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He was right — but constant efforts to highlight Castro criticized the high views, strategies he was not alone. Most candidates claimed to his service to the first black number of deportations under The evening marked some be Democrats of the future. president. Obama, Biden retorted that By Sara Burnett, of the toughest attacks Cali- Biden found himself defend- While his rivals saber-rat- Castro’s passion about the Brian Slodysko and fornia Sen. Kamala Harris ing Democrats of the past. tled for “Medicare for All,” issue appeared newfound. Hunter Woodall has faced as a candidate. The former vice president which would scrap Obama’s “I never heard him talk The Associated Press The exchanges were part of a repeatedly found himself signature health care law, about this when he was the broader ideological fight for defending Barack Obama’s Biden called for a more modest secretary,” Biden said. DETROIT — From the the future of the Democratic policies on immigration and public option that would build But he also deflected when beginning, Joe Biden knew Party. health care when they came on the Affordable Care Act. he would take heat at Takeaways from the debate: under withering attack, a When former Obama See DEBATE, A7 SPORTS | B1 TACKO FALL Her guardian angel TALKS TACOS AND ABOUT HOMECOMING Universal is building a new theme park to challenge Disney By Hannah Sampson tremendous excitement we The Washington Post have for the future of our theme park business and The force may be with for our entire company’s Disney, but Universal’s future in Florida.” empire is putting up a good The news from Universal fight in the theme park comes just weeks before wars. larger rival Disney opens Comcast Corp.-owned a giant new Star Wars- Universal Parks & Resorts themed land at its Florida on Thursday fired the latest property. salvo in a decades-long “This is a major competi- battle to give entertain- tive program with Disney, ment giant Disney a run there’s no question about for its money, announcing a it,” says Dennis Speigel, major expansion in Orlando president of consulting firm that includes hotels, res- International Theme Park taurants, shops and a new Services. “They’re coming theme park called Univer- on strong.” sal’s Epic Universe. The addition of Epic “Our new park repre- Universe will bring Uni- sents the single largest versal Orlando Resort’s investment Comcast NBC total to three major theme Universal has made in its parks and one water park. It theme park business and in already includes Universal Florida overall,” Comcast Studios Florida, Islands of CEO Brian Roberts said in a statement. “It reflects the See UNIVERSAL, A7 Katie Cowham enjoys some time at Top Golf with Indy, a service dog, who alerts her to dangerous dips and spikes in her blood sugar. [DIABETES ALERT DOG FOR KATIE/FACEBOOK] Indy the service nickname could be “Spunky,” and my fiancé is out of town dog watches out would never describe her a lot of times. It’s a comfort for Katie Cowham battle against Type 1 diabetes to me and my parents and my as “hell,” but it has been mis- fiancé to know that I can sleep By Frank Stanfield erable at times and potentially there alone,” she said. 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B7 A2 Friday, August 2, 2019 | DailyCommercial.com NATION&WORLD IN BRIEF Hard-won budget, debt deal HONOLULU Jason Momoa visits protesters blocking new Hawaii telescope clears Senate, advances to Trump “Aquaman” star Jason Momoa on Wednesday visited By Andrew Taylor Senate Majority a coalition of GOP defense Native Hawaiian protesters The Associated Press Leader Mitch hawks, Democrats seeking blocking the construction of McConnell, R-Ky., to preserve gains in domestic a giant telescope on Hawaii’s WASHINGTON — A smiles after a accounts, and the leaders of tallest mountain. hard-won budget and debt vote on a budget the House and Senate Appro- The Native Hawaiian Holly- deal easily cleared the Senate deal Thursday in priations Committees. wood actor wore green leaf lei on Thursday, powered by Washington that Democrats voted for the bill around his neck and the crown President Donald Trump’s would permit the by a wide margin, and it won of his head as he attended a endorsement and a bipartisan government to a healthy majority of Senate ceremony at the protest site. drive to cement recent spend- resume borrowing Republicans. Honolulu television stations ing increases for the Pentagon to pay all of its “Providing sufficient livestreamed dancers in jeans and domestic agencies. obligations and funding for our military and and windbreakers performing The legislation passed by a would remove eliminating the threat of hula in chilly weather. 67-28 vote as Trump and his the prospect of sequestration for good are Momoa stooped low to GOP allies relied on lots of a government absolutely necessary for our present an offering wrapped Democratic votes to propel it shutdown in October. military to have the budget- in green ti leaves. He said over the finish line. [J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE/ ary stability and predictability he was honored to be there, Passage marked a drama- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS] they so desperately need,” said drawing cheers after saying, free solution to a worrisome the chairman of the Senate “We are not going anywhere.” set of looming Washington for our Great Military, our Republicans who will vote Armed Services Committee, deadlines as both allies and Vets, and Jobs, Jobs, Jobs!” for this monstrous addition Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla. JUNCTION CITY, KY. adversaries of the president Trump tweeted before the of debt,” said Sen. Rand Paul, It was also a long-sought Kentucky pipeline blast leaves set aside ideology in exchange vote. “Two year deal gets us R-Ky. “Many of the sup- victory for Senate Major- 1 dead, 5 injured, 7 missing for relative fiscal peace and past the Election. Go for it porters of this debt deal ran ity Leader Mitch McConnell, stability. The measure, which Republicans, there is always around their states for years R-Ky., who initiated the nego- A regional gas pipeline Trump has promised to sign, plenty of time to CUT!” complaining that, ‘President tiations and was deeply ruptured early Thursday in would permit the government Pelosi won remarkable Obama’s spending too much invested in bringing order and Kentucky, causing a mas- to resume borrowing to pay all Democratic unity in push- and borrowing too much,’ and relative predictability to the sive explosion that killed its bills and would set an over- ing the bill through the House these same Republicans now, budget and debt deadlines. one person, hospitalized five all $1.37 trillion limit on agency last week despite divides on the whole disingenuous lot of Losers included more con- others, destroyed railroad budgets approved by Congress issues such as impeachment them, will wiggle their way to servative elements of the tracks and forced the evacu- annually. and health care. the front of the trough.” White House. Acting Chief of ation of a nearby mobile home It does nothing to stem the Democrats in the GOP- The bill would lift the debt Staff Mick Mulvaney, a former park, authorities said. government’s spiraling debt controlled Senate delivered limit for two years, into either tea party congressman from Some structures were and the return of $1 trillion- most of their votes for the a second Trump term or the South Carolina, and acting completely consumed by the plus deficits but it also takes deal. Many of the more sol- administration of a Demo- budget director Russell Vought blaze, and five to seven people away the prospect of a govern- idly conservative Republicans cratic successor. were rebuffed in attempts to were unaccounted for when ment shutdown in October or said it allowed for unchecked It would reverse scheduled add spending cuts to defray firefighters extinguished the the threat of deep automatic borrowing and too much 10 percent cuts to defense the bill’s cost.