Nicole Goodkind

Staff Writer
Nicole Goodkind is a political reporter with a focus on Congress. She previously worked as a reporter for Yahoo Finance, where she covered fiscal and monetary policy. Before that she wrote about music and culture for Paper Magazine, The Today Show and Fuse TV. Nicole is a native New Yorker.
                                    
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Pennsylvania Gov Says Dems Need More Than Steel Mill Photo Ops To Win State"Bernie Sanders was in the state and had his picture taken in front of an old, abandoned steel mill. That same steel mill, most of it has been refurbished and is flourishing."

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Two Republicans Pick a New Target: The 9/11 Victims Fund"I reserve the right to object," said Kentucky Senator Rand Paul as he put an end to calls for a unanimous voice vote to renew the fund.

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Most Republicans Believe U.S. Could "Lose Identity" Because of ForeignersSince October, the percentage of Republicans who worry about the U.S. losing its sense of identity because of foreigners has grown by 13 percent. The number of Republicans who view that openness as essential has decreased by 10 points.

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Jewish Groups Say Trump Is Using Israel as "Shield" to "Echo" Racist Views"As Jews, we're all too familiar with this kind of divisive prejudice," wrote Jonathan Greenblatt, the organization's CEO and national director.

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Republican Lawmakers Largely Fail to Condemn Trump for Tweet"Why don't they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came. Then come back and show us how it is done," the president tweeted.

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Not 'Find-a-Friend' Contest: Bernie Sanders' Team Attacks Other Candidates"If you want somebody who's going to talk about their cooking, their dog, their wardrobe, travel habits, or favorite books, Bernie Sanders is not your candidate."

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Migrant Camp Inspector Says Babies Are Unwashed, Sobbing and Critically IllOne six-year-old girl couldn't even recite her name, she only repeated "I'm scared" over and over again. Another young boy sobbed for an hour straight.

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Ocasio-Cortez and Tlaib Cry While Describing Conditions at Migrant Camps"Children were being separated from their parents in front of an American flag, women were being called names under an American flag," said Ocasio-Cortez.

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Texas Republicans Warn That Trump Could Lose 2020 ElectionTexas is the "most important swing state in the 2020 presidential election" said Texas Republicans in an email asking for donations.

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'No Regrets is a Very Hard Question': Alex Acosta Defends Epstein Plea DealAcosta told the Trump administration that he was asked to cut a deal with Epstein because he was told the financier "belonged to intelligence," and that the issue was above his "pay grade," according to Vicky Ward.

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Trump Tax Plan Leads to $54 Billion  Decline in Charitable Giving"The amount is just jaw-dropping," said Michel Nilsen, vice president of communications and public policy at the Association of Fundraising Professionals. "Giving was hurt."

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Bernie Sanders Likens Climate Change to WWII, Unveils New ResolutionIn the 1940s, Sanders explained, the U.S. was fighting in Asia and Europe and still managed to create an "armaments program to win the war within three years." The country can address this problem, he said.

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Donald Trump Is Greenwashing His Record on Environment Say Critics"Donald Trump is resorting to greenhouse gaslighting the public to try and cover-up the fact that he is the worst president in history for the environment, climate and public health," said Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune.

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Donald Trump Tweets Fake Ronald Reagan Quote About Himself"For the life of me, and I'll never know how to explain it, when I met that young man, I felt like I was the one shaking hands with a president," the fake quote reads.

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How Elizabeth Warren Plans to Limit Pay Gap For Women of Color"Our economy should be working just as hard for women of color as women of color work for our economy and their families," Warren wrote in a Medium post.

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Border Agent Allegedly Made Migrant Hold 'I Like Men' Sign to Shame HimThe migrant was clearly upset by the incident, said the agent in his email. But hen the agent reported the incident to a senior official in charge of the center, no action was taken, he said.

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What The Parks Service Could Be Funding Instead of Trump's Military Parade"Interior Secretary Bernhardt is once again using national park entrance fees as a slush fund for political purposes. These critical funds are supposed to be spent on maintaining park facilities, not political rallies."

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Buttigieg Proposes National Service Plan While Trump Plans Military Parade"National service can help us to form connections between very different kinds of Americans, as was my experience in the military," said Buttigieg.

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Lindsey Graham Faces Formidable Democratic Challenger in 2020 Senate RaceDemocrat Jaime Harrison has raised a record-breaking $1.3 million over the last three months for his fight against Graham for the Senate seat next year.

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Ted Cruz Team Compares Senator to Rosa Parks in Lawsuit Over $10,000 Loan"They could have arranged to repay the Senator's loans using pre-election funds. Yes, and Rosa Parks could have sat in the back of the bus," his lawyers wrote.

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Americans Don't Think They're Getting Tax Breaks Under Trump, A Bad Sign for His 2020 ProspectsAn AP-Norc poll found that just 17 percent of Americans believe they received a tax break under President Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans' $1.2 trillion plan, which passed in 2017.

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Who Beat Expectations and Who Fell Below in the Democratic Debates?Some needed to prove themselves while others just needed to maintain their lead. Here's how every candidate ranked on night two of the first Democratic debates.

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Pete Buttigieg Says GOP Has 'Lost All Claim' To Use Religion in Politics"For a party that associates with Christianity to say it is OK to suggest that God would smile on the division of families at the hands of federal agents, that God would condone putting children in cages, has lost all claim to ever use religion language again," he said.

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Democratic Primary Debate Descends Into Intergenerational 'Food Fight'"I was 6 years old when a presidential candidate came to the California Democratic convention and said it is time to pass the torch to a new generation of Americans," Eric Swalwell said of Joe Biden.

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Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and More: Your 2020 Democratic Debate Cheat SheetTonight's debate includes the majority of 2020 frontrunners along with some candidates (like Williamson and Yang) who present very alternative ideas of what the U.S. government should look like.

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Newsweek's Official Democratic Debate Ratings: See How 2020 Candidates DidDid the ten Democratic candidates who took the stage Wednesday night over-perform, meet expectations, or fall below  them?

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'It Should Piss Us All Off:' Julián Castro Slams Immigration PolicyCastro also called on other Democratic candidates to promise to change the current immigration system.

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Elizabeth Warren Calls Healthcare A Basic Human RightWarren set off a heated debate between candidates, showing the significant divide on the issue of healthcare.

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2020 Primary Debate: Here's What You Need to Know about the CandidatesWednesday evening marks the first of twelve 2020 Democratic primary debates, a time for candidates who are vying for the top of the polls to push ahead and for those struggling with name recognition to make themselves known.

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100 Migrant Children Moved Back to Detention Center in Clint, Texas"We do not want them in our custody, our facilities are not built for that," an official said in a call with reporters Tuesday.
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