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Three provisions of the Patriot Act are going to expire this evening. And, contrary to the claims of surveillance hawks, that’s not an emergency.
The Senate is moving forward with compromise legislation called the USA Freedom Act.
“Beau Biden was, quite simply, the finest man any of us have ever known,” his father said.
“There will come a day – I promise you, and your parents as well – when the thought of your son or daughter, or your husband or wife, brings a smile to your lips before it brings a tear to your eye.”
Before his son’s death, the vice president gave a powerful speech about how much his family meant to him.
“As a single parent, he decided to be there to put us to bed, to be there when we woke from a bad dream, to make us breakfast, so he’d travel to and from Washington, four hours a day.”
Beau Biden, son of Vice President Joe Biden, has died of brain cancer
The USA Freedom Act, which Paul opposes, reforms laws that won’t be affected by the imminent expiration of a controversial section of the Patriot Act.
Martin O’Malley is a real progressive. But Baltimore is a problem for him.
Here’s the populist assault on finance Warren fans have been waiting for.
It’s a significant shift from seven years ago.
Pelosi’s statement is the biggest crack in the Clinton Foundation armor so far.
Campaign officials like to spin reporters in private. That’s worth making public.
“It would be appreciated if members would show some respect.”
The US is now nearly five times bigger than the UK.