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Mulvaney: Saturday shutdown meeting ‘did not make much progress’ – CNN

Sunday, January 06, 2019

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Donald Trump Makes Wild Boast About ‘Great Support’ For The Border Wall – HuffPost

Saturday, January 05, 2019

Trump is refusing to end the partial government shutdown unless Democrats grant him federal funding for the wall that he originally told voters Mexico would pay for. Democratic lawmakers, including new House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, have pointedly said they do not endorse the wall idea.

Trump warns shutdown could last ‘years,’ says he may declare ‘national emergency’ to build border wall – Fox News

Saturday, January 05, 2019

Video Trump: We had a productive meeting with Pelosi and Schumer, we’re all on the same page of wanting to get government open President Trump says discussions will continue about funding for border security after meeting with congressional leaders at the White House. President Trump stood firm Friday on his demands for a border wall after the second White House meeting with congressional leaders this week broke up with no…

Homeland Security blasts CNN, says TSA ‘sick out’ report ‘grossly misrepresented’ situation at airports – Fox News

Saturday, January 05, 2019

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers assist travelers with luggage through a security screening area during a partial federal government shutdown Monday, Dec. 31, 2018, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Washington state. (Associated Press) A Department of Homeland Security spokesman lashed out at CNN on Friday, labeling as “fake news” the network’s report that hundreds of Transportation Security Administration screeners at the nation’s airports have been staging a “sick out” this…

GOP Clutches Pearls Over Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s ‘Foul Language,’ Shrugs Over Trump’s – HuffPost

Friday, January 04, 2019

“I’m not in the censorship business. I don’t like that language, I wouldn’t use that language, but I wouldn’t establish language standards for my colleagues,” Pelosi told MSNBC Friday, when asked about Tlaib’s comments, before adding that “I don’t think it’s anything worse than what the president has said.”

Pelosi downplays Rashida Tlaib’s profanity-laced vow to impeach Trump, as Republicans fume – Fox News

Friday, January 04, 2019

Video ‘We are not doing a wall’: Pelosi vows there will be no funding for a border wall in her first hours as House speaker After retaking the gavel on Capitol Hill, Nancy Pelosi dashed any hopes from Republicans that she would be more agreeable to a border wall once her House speakership campaign was over by telling the press that Democrats will not agree to one; Doug McKelway reports….

House Democrats vote to reopen government, reject Trump’s demand for wall funding – CNN

Friday, January 04, 2019

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On ‘wall’ fight, Democrats are the cynical ones – Washington Examiner

Thursday, January 03, 2019

Democratic leaders are negotiating in bad faith, against good policy, and to lamentable results in the current border-wall-funding theater on Capitol Hill. Set aside for now the realities that President Trump has played his pro-wall poker hand incredibly ineptly, that conservatives in general have badly overstated the relative importance of immigration-related policy, and that the Trumpian Right has cultishly turned “The Wall” into an item of absurdly talismanic significance. Those…

Pelosi’s Day 1: Win the gavel, change the rules, end the shutdown – Washington Examiner

Thursday, January 03, 2019

Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats return to power in the House on Thursday with an ambitious first-day agenda that involves her election as speaker, changes to longstanding House rules, and an attempt to end the government shutdown. But it also marks a return to divided government and more legislative gridlock that in the past has fueled frustration with Congress among voters. That gridlock could already be seen Wednesday, when Pelosi,…

On ‘wall’ fight, Democrats are the cynical ones – Washington Examiner

Thursday, January 03, 2019

Democratic leaders are negotiating in bad faith, against good policy, and to lamentable results in the current border-wall-funding theater on Capitol Hill. Set aside for now the realities that President Trump has played his pro-wall poker hand incredibly ineptly, that conservatives in general have badly overstated the relative importance of immigration-related policy, and that the Trumpian Right has cultishly turned “The Wall” into an item of absurdly talismanic significance. Those…

Tomorrow is the day Donald Trump’s presidency totally changes – CNN

Thursday, January 03, 2019

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Romney hits bull’s-eye in criticism of Trump – Washington Examiner

