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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has thwarted a bipartisan effort to protect special counsel Robert Mueller’s job, saying he will not hold a floor vote on the legislation even if it is approved next week in the Senate Judiciary Committee. McConnell said Tuesday the bill is unnecessary because President Donald Trump will […]

McDonald’s might finally have figured out that paying its low-wage workers more would actually be a good thing for McDonald’s. McDonald’s CEO Don Thompson recently suggested his company would support a bill, proposed by President Barack Obama, raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour from $7.25. Such a wage hike likely wouldn’t satisfy […]

According to a new Bill signed by California lawmakers and passed last week, students will soon be taking courses that teach the significance of what President Barack Obama’s election meant for racial equality and civil rights. Barack Obama’s election marked a “historic step in the effort towards equality in the United States,” said the California […]