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Watch: Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt explain why US midterm polls are as crucial as the presidential election
Fp Staff •In a video posted by NowThis News on Friday, DiCaprio and his Once Upon a Time in Hollywood co-star Brad Pitt said that the US midtern elections may have a significant impact on issues such as climate change, education funding, LGBTQ rights, criminal justice reform, and the ability to vote itself.
Voters in Texas claim voting machines are switching ballots; secretary of state says problem being caused by user error
•The office of the Texas Secretary Of State on Friday confirmed that that the issues, which have also affected the race between sitting GOP Senator Ted Cruz and Democratic candidate Beto O’Rourke, have been reported with the Hart eSlate voting machines, used in around 30 percent of the counties in the state.
US Democrats expand campaign to fight forced separation of migrant children from families at Mexico border
•Democratic lawmakers on Sunday visited a detention centre outside New York City and headed to Texas to inspect facilities where children have been detained
Stormy Daniels denies affair with Donald Trump in statement, but plays coy on talk show
•Adult film star Stormy Daniels in a statement on Tuesday denied an alleged sexual relationship in 2006 with a then-married Donald Trump.
State of the Union 2018: Donald Trump mixes self-congratulation with warnings about gangs, drugs and violent immigrants
•Donald Trump's address blended self-congratulation and calls for optimism amid a growing economy with ominous warnings.
Donald Trump's transition team meet Congressional Republicans to discuss US-Mexico border wall
•Congressional Republicans and Donald Trump's transition team are exploring whether they can make good on Trump's promise to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border without passing a new bill.
US Democrat sit-in on gun safety legislation brought to an end by Republicans
•US Republican leaders moved to shut down a dramatic, 12-hour sit-in by Democrats who were demanding Congress vote on gun safety legislation.
Obama tones down his agenda, but no safe bets for US government yet
Fp Archives •US President Barack Obama is laying down a three-item to-do list for Congress that might seem meager when compared with the bold, progressive agenda he envisioned at the start of his second term