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A group of Republican senators led by South Carolina’s Lindsey Graham (left) met with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (right) and Vice President Mike Pence to pitch a new immigration proposal. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images Congress The South Carolina senator and his GOP allies had been pushing to reopen the government and begin a broad immigration debate in the Senate. By BURGESS EVERETT 01/10/2019 02:01 PM EST Updated 01/10/2019 06:30…

“I want to make clear that we have no interest in inappropriately interfering with any ongoing criminal investigations,” Mr. Cummings said. Lawmakers of both parties have sought to protect Mr. Mueller since he was appointed. That is likely to be a key theme of the Senate confirmation hearing next week for Mr. Trump’s nominee for attorney general, William P. Barr, who could soon oversee the Mueller investigation. Democratic lawmakers on…

The second man to have been found dead at the West Hollywood home of a prominent Democratic Party contributor was identified Thursday by the Los Angeles County medical examiner as 55-year-old Timothy Dean. Dean was found at 1:05 a.m. (4:05 a.m. ET) Monday in the apartment of Ed Buck, a longtime financial backer of Democrats’ campaigns, after someone called 911, said Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Charles Moore. The cause…

“I want to make clear that we have no interest in inappropriately interfering with any ongoing criminal investigations,” he said in a statement. Mr. Cummings said in a brief interview on Thursday that he had known Mr. Cohen would come for some time and had spoken with him briefly when arranging the hearing. “He’ll have a chance to tell his side of the story, and we’ll have a chance to…

Two-thirds of countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development guarantee six months of paid time off to new mothers. Newsom’s plan doesn’t go that far. Instead, the proposal, unveiled as part of his 2019 budget, would allow two caretakers to split six months off, according to a fact sheet provided by his office. One parent could take three months, and the other parent or partner or another family member could…

Vice President Pence vowed Thursday that President TrumpDonald John TrumpGovernment workers protest outside White House on shutdown day 20 Fed chief Powell: Prolonged shutdown will harm US economy Senators say questions remain on Trump strategy in Syria after briefing MORE would not back any deal to reopen the government without money for his proposed border wall, a sign the government shutdown will likely be headed into its fourth week this…

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers a speech at the American University in Cairo on Thursday that was a scathing rebuke of the Obama administration’s Mideast policies. Amr Nabil/AP hide caption toggle caption Amr Nabil/AP U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers a speech at the American University in Cairo on Thursday that was a scathing rebuke of the Obama administration’s Mideast policies. Amr Nabil/AP Updated at 11:17 a.m….

[A shut down government actually costs more than an open one.] In Texas, he is expected to meet with Border Patrol officials who are being forced to work without pay because of the funding impasse. The president maintains he has the option of declaring a national emergency to fund construction for the wall, perhaps the central promise that he made to his political base during his campaign, and bypassing a…

CLOSE President Donald Trump, in a prime-time address, blamed Democrats for the government shutdown. USA TODAY Federal workers and their supporters will rally for their jobs Thursday outside the White House as the partial government shutdown rolls through its third week with no end in sight. Almost half of the 800,000 civilian federal employees are not working, and even those that are won’t be paid until the stalemate is settled….

The interview is one of the few times King has discussed his embrace of white nationalism since HuffPost’s Chris Mathias outed his viewpoints during his 2018 campaign for re-election. He narrowly won in November, despite extensive HuffPost reporting revealing that he repeatedly promoted neo-Nazis on Twitter, endorsed a white supremacist candidate for Toronto mayor, and gave an interview to an Austrian publication affiliated with Europe’s neo-fascist “identitarian” movement, in which King talks…

The adviser, Robert Becker, served as a deputy national field director and oversaw Sanders’ campaign efforts in Iowa, Michigan, California and New York. 

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Senate Judiciary Committee Democrat Richard Blumenthal (Conn.), claimed Wednesday that the Justice Department (DOJ) is denying Senate Democrats meetings with William Barr, President TrumpDonald John TrumpDem strategist says party’s leaders struggle to relate to Americans Mexican president staying out of wall debate, calling it an internal US matter China vows to buy ‘substantial amount’ of American goods and services, US trade agency says MORE‘s nominee for attorney general, due to the partial government shutdown….

A man holds a placard at Newark Liberty International Airport on Tuesday, reminding travelers that FAA safety inspectors have been furloughed during the shutdown. Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images A man holds a placard at Newark Liberty International Airport on Tuesday, reminding travelers that FAA safety inspectors have been furloughed during the shutdown. Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images…

Video California Gov. Newsom rebukes Trump White House during inaugural address He’s been in office just a few days, but new California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has already gone after President Trump, accusing him of playing “games with lives” for halting aid to the state for dealing with deadly forest fires. Trump drew the fury of the newly sworn-in governor after ordering the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to stop sending…