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Federal judge hands a partial defeat to Trump’s travel ban

July 18, 2017 By Al Neal

U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson of Honolulu, Hawaii, handed challengers of President Trump’s travel ban a legal victory.

Trumpcare dies in the Senate, the people fight on

July 18, 2017 By Mark Gruenberg

““We’ll do everything we can to keep the pressure on. Our fight is not over yet."

For 16 years she persisted: Lee’s win on endless war matters

July 18, 2017 By Teresa Albano

Congress handed the president a “blank check” to wage an endless war on terror; for 16 years, Rep. Barbara Lee argued that Congress needs to cancel it.

Is it the Russians or perhaps the gangsters that are coming?

July 17, 2017 By Dominique Paul Noth

I haven’t been so flummoxed by Russian names since I struggled through “The Brothers Karamazov” as a teenager.

This week in history: The Presidential Succession Act signed in 1947

July 17, 2017 By Special to People’s World

The implications of this Act are today the subject of great concern in light of ongoing investigations of the sitting president.