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In Cairo, Pompeo Slams Obama’s Mideast Policies, Says Era Of ‘American Shame Is Over’ – NPR
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers a speech at the American University in Cairo on Thursday that was a scathing rebuke of the Obama administration’s Mideast policies. Amr Nabil/AP hide caption toggle caption Amr Nabil/AP U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers a speech at the American University in Cairo on Thursday that was a scathing rebuke of the Obama administration’s Mideast policies. Amr Nabil/AP Updated at 11:17 a.m….
Trump, Heading to the Border, Suggests He Will Declare an Emergency to Fund the Wall – The New York Times
[A shut down government actually costs more than an open one.] In Texas, he is expected to meet with Border Patrol officials who are being forced to work without pay because of the funding impasse. The president maintains he has the option of declaring a national emergency to fund construction for the wall, perhaps the central promise that he made to his political base during his campaign, and bypassing a…
‘I live paycheck to paycheck’: Federal workers to rally for their jobs at White House – USA TODAY
CLOSE President Donald Trump, in a prime-time address, blamed Democrats for the government shutdown. USA TODAY Federal workers and their supporters will rally for their jobs Thursday outside the White House as the partial government shutdown rolls through its third week with no end in sight. Almost half of the 800,000 civilian federal employees are not working, and even those that are won’t be paid until the stalemate is settled….
White Supremacist Rep. Steve King Wonders Why Being White Supremacist Is Offensive – HuffPost
The interview is one of the few times King has discussed his embrace of white nationalism since HuffPost’s Chris Mathias outed his viewpoints during his 2018 campaign for re-election. He narrowly won in November, despite extensive HuffPost reporting revealing that he repeatedly promoted neo-Nazis on Twitter, endorsed a white supremacist candidate for Toronto mayor, and gave an interview to an Austrian publication affiliated with Europe’s neo-fascist “identitarian” movement, in which King talks…
Bernie Sanders Adviser Allegedly Forced Staffer To Kiss Him: Report – HuffPost
The adviser, Robert Becker, served as a deputy national field director and oversaw Sanders’ campaign efforts in Iowa, Michigan, California and New York.
No way out: Trump walks out, Dems remain firm – CNN
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Blumenthal: DOJ denying Dems meetings with AG nominee Barr, citing shutdown | TheHill – The Hill
Senate Judiciary Committee Democrat Richard Blumenthal (Conn.), claimed Wednesday that the Justice Department (DOJ) is denying Senate Democrats meetings with William Barr, President TrumpDonald John TrumpDem strategist says party’s leaders struggle to relate to Americans Mexican president staying out of wall debate, calling it an internal US matter China vows to buy ‘substantial amount’ of American goods and services, US trade agency says MORE‘s nominee for attorney general, due to the partial government shutdown….
Andrew Napolitano: Mueller can show Trump campaign ‘had a connection to Russian intelligence’ – Washington Examiner
How Is The Shutdown Affecting America? Let Us Count The Ways – NPR
A man holds a placard at Newark Liberty International Airport on Tuesday, reminding travelers that FAA safety inspectors have been furloughed during the shutdown. Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images A man holds a placard at Newark Liberty International Airport on Tuesday, reminding travelers that FAA safety inspectors have been furloughed during the shutdown. Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images…
California’s Gov. Newsom hits Trump over threat to pull FEMA money after fires, accuses president of playin… – Fox News
Video California Gov. Newsom rebukes Trump White House during inaugural address He’s been in office just a few days, but new California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has already gone after President Trump, accusing him of playing “games with lives” for halting aid to the state for dealing with deadly forest fires. Trump drew the fury of the newly sworn-in governor after ordering the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to stop sending…
Trump walks out of meeting after Speaker Pelosi rejects border wall – Fox News
Video Trump leaves Capitol Hill after policy lunch, says there is solidarity within the Republican Party for border security President Trump walked out of a White House meeting with congressional leaders Wednesday afternoon over the partial government shutdown after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi again rejected supporting new funding for a border wall, according to those in the meeting. Speaking to reporters after the brief session, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.,…
Top Democrat: Party lacks clear plan to vote against all bills that don’t open government – Washington Examiner
‘No Collusion’ vs. ‘Not Me’ and why Trump should consider a new talking point – Washington Examiner
GOP senators promise AG nominee Barr won’t touch Mueller’s probe – The Washington Post
Karoun Demirjian Seung Min Kim Devlin Barrett January 9 at 9:13 PM Top Senate Republicans emerged Wednesday from meetings with attorney general nominee William P. Barr insisting that if confirmed, he would not hinder Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation of the Trump campaign’s Russia ties, despite previous statements blasting the probe for looking into whether President Trump attempted to obstruct justice. “Based on what I heard, he has a high…
Second man found dead at home of Democratic party donor – AOL
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Detectives have opened an investigation into a second death in less than two years at the West Hollywood home of a Democratic donor, the Los Angeles County sheriff’s department said Tuesday. A lawyer for Ed Buck, who has donated tens of thousands of dollars to California candidates and is well known in LGBTQ political circles, said his client had done nothing wrong and is cooperating…
‘He’s a gut politician’: Trump’s go-to negotiating tactics aren’t working in shutdown standoff – The Washington Post
David Nakamura Seung Min Kim January 9 at 6:52 PM President Trump has long said that keeping opponents off balance is the best way to win a negotiation. But nearly three weeks into a partial government shutdown, his usual playbook doesn’t seem to be working. In his fight for a section of border wall, the president has dispatched aides to negotiate with lawmakers only to undercut their offers. He has…
Manafort intended for polling data to go to 2 Ukrainian oligarchs who owed him millions – CNN
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L.A. teachers union postpones strike until Monday – Los Angeles Times
House Democrats force GOP to vote on protecting Obamacare – CNN
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Family of Arizona woman in vegetative state who gave birth is ‘traumatized and in shock’ – NBC News
Phoenix police said Wednesday they are reaching out to the community to help identify a suspect for sexual assault after a woman who has been in a vegetative state for years gave birth. A lawyer for the woman’s family meanwhile said they are “traumatized and in shock” by the “abuse and neglect” of their daughter but that “the baby boy has been born into a loving family and will be…