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Statement by President Obama on Cuban immigration policy
The Department of Homeland Security is ending the so-called "wet-foot/dry foot" policy, which was put in place more than twenty years ago and was designed for a different era, said…
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“Wet foot, dry foot” policy repealed, effective immediately
With one week left before he leaves office, President Barack Obama made one more move that adds to his Cuba legacy doing away with the “wet foot, dry foot” policy that allows Cubans who…
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Video and full transcript of President Obama’s farewell speech
"We weaken those ties when we define some of us as more American than others; when we write off the whole system as inevitably corrupt, and blame the leaders we elect without examining…
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Obama’s farewell: Eloquence, tears, and a pledge to fight on
Tuesday, President Barack Obama said goodbye to the nation. Citizen Barack Obama made it clear to the American people he planned to fight on for the rest of his life for the causes that…
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Cuba policy, 2 weeks before inauguration
As the saying goes, it is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. If we run out of candles, we can start using charcoal made from Cuban marabú. It is why the forces…
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Renegade Republicans, including two from Miami, sought to weaken ethics police in Congress
The Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) became better known to the American public this week when a group of House Republicans, which included two members from the Miami area, behind…
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Trump mute after campaign co-chair launches racist rant at first family
You have your racists. Then you have your RACISTS. You have your mean-spirited people. Then you have your real MEAN-SPIRITS. Then you have one Carl Paladino, who just put himself on a…
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Republicans: The unbearable lightness of being
For a generation, the Republican party has thrived despite, or because of, two kinds of lightness: the lack of weight of their ideas and the lily-white complexion of their leaders and…
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It wasn’t the Russians: Hillary lost because she blew off Sanders and his voters
That the election went Trump’s way because several tens of thousands of voters in a few states switched away from Clinton to Trump because of an alleged Russian “hack” is based on a…
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This is how tyranny begins
A president intent on developing a base of enthusiastic supporters who believe boldface lies poses a clear threat to American democracy. It’s no coincidence that Donald Trump continues…
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