Tag: conservatives
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Immigration, abortion, race rulings due at Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court is heading into its home stretch, with major rulings due by the end of the month on President Barack Obama's unilateral immigration plan, racial preferences in university admissions and a restrictive Texas abortion law. Producing decisive rulings has been complicated by the fact that the court has been down one justice…
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Denmark environment minister to step down, bringing coalition crisis to a head
Danish Environment and Food Minister Eva Kjer Hansen said on Saturday she will step down having lost support in parliament, potentially bringing to a head a crisis threatening the minority government after only eight months in office. The Conservatives, one of the ruling Liberal party’s coalition partners, said they could no longer support Hansen, who…
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Trump’s march stirs growing sense of dread among U.S. Republicans
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republicans in Washington are coming to grips with what many of them not long ago considered an unimaginable reality: Donald Trump is likely to be their presidential nominee and standard-bearer. The prospect of Trump winning the Republican primary had been the stuff of Washington jokes, whispered hallway conversations…