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Freshman Rep. Max RoseMax RoseBipartisan House group introduces bills to stall Syria, South Korea troop withdrawals Key Dem chairwoman opposes bill to automatically avoid shutdowns Bipartisan bill would withhold pay for president, lawmakers during shutdowns MORE (D-N.Y.) said Sunday that his colleague Rep. Ilhan OmarIlhan OmarCongress seeks to avoid new shutdown: Five things to watch Progressives say Congress must reject funding for more ICE agents Fresh faces bring familiar GOP…

CLOSE Donald Trump’s 2020 Presidential Campaign is starting off 2019 with a TON of cash on hand! Buzz60 Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar stood in a blizzard on Sunday to announce her presidential candidacy. No hat. No gloves. No ear muffs. No matter, President Donald Trump wasn’t impressed. “By the end of her speech she looked like a Snowman(woman)!” Trump quipped in a tweet in which he also again questioned climate…

The Native people were forced out of their homes and put in internment camps before they were pushed westward to designated Indian Territory, in present-day Oklahoma, according to the Trail of Tears Association, a nonprofit that works to preserve the historic trail and promote awareness. Some 15,000 Native people died during the journey from exposure, malnutrition, exhaustion and disease, including about 4,000 Cherokees. “It’s a terribly tragic event in Cherokee…

Sen. Amy KlobucharAmy Jean KlobucharFormer Klobuchar staffers complain of mistreatment, temper: report Pollster says appeal of women candidates to woman voters is overestimated Overnight Health Care — Presented by PCMA — Trump official says agency would not have supported family separations | 2020 Dems walk fine line on ‘Medicare for all’ | Advocates skeptical of Trump AIDS pledge | Johnson and Johnson to show drug prices on TV MORE (D-Minn.)…

Video New rule in Congress requires bills to be available to read for 72 hours before a vote It didn’t take much to figure out that border security talks were stalled this weekend. If they were close to nailing down a deal, negotiators and staff would have been at the Capitol. They wouldn’t have been out doing their usual weekend activities. Church. Exercise. Virginia wineries. Trips out of town. Kid…

As the White House continues its hunt for the source of the leak of President Donald Trump’s private schedule late last week, Axios reports it is in receipt of even more of the revealing schedules. This latest leak comes on top of an administration in a state of distrust and alarm, with the White House already hunting for the source of previous leaks and leveraging the significant resources of the…

CLOSE Denver teachers are planning to strike this week for the first time in 25 years, following similar strikes in cities across the US. Associated Press DENVER – Thousands of teachers are set to walk off the job Monday after failing to reach an agreement with Denver Public Schools administrators over salaries and bonuses – the latest in a year of teacher strikes across the nation. Though classrooms would be…

WASHINGTON—President Trump and a growing field of Democratic presidential contenders are entering a more confrontational phase at the start of the 2020 campaign, with the incumbent seeking to define his opponents long before the general election. Mr. Trump is to hold a campaign-style rally in El Paso, Texas, on Monday night, flying to the city along the U.S. southern border as his administration presses congressional Democrats for border-security funding. …

Sen. Richard Shelby (center), is the top Republican in a bipartisan group of lawmakers working to craft an agreement on border security. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP Sen. Richard Shelby (center), is the top Republican in a bipartisan group of lawmakers working to craft an agreement on border security. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Negotiations to stop another government shutdown have stalled, as lawmakers remain at an…

“I stand before you as the granddaughter of an iron ore miner, the daughter of a teacher and a newspaperman, the first woman elected to the United States Senate from the state of Minnesota, to announce my candidacy for president of the United States,” Klobuchar said at a rally in Minneapolis.

“CBS This Morning” co-host Gayle King corrected Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) after he referred to slaves as “indentured servants.” The comment came in Northam’s first televised interview since he began facing calls to resign over a blackface scandal, in which he urged healing.  “We are now at the 400-year anniversary — just 90 miles from here in 1619. The first indentured servants from Africa landed on our shores in…

Video Adviser to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the details of the Green New Deal Tucker Carlson takes on Robert Hockett, Cornell law professor and adviser to Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, over the details of the Green New Deal. A top adviser to New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has admitted that an official “Green New Deal” document posted by Ocasio-Cortez’s office contained a guarantee of economic security even for those “unwilling to…

NEW ROCHELLE - Residents of New Rochelle came together Saturday to support the family of Valerie Reyes, who was found dead in a suitcase Tuesday. Valerie Reyes, 24, was found near the side of a Greenwich, Connecticut road after being reported missing since Jan. 29 to the New Rochelle Police Department. Community member Jim Killoran, of the Fuller Center for Housing, has since set up collection boxes around New Rochelle…

Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D) is asking for an FBI investigation into the sexual assault allegations against him amid calls from his own party to resign. Late Saturday, Fairfax released a statement calling for “all appropriate and impartial investigatory authorities, including the FBI, to investigate fully and thoroughly the allegations against me,” according to multiple reports. “The one thing I want to make abundantly clear is that in both situations I knew…

Erica Werner Damian Paletta February 10 at 9:48 AM Bipartisan talks aimed at resolving the border wall dispute and averting a government shutdown Friday have broken down and are at an impasse, lawmakers and others familiar with the situation said Sunday. “I think the talks are stalled right now,” Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard C. Shelby (Ala.), the lead Republican negotiator, said on Fox News Sunday. “I’m not confident we’re…

Video Mick Mulvaney on chances of border security deal, Democrats ramping up investigation of Trump administration Acting White House chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney on the impact for the president’s agenda. With less than a week to go until another potential partial federal government shutdown begins on Friday, bipartisan compromise talks on funding for President Trump’s proposed border wall have completely broken down, sources tell Fox News. The sudden development again…

Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard ShelbyRichard Craig ShelbyCongress seeks to avoid new shutdown: Five things to watch The Hill’s Morning Report — Lawmakers: We are closing on a deal On The Money: Lawmakers closing in on border deal | Dems build case for Trump tax returns | Trump, Xi won’t meet before trade deadline | Waters in talks with Mnuchin for testimony MORE (R-Ala.), a key negotiator on President TrumpDonald…

“Excuse me?” Jones replied. The panelists offered various theories (except for Jones, who remained astounded), and Mooney asked what the scandal said about the overall state of the country. Thompson answered: “It’s disgraceful, Chuck. It’s awful. I mean, this is a clear violation of someone’s privacy.” “And what about when the pictures do come out?” Mooney asked. “I will look at them,” Thompson responded. “I will make them into hilarious…

Rob Lowe’s tweet about Sen. Elizabeth Warren was not well-received by some in Hollywood. (Reuters) Actor Rob Lowe removed a Twitter post that poked fun at U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Saturday out of concern that “some peeps got upset.” Earlier in the day, Lowe responded on the social media platform after the Massachusetts Democrat officially launched her 2020 presidential campaign with a kickoff event in Lawrence, Mass. “Elizabeth Warren…

Lawyers representing a college professor who alleged Virginia Lieutenant Gov. Justin Fairfax (D) sexually assaulted her say their client is willing to testify at impeachment proceedings or to cooperate with law enforcement in an investigation of her claims. In a statement Saturday night, attorneys Debra Katz and Lisa Banks write that Vanessa Tyson is “fully prepared” to testify under oath on her claim that Fairfax assaulted her at the 2004 Democratic National…