Thursday, January 03, 2019

Mitt Romney’s surprising New Year’s Day column criticizing Donald Trump was a brave, bold, and bracing corrective for a president run amok. Romney’s first paragraph lays out his case well: “The Trump presidency made a deep descent in December. The departures of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly, the appointment of senior persons of lesser experience, the abandonment of allies who fight beside…

Trump says shutdown will continue for ‘as long as it takes’ to secure border – ABC News

Wednesday, January 02, 2019

Twelve days into a partial government shutdown, President Donald Trump expressed resolve to continue the shutdown for “as long as it takes” in order to secure funding he’s demanded to build a southern border. “Could be a long time, could end quickly. It’s too important a subject to walk away from,” the president said, asserting that the people of the country support him. “I think the people of this country…

in 16 hours Romney hits bull’s-eye in criticism of Trump – Washington Examiner

Wednesday, January 02, 2019

Mitt Romney’s surprising New Year’s Day column criticizing Donald Trump was a brave, bold, and bracing corrective for a president run amok. Romney’s first paragraph lays out his case well: “The Trump presidency made a deep descent in December. The departures of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly, the appointment of senior persons of lesser experience, the abandonment of allies who fight beside…

On the budget and the border, let’s make a deal – Washington Examiner

Wednesday, January 02, 2019

Washington is emerging from the holiday season consumed by the ongoing government shutdown. President Trump wants $5 billion for a border wall, Democrats don’t, and neither side appears willing to blink. The only thing that will save the country from a damaging and prolonged shutdown (although note that there are arguments for letting this happen) is a solution that will allow both sides to save face, a compromise that gives…

Trump to Pelosi on shutdown, border wall: ‘Let’s make a deal’ – Fox News

Wednesday, January 02, 2019

Video Democrats seek to separate shutdown from border wall standoff, plan to introduce spending bills to reopen government As the fight over the federal government shutdown entered the new year, President Trump on Tuesday expressed his desire to “make a deal” with House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi over funding for his border wall. “Border Security and the Wall ‘thing’ and Shutdown is not where Nancy Pelosi wanted to start her…

Trump on shutdown: ‘We are not giving up’ on border wall | TheHill – The Hill

Tuesday, January 01, 2019

President TrumpDonald John TrumpCharting a roadmap for North Korea Trump claims ‘wall’ around Obamas’ DC home is ‘same thing’ as border wall Graham: Trump ‘open-minded’ to wedding border funding to DACA protections MORE said Monday that he is “not giving up” on getting funding for a wall along the southern border, saying that he has “no choice” but to continue the government shutdown over the wall. “We are not giving…

‘You’d have to ask her psychiatrist’: Trump responds to Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s move toward a 2020 presidential run – Business Insider

Tuesday, January 01, 2019

President Donald Trump responded to Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s Monday announcement that she is forming an exploratory committee for a potential 2020 presidential run. During a phone interview with Fox News contributor Pete Hegseth asked Trump whether or not Warren can win. “Well, that I don’t know,” Trump responded. “You’d have to ask her psychiatrist.” Trump made this comment during an interview for Fox News’ “All-American New Year” special that airs…

New Year’s Eve: How to watch the ball drop in Times Square without cable – CBS News

Tuesday, January 01, 2019

The New Year’s Eve ball drop in Times Square is as synonymous with the holiday as a kiss at midnight or a glass of Champagne. Even if you’re not one of the two million spectators expected to pack into the crowded streets of New York City’s Times Square on Monday night, you can still be part of the festivities at home by tuning in – with or without cable. How…

Syria conflict: Trump ‘slowing troop withdrawal’, says Lindsey Graham – BBC News

Monday, December 31, 2018

Image copyright AFP/Getty Image caption President Trump announced the withdrawal of 2,000 US troops from Syria A top Republican has said US President Donald Trump remains committed to defeating Islamic State (IS) in Syria, despite his plan to withdraw US troops. Senator Lindsey Graham suggested the withdrawal had been slowed and he was now reassured of the president’s commitment after meeting him on Sunday. Mr Trump’s troop pullout plan met…