| In Texas midterms, 'blue wave' may look more like a ripple Posted: 08 Mar 2018 01:13 PM PST ![In Texas midterms, 'blue wave' may look more like a ripple]( "In Texas midterms, 'blue wave' may look more like a ripple") Fernanda Hernandez was one of them, dashing to a polling site in south San Antonio during a work break on Tuesday. Could the long-predicted shift from red to blue in Texas finally be happening? Recommended: How much do you know about Texas?
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| Suing California: What Washington's move means for future conflicts Posted: 08 Mar 2018 12:21 PM PST ![Suing California: What Washington's move means for future conflicts]( "Suing California: What Washington's move means for future conflicts") In 2017, the state of California filed 24 cases against the Trump administration over issues that range from Obamacare to oil royalties. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday evening in Federal District Court in Sacramento, asks to block three "sanctuary" laws enacted last year by California, claiming the laws prevent federal immigration officials from doing their job. It marks the latest skirmish in the conflict between the Democratic Golden State and the Republican Trump administration – a clash that began almost as soon as President Trump was sworn into office.
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| Behold Greeks bearing a gift Posted: 08 Mar 2018 11:19 AM PST ![Behold Greeks bearing a gift]( "Behold Greeks bearing a gift") The family of 28 nations known as the European Union has had a rough decade of near divorces. In other parts of Europe, similar parties have advanced. In 2009, the country of 11 million nearly brought down the eurozone and came close to exiting the EU after admitting it had lied about the size of its deficit (which was five times above the EU guideline).
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| For Russians, PyeongChang was a success. But doping's shadow still hard to escape. Posted: 08 Mar 2018 11:00 AM PST ![For Russians, PyeongChang was a success. But doping's shadow still hard to escape.]( "For Russians, PyeongChang was a success. But doping's shadow still hard to escape.") Russian TV audiences were riveted, and social media exploded, when a hockey team of "athletes from Russia" won gold by defeating a German team in the final days of the PyeongChang Olympics and then, in defiance of the ban on Russian national symbols, locked arms and began to belt out the Russian national anthem. The Kremlin and WADA remain at odds over what happened in Sochi.
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