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The Senate will take two votes Thursday to reopen the federal government and end the longest shutdown in history. Both votes are expected to fail. The shutdown will continue. The pageantry of failed floor votes has become one of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s calling cards in the Senate over the past few years. They’ve proven a potent tool to defuse awkward standoffs and to navigate stalemates. It used to…

Republicans are wisely considering a Senate rules change to speed confirmation of presidential nomination. But that move should be just the beginning of efforts to overcome unprecedented Democratic obstructionism. On almost every judicial nominee presented by President Trump, and also on many of his executive branch nominations, Democrats are demanding the clocking of the full 30 hours of allowable (post- cloture) debate even if they have no actual objection to…

In the latest twist in the ongoing saga over the State of the Union, President Trump on Wednesday wrote that he planned to ignore House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s disinvitation and proceed with delivering his speech on Jan. 29 “on time, on schedule, and very importantly, on location!” So can Trump simply show up to the House of Representatives to deliver his speech? And if he does, can Pelosi just have…

President Donald Trump’s advisers are reportedly urging him to bench his lawyer Rudy Giuliani and prevent him from making televised appearances following his hapless performances of late. According to The Associated Press, citing sources in and close to the White House, Trump is irritated by Giuliani’s recent mistakes, involving bombshell statements rapidly followed by confusing backtracking. The president reportedly thinks they distracted from what he views as vindication after an explosive BuzzFeed report…

Video U.S.-backed Venezuelan opposition leader declares himself interim president in effort to oust Maduro Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday said he’s cutting off relations with the U.S. and giving American diplomats 72 hours to exit the country. The socialist leader ordered a review of Venezuela’s relationship with the U.S. hours after the Trump administration officially recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido as the nation’s interim president. WHO IS JUAN GUAIDO, US-RECOGNIZED INTERIM PRESIDENT…

A suspected gunman was in custody Wednesday after five people were shot dead at a SunTrust bank in Sebring, Florida, according to police and local officials.

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Video Nurse arrested for sexual assault of woman in vegetative state who gave birth at an Arizona care facility A 36-year-old licensed nurse has been charged with sexual assault and vulnerable adult abuse of a woman in a vegetative state who gave birth at the Hacienda Healthcare facility in Phoenix, Arizona. A licensed practical nurse who was supposed to care for a woman in a vegetative state at a long-term Arizona…

The teen most infamously involved in that scene, high school junior Nick Sandmann, hired a crisis management firm to pull him and his peers out of the deep end. He released a statement pointing to several black men who identified themselves as Hebrew Israelites and the Native American man, Nathan Phillips, as the real aggressors. A new, longer video of the incident went viral in tandem, and within hours, national…

Video Democrats reject Trump’s latest proposal to end the government shutdown Trump and Democrats at an impasse over border security; reaction and analysis from the ‘Special Report’ all-star panel. Last week, Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia offered President Trump some advice on how to end the current border wall standoff. “Always try to find a solution in which both sides come out ahead,” Warner told the president. It’s good…

NEW YORK (AP) — A white supremacist pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing a black man with a sword as part of an attack that authorities said was intended to incite a race war in the United States. James Jackson admitted to fatally stabbing 66-year-old Timothy Caughman in March 2017 after stalking a number of black men in New York City. Jackson, who is white, told police he traveled from Baltimore…

Democrats have the opportunity to show the world which matters more to them: handing a defeat to President Trump or helping the people they care about, such as refugees, immigrants in the U.S. illegally since childhood, and federal workers. The White House over the weekend put forth a proposal that gives Democrats a lot on immigration while asking for very little. The trade: extended legal protection for thousands of immigrants…

The Trump administration recalled thousands of furloughed Internal Revenue Service employees last week to process tax refunds despite the government shutdown. However, many staffers are reportedly skipping work, which could mean a delay.

The Los Angeles Unified School District and the teachers union came to a tentative agreement Tuesday morning. Here are some of the elements included in the three-year contract, which union members were to vote on Tuesday afternoon:

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An image of a boy is painted on the bars of the border wall, in front of coils of razor wire, seen from Tijuana, Mexico. President Trump’s proposal to end the partial government shutdown includes funding for more border wall, but also provisions that further restrict asylum seekers. Gregory Bull/AP hide caption toggle caption Gregory Bull/AP An image of a boy is painted on the bars of the border wall,…

Video Sarah Sanders slams Ocasio-Cortez’s prediction the world will end White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders derided New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s recent claim that the world will end in 12 years due to climate change, and suggested the Trump administration has little need for the progressive firebrand’s thoughts in general, in an exclusive, wide-ranging interview Tuesday night with Fox News’ “Hannity.” Sanders also slammed what she called the “disgraceful” media coverage…

The president can technically enter the House chamber at any time, but as McClatchy reporter Emma Dumain noted, there might not be anyone else there, let alone C-SPAN broadcasting or even lights.

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