Author: MICHELLE L. PRICE The Associated Press
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Trump and Putin shake hands warmly in Alaska to kick off their summit on the war in Ukraine
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JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (AP) — President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin kicked off their Alaska summit with a warm handshake on Friday, greeting each other like old friends before heading into hours of discussions that could reshape the war in Ukraine and relations between Moscow and Washington. After descending from Air Force One, Trump applauded the Russian…
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She can’t vote, but 2020 Democrats want her support anyway
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LAS VEGAS – One of the most sought-after presidential endorsements in a key early voting state is from a woman who cannot vote. As Democrats jockey for support in Nevada, a meeting with Astrid Silva, a 31-year-old immigrant rights activist who has become a public face of the “Dreamers,” is a can’t-miss early stop. Silva…
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Hickenlooper, other Democratic presidential candidates pledge to bolster unions
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LAS VEGAS – Half a dozen Democratic presidential candidates, including Colorado’s John Hickenlooper, declared unions to be a lifeline for the American middle class and pledged Saturday to strengthen workers’ rights to strike and organize and to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. But while the candidates decried the erosion of wages…
