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The deal with Mexico that President Donald Trump said Friday would avert his impending tariffs mostly contains actions that Mexico had agreed to months ago, The New York Times reported Saturday. Among the items included in the agreement was a promise to deploy Mexico’s National Guard throughout the country and its southern border — but officials from both countries say the Mexican government had already vowed to do so in…

A local Democrat introduced Beto O’Rourke as a “blank slate” at a campaign stop in Iowa on Friday. “Beto is here because he wants to hear what rural Iowa and rural America is standing for. He is going from city to city. He wants to hear what we want. He is a blank slate that is waiting to be filled by our hopes and dreams for the United States,” the…

Floodwaters from the Arkansas River line either side of a road in Russellville, Ark., engulfing businesses and vehicles. Nathan Rott/NPR hide caption toggle caption Nathan Rott/NPR Floodwaters from the Arkansas River line either side of a road in Russellville, Ark., engulfing businesses and vehicles. Nathan Rott/NPR Angel Portillo doesn’t think about climate change much. It’s not that he doesn’t care. He’s just got other things to worry about. Climate change…

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin reportedly urged China to come back to trade talks, threatening more tariffs if Beijing doesn’t live up to its commitments. “If they want to come back to the table and complete the deal on the terms that we were continuing to negotiate, that would be great,” he said Saturday in Fukuoka, Japan, according to the New York Times. “If not, as the president said, we’ll move…

The White House blocked a State Department senior intelligence analyst’s congressional testimony on climate change being “potentially catastrophic” this week because it didn’t “jibe” with the Trump administration’s views on the matter. The analyst, Rob Schoonover, an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, was barred from submitting testimony to the House Intelligence Committee after officials refused the written document’s references to federal scientific findings on climate change, Washington Post reported. The…

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Rep. Daniel Kildee (D-Mich.) is interviewed in the Capitol on April 4. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/AP) Mike DeBonis Rachael Bade Paul Kane June 8 at 6:00 PM For two House Democrats from different backgrounds, the searing debate over whether to impeach President Trump prompted an identical question: What about my grandkids? Rep. Daniel Kildee, who represents a blue-collar Michigan district that Trump nearly won in 2016, calls it the “Caitlin…

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Mexican negotiators hailed the new tariff-averting immigration deal with the United States as a “fair balance” between their priorities and the more “drastic” proposals that President Trump initially demanded. “I think it’s a fair balance because they had more drastic measures and proposals at the start and we reached some middle point,” Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said of the deal, which Trump announced Friday night. Ebrard was particularly determined…

The White House is engaged in a war of words about climate change. Last Wednesday, Rod Schoonover, a senior analyst at the US State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research, was barred from submitting his written assessment of the effects of a warming world to the House Intelligence Committee, the Washington Post reported. Schoonover was scheduled to testify on behalf of the bureau at a climate change hearing held on…

Ms. Sanchez also told Ms. Nielsen that the Mexican government’s new national guard, which had been created just a month earlier to combat drugs and crime, would be redirected to the border with Guatemala, the entry point for most of the Central American migrants. At the time, Ms. Nielsen and the other American negotiators referred to the Mexican promise as the “third border” plan because the Mexicans proposed creating a…

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Video Trump and Mexico reach deal on trade, migration Reaction and analysis from Fox News contributor Richard Fowler. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Saturday hit parts of President Trump’s deal with Mexico on stopping migrant flows after he threatened to slap tariffs on the country — saying that Trump was engaged in “threats and temper tantrums.” “President Trump undermined America’s preeminent leadership role in the world by recklessly threatening…

A local Democrat introduced Beto O’Rourke as a “blank slate” at a campaign stop in Iowa on Friday. “Beto is here because he wants to hear what rural Iowa and rural America is standing for. He is going from city to city. He wants to hear what we want. He is a blank slate that is waiting to be filled by our hopes and dreams for the United States,” the…

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Media captionA look at the steps Mexico is taking to deal with migrants President Donald Trump has hailed a deal reached with Mexico to help stem the flow of migrants to the US after he threatened to impose trade tariffs. Under the deal, in which Mexico agreed to take “unprecedented steps”, the duties that were due to come into effect on Monday have been suspended. “Mexico will try very hard,…

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Video Joe Biden caves to pressure, flips on long-standing abortion principle Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden reverses stance on Hyde Amendment; reaction and analysis on ‘The Five.’ Are former Vice President Joe Biden‘s presidential hopes ‘toast’? “The Five” discussed Biden’s “flip-flop” Friday on the Hyde Amendment, and co-host Greg Gutfeld voiced his thoughts, saying this latest hiccup may push the Democratic presidential frontrunner “out the door.” “I think he is…

President Trump has a 41% approval rating, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images President Trump has a 41% approval rating, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images There is a growing desire for impeachment proceedings to begin against President Trump, but Americans are still split overall on what to do after the release of the Mueller…

Democratic Representative <a data-cke-saved-href=”https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/alexandria-ocasio-cortez” href=”https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/alexandria-ocasio-cortez” target=”_blank”>Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez</a> issued an interesting tweet on Friday morning insinuating that “powerful people” are attempting to bribe President Trump into war with Iran.<br data-cke-eol=”1″> (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., suggested in a tweet Friday that “powerful people” are attempting to bribe President Trump into war with Iran. Rep. Ocasio-Cortez quoted a tweet by Washington Post reporter David Fahrenthold which linked to an article…