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Video House sends spending bill to Senate including border security funding, Trump meets with Republicans to wrangle support The president wants Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConell to pass spending bill with a simple majority. The Senate on Friday was scrambling to take up a spending package with billions in funding for a border wall, as President Trump made clear there’s a “good chance” for a partial government shutdown at midnight….

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent surgery Friday to remove two cancerous nodules from her lung. A spokesperson for the Supreme Court said that there was “no evidence of remaining disease” and no evidence of disease “elsewhere in the body” after the surgery. “Justice Ginsburg is resting comfortably and is expected to remain in the hospital for a few days,” the court’s public information office reported. She survived pancreatic…

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President Trump on Friday called on the Senate to change the rules so Republicans can pass a bill funding his border wall over the objections of Senate Democrats. “Mitch, use the Nuclear Option and get it done!” Trump said on Twitter. “Our Country is counting on you!” Mitch, use the Nuclear Option and get it done! Our Country is counting on you! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 21, 2018…

As the looming cumulonimbus clouds of a government shutdown grow larger over all of our heads, President Donald Trump is dishing out unnecessary ― and, frankly, not thought-out at all ― jabs at politicians on the other side of the aisle. During at bill-signing event on Friday, Trump congratulated Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on his recent re-election and randomly decided to insult Cruz’s Democratic challenger, Beto O’Rourke. Despite his loss…

Looking at where things stand ahead of a midnight Friday deadline, all signs are pointing to a partial government shutdown. Typically, when trying to assess outcomes of Congressional standoffs, it’s best to look past some of the details and consider the bottom line political motivations and incentives for the key players. Right now, we’re in a situation in which the Republican-controlled Senate passed a bill to temporarily keep government open…

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Pope Francis told a gathering of cardinals Friday that clergy who break their vows by sexually abusing children are similar to Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Jesus Christ. Vatican Pool/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Vatican Pool/Getty Images Pope Francis told a gathering of cardinals Friday that clergy who break their vows by sexually abusing children are similar to Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Jesus Christ. Vatican Pool/Getty…

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Video Howard Kurtz: Why Trump base is rebelling over hot-button issues ‘MediaBuzz’ host Howard Kurtz weighs in on some conservative media and Trump’s base becoming angry over the president’s decision to pull American troops out of Syria as well as his decision to back off on border wall funding. In the space of 48 hours, President Trump has got some of his conservative supporters pretty riled up. His tentative decision…

A grassroots online campaign to fund President Trump’s proposed border wall roared past $8.7 million on Thursday, but questions remained about whether the feds would be able to accept the gift. As of Thursday evening, 143,821 people had donated $8,742,182 toward Air Force veteran Brian Kolfage’s GoFundMe campaign, titled We the People Will Fund the Wall, just a little over three days after its launch. The pledge drive aims to…

BEIRUT — The United States’ Kurdish allies had been gearing up for a new fight for weeks, digging trenches and defense tunnels in northeastern Syria in preparation for an offensive Turkey’s president warned was imminent. On the ground, U.S. troops were bringing in reinforcements through the border with Iraq, beefing up patrols and observation points to prevent friction between the Turks and their Kurdish partners. Then, in a surprise announcement,…

Deputies in West Virginia on Thursday were looking for one of four people who entered an inactive coal mine earlier this month, prompting a days-long rescue effort, the Raleigh County Sheriff’s Office said. The sheriff’s office said in a statement that they had arrest warrants for Eddie Williams Jr., who is charged with entering without breaking, conspiracy and giving false information to law enforcement. Williams and three others, Kayla Williams,…

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WASHINGTON — The House passed a stopgap measure Thursday night to fund the government that includes $5 billion for a border wall sought by President Donald Trump. The bill is expected to be rejected in the Senate, and does little to prevent a shutdown on Saturday. The vote of 217 to 185 on Thursday night puts the House at odds with the Senate, which on Wednesday night passed a funding…

President Trump arrives Thursday to speak during a bill-signing ceremony in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Philip Rucker Robert Costa Josh Dawsey December 20 at 8:40 PM President Trump began Thursday under siege, listening to howls of indignation from conservatives over his border wall and thrusting the government toward a shutdown. He ended it by announcing the exit of the man U.S. allies see…

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The Trump administration has taken another step toward selling leases to drill oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. In this photo from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, caribou migrate onto the coastal plain of the refuge in northeast Alaska. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/AP hide caption toggle caption U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/AP The Trump administration has taken another step toward selling leases to drill oil in the…