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Senate Minority Leader Charles SchumerCharles (Chuck) Ellis SchumerScott: Emergency declaration not my ‘first choice’ for Trump to build wall The word ‘wall’ is the impediment Hey team, loyalty means we don’t whine ‘Trump is a wimp’ MORE (D-N.Y.) blasted President TrumpDonald John TrumpCivil rights figures kick off Super Bowl with coin toss Congress can avoid trumped up national emergency declaration Howard Dean calls for Northam to resign, rips GOP over…

Image copyright U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Phillip McTaggart Image caption About 5,000 US troops are in Iraq to train, advise and assist Iraqi security forces Iraq’s President Barham Saleh has rebuked Donald Trump over his comments that he wanted to maintain a US military presence there to watch Iran. Mr Trump told CBS on Sunday he intended to keep an “incredible” base being used by US troops to combat…

By Monday morning, Mr. Northam had spent more than 60 hours in deepening political isolation, abandoned by Democrats who quickly came to see his diminished standing as a burden on two fronts: their policy agenda, including matters like teacher pay and tax policy, and their efforts to capture control of the House of Delegates and the Senate this year. Both chambers are within reach for the party, which has made…

Video Do the Covington Catholic High School students have a case to sue for libel? Employment attorney Silvia Stanciu and National Center for Life and Liberty general counsel David Gibbs debate whether or not the Covington Catholic students have a case to sue for libel. More than 50 media organizations, celebrities and politicians were sent letters from lawyers representing the Covington Catholic High School student seen in a controversial viral…

Members of the U.S. military install multiple tiers of concertina wire along the banks of the Rio Grande near the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge at the U.S.-Mexico border in Laredo, Texas in November. Eric Gay/AP hide caption toggle caption Eric Gay/AP Members of the U.S. military install multiple tiers of concertina wire along the banks of the Rio Grande near the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge at the U.S.-Mexico border in Laredo, Texas in November….

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ATLANTA — The New England Patriots grow older. Their quarterback is 41, Their coach is twice as old as the one he faced on Sunday night. This team is so old school you get the feeling it should be playing in the mud against the Pottsville Maroons or the Canton Bulldogs on a field bracketed by wooden goal posts. They win Super Bowls with field goals and guts and the…

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Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D-Va), has not called for embattled Gov. Ralph Northam to resign. Should Northam step aside, Fairfax would become Virginia’s second black Governor. The Washington Post/The Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption The Washington Post/The Washington Post/Getty Images Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D-Va), has not called for embattled Gov. Ralph Northam to resign. Should Northam step aside, Fairfax would become Virginia’s second black Governor. The Washington…

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In an interview with “Face the Nation” moderator Margaret Brennan, President Trump discussed his relationship with U.S. intelligence agencies, pointing out that they have made mistakes in the past and he doesn’t always agree with their conclusions. He cited the Iraq War as “one of the greatest mistakes that we’ve ever made” and seemed skeptical about intelligence he was getting on Iran. “I have intel people, but that…

ON YOUR TELEVISION — Spoiler alert: Tom Brady and the New England Patriots won their sixth Super Bowl title with a 13-3 win over the Los Angeles Rams in the lowest scoring Super Bowl in the history of the National Football League. Were you bored by that sentence? Well, maybe a few of the commercials will help get you excited. Here are some of our favorite ads from Super Bowl…

Meantime, several factions in the Iraqi Parliament plan to push a measure that would strictly limit the United States’ military activities in the country, including where American soldiers can circulate and how long they can stay. The issue brings together Shiite parties who do not like Americans, most notably the one led by the radical cleric Moktada al-Sadr. That group now has the largest bloc of votes, with Shiite parties…

Sen. Ted Cruz condemned the media coverage of the controversies swirling around Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam. In a pair of tweets late Saturday, the Texas Republican claimed the media was asking the wrong questions about a racist photo that appeared in Northam’s medical school yearbook. “Media fixation w/ blackface (‘was he dressed as Michael Jackson?’) obscures the more damning point: anybody who voluntarily chooses to celebrate the evil & bigoted…

After days of protest and growing outrage, inmates housed at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York have had power restored. The prison confirmed the news in a statement late Sunday night, with New York mayor Bill de Blasio tweeting that a federal official had also shared the news with him.  “A federal official confirmed to me the power is back on at MDC. Make no mistake: this took…

“In terms of race, a lot of people are saying, well, this is something very special what’s happening,” he said. “I think if you look at the numbers for African-American unemployment, best numbers they’ve had ― literally the best numbers they’ve had in history. And I think they like me a lot and I like them a lot.”

CLOSE SportsPulse: We take you inside the press conference room to hear what Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and Rob Gronkowski had to say after winning Super Bowl LIII. USA TODAY ATLANTA — Reporters waiting for Tom Brady at his locker after the New England Patriots beat the Los Angeles Rams 13-3 Sunday night in Super Bowl LIII should have a new appreciation for the sneaky 41-year-old quarterback. Brady returned to his…

Video NFL makes Maroon 5 skip regular pre-Super Bowl press conference, critics say to dodge controversial questions Maroon 5 avoided politics entirely at the Super Bowl Halftime Show with Travis Scott and Big Boi. COLIN KAEPERNICK’S ATTORNEY SLAMS MAROON 5, ADAM LEVINE AHEAD OF SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW The show opened with pyrotechnics and the band’s first hit, “Harder to Breathe” ahead of a stage in the shape of a…

Both of Virginia’s U.S. senators, Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, joined the dean of Virginia’s congressional delegation, Rep. Bobby Scott, in saying they no longer believe Northam can serve effectively. James Ryan, president of the University of Virginia, said in a statement that it would be “exceedingly difficult” for Northam to continue serving.