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The 50 most eye-popping lines from Donald Trump’s El Paso speech – CNN
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Bill and Melinda Gates 2019 annual letter dedicated to Paul Allen – Business Insider
As a sign-off, Bill and Melinda Gates dedicated this year’s letter to Paul Allen, who died in October at the age of 65. They said: “Paul was a brilliant man with a wide-ranging mind and a special talent for explaining complicated subjects in a simple way. He loved to share his passion for music, science, the arts, sports, philanthropy, and so much more. “He supported homeless shelters, brain research, and…
Rejoice? Or Mourn? Snow is done in Seattle for a while… we think – KOMO News
Lawmakers reach ‘agreement in principle’ in border security talks, with $1.3B for barrier – Fox News
Video Shutdown negotiators: We have an agreement Congressional negotiators revealed Monday evening that they’ve reached “an agreement in principle” on border security funding that includes more than $1.3 billion for physical barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border. When asked if they had an agreement that President Trump would approve, Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, told reporters: “We think so. We hope so.” Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., the…
The Note: Trump show upstaged by Beto O’Rourke and congressional realities – ABC News
N.J. weather: When will the snow start? Latest update on winter storm, snowfall total forecast – NJ.com
While many New Jersey residents awoke to find little to no snow on the ground Tuesday morning, weather forecasts say the worst of the winter storm expected to hit the state with a mix of snow, ice and freezing rain is yet to come. Once it starts, the storm could last much of the day, according to the National Weather Service, which has issued winter storm warnings and advisories for…
‘This is our answer to the White House’: California is bucking Trump’s controversial policies in an unprecedented way – Business Insider
In recent weeks, California and its militia, one of the largest National Guard entities in the US, began signaling its disagreement with President Donald Trump on two contentious topics: the southern border and transgender service members. Nearly a month after the Supreme Court decided not to stand in the way of Trump’s move to bar transgender people from serving in the military, the California Military Department’s second-in-command told policymakers the…
Two Parkland mothers now divided over guns – NBCNews.com
PARKLAND, Fla. — It’s an image that has become emblematic of the Parkland school massacre: two terrified moms outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, one of them a tall, weeping blonde with the black smudge of Ash Wednesday on her forehead, the other a petite redhead crying in despair on her shoulder. But the bond in that widely seen photograph didn’t survive long. The two women soon found themselves at odds…
Congressional Negotiators Agree to Tentative Budget Deal to Avoid Another Shutdown. That Is, if Trump Will Sign It. – Slate
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Washington braces for Trump to weigh in on shutdown deal – CNN
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Tweets Fiery Response To Trump’s Green New Deal Criticism – HuffPost
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) took a dig at Donald Trump’s reading skills after the president criticized, with falsehoods, the Green New Deal during his campaign rally in El Paso, Texas, on Monday night.
Trump’s artificial intelligence order lacks funding but not a target — China – NBC News
Nearly two years after China first laid out its plan to become the world leader in artificial intelligence by 2030, the U.S. on Monday released its own playbook. The document, an executive order from President Donald Trump, explained his administration’s views on developing artificial intelligence, but left open a major question: Where’s the money? “Money talks when it comes to government priorities, and new money actually drives priorities.” said R….
More than 200 Baptist ministers, deacons and others have been found guilty of sex abuse, report says – NBC News
For more than a decade, a Baptist preacher in Oklahoma has been what he calls “a lone voice in the wilderness.” Pastor Wade Burleson called on the Southern Baptist Convention to protect its flock by creating a database that would track church workers accused of sexual abuse. Such a list was published Monday, but not by the Baptists. The Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News in an expansive investigation named…
Negotiators say they reached an agreement in principle to avert shutdown – CNN
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Left flexes muscle in immigration talks | TheHill – The Hill
Democrats are leaning in hard in the new border talks under pressure from the party’s left flank, which is pushing to limit law enforcement operations against immigrants in the country illegally — and complicating negotiations to prevent another government shutdown in the process. The conference committee seeking a bipartisan agreement on Homeland Security funding is well stacked with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), which has long advocated for…
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…