA is a good front. "It's dishonest and a lot of the people saying these things have a personal interest. Bannon, the President's former chief strategist, hammered the conservative message home in the lead-up to the House immigration bill vote. Bannon spoke to a gathering of conservatives on June 13 organized by Iowa Rep. Steve King, known for his outspoken anti-immigrant stance. As House Speaker Paul Ryan relayed Trump's support for an immigration compromise before most of his conference on a different floor of the Republican haunt just off the Capitol, Bannon whipped against the bills, King said.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Scott Pruitt's tenure as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency ended with his resignation, but political experts in his home state of Oklahoma say he could continue his career in public office. The path could lead him back to Washington. But even with the bad publicity, Pruitt, 50, has widely been considered a potential candidate for either governor or U.S. Senate. Ethical charges aside, many Republicans in oil- and gas-dependent Oklahoma are focused more on what they consider his accomplishments at the EPA, said Oklahoma Republican Party Chairman Pam Pollard. As attorney general, Pruitt filed more than a dozen lawsuits against the agency President Donald Trump would later pick him to lead. Inhofe praised Pruitt in a statement Thursday for doing "great work" leading the agency. "I don't think that whatever things he may be accused of are things that most Oklahomans are going to hold against him if he decides to run for office in the future," Worthen said. Keith Gaddie, a professor of political science at the University of Oklahoma, disagreed. "His policy actions as administrator don't cost him in this state. ——— ——— This story has been corrected to show that university professor is not department chairman.