The Texas Tribune
Democrats “defined everything by identity,” Pete Buttigieg says in critique of his party
The former U.S. transportation secretary said the Democratic Party should focus more on issues gripping the country, such as health care and housing affordability.
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5mTrump’s Big Bend border wall construction can resume after U.S. Supreme Court ruling
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