Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell criticizes the two tactics President Trump has threatened to employ if negotiators can’t craft a border security accord to his liking.
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Commentary: Stone indictment was expected to tighten noose around Trump – it didn’t
The special counsel’s probe was never narrowly about the president, despite what many people believe.
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Kathleen Parker: ‘Let them eat cake’ attitude comes from the very rich
Businessmen like Wilbur Ross and Donald Trump see people more as commodities than human beings.
Posted inNation & World, News
Stone compares raid on his house to operations against bin Laden, El Chapo
President Trump’s former adviser decries the operation as ‘unconscionable,’ saying more force was used than when the al-Qaida leader was killed or the notorious drug kingpin was arrested.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Pelosi invites Trump to deliver State of the Union on Feb. 5
The annual address had been scheduled for Jan. 29 but was delayed because of the government shutdown.
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New poll finds Trump underperforming Americans’ expectations
The assessment of the president measures his standing in 10 major issues and character traits.
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U.S. budget deficit to hit $897 billion this year
Predictions indicate economic growth will slow as the effects of the president’s tax cuts for businesses drop off.
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Trump doubts Congress will negotiate a wall deal he’d sign
The president said he would build a wall anyway, if congressional negotiators fail to come up with a deal he finds acceptable.
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Sen. Collins says she wants to hear from Trump’s former lawyer
The Senate Intelligence Committee, of which Maine’s senior senator is a member, subpoenaed Michael Cohen last week to make him address false statements he made to Congress.
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Jim Fossel: Lesson learned, or is next shutdown 3 weeks away?
Disrupting the nation to win a policy debate is no way to run government.