Reporter for the St Petersburg Times
Reporter with the St Petersburg Times
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Another Voting Fiasco in Florida? When she was Florida's Secretary of State, Katherine Harris said electronic voting machines would end her state's embarrassing problems with the electoral process. But those same machines have caused a bitter fight over who won the Congressional seat Harris left to run --unsuccessfully--for the Senate.
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Trump‘s Wall and the Politics of ‘Us Versus Them’ Politically, Trump’s great wall may not be worth the government shutdown. But it appeals to his base, including evangelical Christians. As the country’s white, protestant majority gives way to diversity, some fear that the essence of America is changing. Opposition to immigration in Western Europe is no coincidence.
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No end in sight More than 800,000 federal employees continue to go without pay in what could soon be the longest government shutdown yet.