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Beto O’Rourke, Trump Set For Clash In El Paso Over Border Wall – HuffPost
“We have a line that is very long already,” Trump said before leaving Washington for El Paso. “I mean, you see what’s going on. And I understand our competitor has got a line too, but it’s a tiny, little line. Of course, they’ll make it sound like they had more people than we do. That’s not going to happen.”
The Latest: Trump: Rep. Omar should be ashamed of comments – Fox News
In this Jan. 16, 2019 file photo, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., center, walks through the halls of the Capitol Building in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) WASHINGTON – The Latest on Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s tweets on the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (all times local): 8:10 p.m. President Donald Trump says freshman Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar “should be ashamed of herself” over tweets suggesting that a powerful pro-Israel interest group…
Wave of School Walkouts Continues as Denver Teachers Strike – TIME
(DENVER) — Striking teachers on Monday picketed outside of schools and marched through Denver’s streets as car horns blared in support of the latest U.S. walkout amid a swell of educator activism that has affected at least a half-dozen state over the last year. Just over half of the 4,725 teachers working in district-run schools called in absent for Denver’s first strike in 25 years. Some students crossed picket lines…
Ilhan Omar’s most controversial moments, from AIPAC tweet to ‘not 1 dollar for DHS’ call – Fox News
Video Congresswoman Omar sparks bi-partisan backlash online Freshman Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., stepped into the spotlight as she made history — alongside Michigan Democrat Rashida Tlaib — as the first Muslim woman elected to Congress in November. And since she was officially sworn-in, Omar has used her platform to voice her bold opinions, particularly on social media. Omar has made a string of controversial statements in recent weeks that have sparked a backlash from…
Lawmakers hope to salvage border security talks ahead of Friday shutdown deadline – ABC News
Too close for comfort: Trump, Beto O’Rourke to hold dueling El Paso rallies – NBC News
President Donald Trump and Beto O’Rourke are speaking less than half a mile — but worlds apart — from each other on Monday night. And hours before the dueling El Paso events, the president started in on his potential 2020 challenger. “We have a line that is very long already, I’m mean you see what’s going on,” Trump told reporters in Washington before departing for Texas, referring to people waiting…
Trump’s racist Elizabeth Warren taunts have entered a new phase – CNN
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Measles cases nationwide rise to 101, CDC says – NBCNews.com
Twenty-two new cases of measles have been confirmed since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‘s previous report, according to the agency’s latest numbers. So far, the CDC has confirmed 101 cases of measles from 10 states during 2019, although its data may not include recent state-based news reports. The CDC tally runs from Jan. 1 to Thursday. In the vast majority of these states, the disease has been traveling…
Top appropriators to meet over stalled border talks as shutdown deadline looms – NBC News
WASHINGTON — Negotiations over funding for border security were stalled as the week began, with top appropriators from both parties expected to huddle Monday to try to overcome the latest sticking point ahead of the Friday night deadline to avoid another government shutdown. Top Democratic appropriators Rep. Nita Lowey of New York and Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont were expected to meet behind closed doors with their Republican counterparts, Rep….
Border Troops: California’s Governor Mostly Ends National Guard Deployment – NPR
A section of the U.S.-Mexico border fence as seen from Tijuana, Mexico. The California governor plans to split his state’s National Guard troops on the border into three new deployments. Guillermo Arias/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Guillermo Arias/AFP/Getty Images A section of the U.S.-Mexico border fence as seen from Tijuana, Mexico. The California governor plans to split his state’s National Guard troops on the border into three new deployments….
Harris takes on questions about her ‘blackness’ – CNN
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Insects Are Dying En Masse, Risking ‘Catastrophic’ Collapse Of Earth’s Ecosystems – HuffPost
“It is very rapid. In 10 years you will have a quarter less, in 50 years only half left and in 100 years you will have none,” study co-author Francisco Sánchez-Bayo, an environmental biologist at the University of Sydney, Australia, told The Guardian.
Justin Fairfax placed on leave by his law firm after rape allegation – Washington Examiner
Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax has been placed on leave by his law firm as it investigates the sexual assault allegations against him. Washington, D.C.-based Morrison Foerster “has retained outside counsel to conduct an investigation. During the investigation, Justin Fairfax has taken a leave of absence from Morrison & Foerster. Justin has agreed to cooperate with the firm’s investigation,” Larren M. Nashelsky, chairman of the firm, said in a statement….
Washington on the brink as new shutdown looms – CNN
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California governor to reduce National Guard presence at border – Fox News
FILE: Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at the California Legislative Black Caucus Martin Luther King Jr., Breakfast, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP) California Gov. Gavin Newsom is slated to pull several hundred National Guard troops from the state’s border with Mexico on Monday in an apparent rebuff to President Donald Trump’s characterization of the region being under siege by Central American refugees and migrants, according to reports. The move comes despite his predecessor’s…
Trump and Beto to face off, Denver teachers prepare to strike: 5 things to know Monday – USA TODAY
Trump, Beto to face off in dueling rallies near US-Mexico border President Donald Trump and Democratic wunderkind Beto O’Rourke are heading to El Paso, Texas on Monday. Trump, to rally for a border wall, and O’Rourke, to lead a protest march. Perched on the U.S.-Mexico border, the city has become the focal point for the contentious issue of immigration and the president’s relentless push for a barrier. The Trump rally at the El Paso County…
Ilhan Omar’s AIPAC tweet sparks condemnation, including from Chelsea Clinton – Fox News
Video Congresswoman Omar sparks bi-partisan backlash online Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., sparked backlash Sunday evening from members of both parties — including former first daughter Chelsea Clinton — after she accused a prominent lobbying group of paying members of Congress to support Israel. Omar, who became the first Somali-American woman elected to Congress in November, responded to a Twitter post by journalist Glenn Greenwald criticizing House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.,…
Northam vows to stay in office to help Virginia ‘heal,’ but says Fairfax, Herring may need to resign – Fox News
Video Despite growing calls to resign Northam, Fairfax have not stepped down Embattled Virginia Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam on Sunday vowed to remain in office because “there’s no better person” to help the state “heal” from the multitude of scandals rocking its leadership than a doctor with his medical school credentials. In the same interview with “CBS This Morning,” Northam, whose medical school yearbook page featured one person in blackface and another…
Defiant Leaker Amid White House Probe Reveals Trump Still Ticking Off ‘Executive Time’ – HuffPost
Trump on Sunday insisted in a tweet that he’s working during that executive time. “When the term Executive Time is used, I am generally working, not relaxing,” Trump tweeted. “In fact, I probably work more hours than almost any past President.” He has to, he explained, because the country was “a mess” when he came to the White House.
Virginia delegate plans to introduce articles of impeachment against Fairfax – CNN
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