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With Virginia’s final ratification, ERA fight advances

By SARAH RANKIN | January 27, 2020

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia officially became the critical 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment on Monday, clearing the way for likely court fights over whether the measure can be added to the U.S. Constitution.State lawmakers made history...

Progressive mayor Ted Terry exits Georgia US Senate race

January 26, 2020

A young, progressive mayor of an Atlanta-area city on Sunday dropped out of the Democratic race to challenge Republican Sen. David Perdue in a contest that could dictate the fate of the Senate in 2020.Ted Terry told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that...

Trump’s idea of executive power is also impeachment defense

By COLLEEN LONG and MICHAEL WARREN | January 25, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has always been a man of absolutes.Something is the best or the worst, a person is a winner or a total loser, an event has never happened before, even when it has.Absolutism was the unwritten credo of his career in business...