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CLOSE Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is blaming Democrats and their “poison pill demands” for teetering border security negotiations aimed at averting another government shutdown. (Feb. 11) AP WASHINGTON – Republicans are talking a lot about the Green New Deal after its rollout on Capitol Hill earlier this month by liberal Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. It’s not because the GOP supports the transformation of the electric grid away from fossil fuels to renewable energy…

Josh Rogin State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert withdrew herself from consideration to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Saturday, saying in a statement that “it is in the best interest of my family.” Behind the scenes, her nomination faced complications because Nauert hired a foreign-born nanny about 10 years ago who didn’t have the proper work visa and Nauert didn’t pay proper taxes on time, according to two…

Sen. Lindsey Graham said President Donald Trump’s decision to declare a national emergency at the southern border was legal and justified. | Alex Wong/Getty Images National Emergency By QUINT FORGEY 02/16/2019 07:47 PM EST Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Saturday expressed support for President Donald Trump’s decision to declare a national emergency, and said Trump’s own admission that he “didn’t need to” invoke his emergency powers did not weaken the…

Sen. Lindsey Graham said President Donald Trump’s decision to declare a national emergency at the southern border was legal and justified. | Alex Wong/Getty Images National Emergency By QUINT FORGEY 02/16/2019 07:47 PM EST Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Saturday expressed support for President Donald Trump’s decision to declare a national emergency, and said Trump’s own admission that he “didn’t need to” invoke his emergency powers did not weaken the…

Sen. Lindsey Graham said President Donald Trump’s decision to declare a national emergency at the southern border was legal and justified. | Alex Wong/Getty Images National Emergency By QUINT FORGEY 02/16/2019 07:47 PM EST Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Saturday expressed support for President Donald Trump’s decision to declare a national emergency, and said Trump’s own admission that he “didn’t need to” invoke his emergency powers did not weaken the…

BY THE MINUTE 1:24 Officers dispatched to the site when original call came in to 911 of an active shooter in the plant 1:24 Another call came in – caller stating shots fired, employee being terminated 1:25 Another call – two shots fired inside the warehouse 1:25 Another call – shots were heard over the phone 1:26 Another call – shots fired 1:27 Another call – more shots fired 1:28…

Attorneys for “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett issued a statement Saturday denying that he orchestrated his Jan. 29 assault, and saying he is “angered” and “devastated” by recent developments in the case. Chicago police want to interview Smollett, after learning new evidence from two Nigerian brothers who were released on Friday night. Local media outlets have reported that the brothers admitted to police that Smollett paid them to carry out the…

Video Trump’s pick for US Ambassador to the UN withdraws nomination State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert withdrew her name from consideration for the U.N. ambassador nomination, the department said Saturday. “I am grateful to President Trump and Secretary [Mike] Pompeo for the trust they placed in me for considering me for the position of U.S. ambassador to the United Nations,” Nauer said in the statement. “However, the past two months have…

Sen. Lindsey Graham said President Donald Trump’s decision to declare a national emergency at the southern border was legal and justified. | Alex Wong/Getty Images National Emergency By QUINT FORGEY 02/16/2019 07:47 PM EST Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Saturday expressed support for President Donald Trump’s decision to declare a national emergency, and said Trump’s own admission that he “didn’t need to” invoke his emergency powers did not weaken the…

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The parents of a missing Colorado woman said in an amended lawsuit against her fiancé that she was in the midst of a custody dispute over their 1-year-old daughter when she disappeared Thanksgiving Day. The fiancé and father of the girl, Patrick Frazee, was arrested and charged Dec. 21 with Kelsey Berreth’s murder. Prosecutors believe he either killed her or that she died during a robbery he may have committed….

Toluse Olorunnipa Robert Costa Josh Dawsey February 16 at 4:55 PM President Trump and his political team plan to make his years-long quest for a border wall one of the driving themes of his reelection effort — attempting to turn his failure to build such a project into a combative sales pitch that pits him against the political establishment on immigration. Trump has declared a national emergency to secure the…

The Vatican has announced the conclusion of the adjudicatory process against former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, finding that he transgressed his vows, used his power to abuse both minors and adults and violated his sacred duty as a priest. In accord with University President Rev. John I. Jenkins’ statement of Aug. 2, 2018, the University of Notre Dame is rescinding the honorary degree conferred in 2008.

But he said the American military has become experienced in getting aid to people under trying circumstances, citing recent natural disasters in Asia as an example. Rebecca Chavez, who served as the deputy assistant secretary of defense for the Western Hemisphere during the Obama administration, said it was “very likely” that the American military would be drawn into the crisis in Venezuela as the power struggle between Mr. Maduro and…

ROMA, Texas — This small border town is hitting a wall. This past week, the border security deal reached by Congress and signed by President Trump set aside $1.35 billion for fencing and barriers at the border. Apart from the national emergency Trump declared to secure additional billions for the border, the funding deal spelled out that a wall could not be built in Roma until there’s more input from…

Police released the names Saturday morning of the five employees killed in Friday’s shooting at the Henry Pratt building in Aurora. In addition to Wehner, they include: Clayton Parks of Elgin, the human resources manager Russell Beyer of Yorkville, a mold operator Vicente Juarez of Oswego, a stock room attendant and forklift operator Josh Pinkard also of Oswego, plant manager Another shooting victim, a male employee, was treated at a…

“He is usurping congressional authority,” Senator Susan Collins of Maine, a veteran member of the Appropriations Committee, said in an interview. “If the president can reallocate for his purposes billions of dollars in federal funding that Congress has approved for specific purposes and have been signed into law, that has the potential to render the appropriations process meaningless.” Several other Senate Republicans publicly and privately joined Ms. Collins in describing…

Theodore McCarrick, shown in 2011, has been accused of abusing minors and adults over a nearly 50-year clerical career. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption toggle caption Patrick Semansky/AP Theodore McCarrick, shown in 2011, has been accused of abusing minors and adults over a nearly 50-year clerical career. Patrick Semansky/AP Updated at 10:14 a.m. ET The Vatican has defrocked former cardinal Theodore McCarrick, it said Saturday, making him the highest-ranking church official…

<!– –> × MENU SEARCH QUOTES Politics California Gov. Gavin Newsom blasted President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency Friday and accused him of forgetting about the “real emergency” needs of survivors of the disastrous Camp Fire that destroyed most of the town of Paradise and killed 86 people. Newsom said there are still survivors waiting for federal disaster recovery money and people are suffering. He said $12 billion…