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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…

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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…

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….

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….

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“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.

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….

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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, 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…

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.,…

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…

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.

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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…