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Trump demands payment on wall as Schumer and McConnelll try to reach shutdown deal

Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, right, talks to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, while walking towards the Senate Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018. Funding for …

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US and China are in cold war that ‘threatens to turn into a hot one’

Matthew Lloyd | Bloomberg | Getty Images George Soros, billionaire and founder of Soros Fund Management LLC, looks on during an interview at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016. Liberal billionaire George Soros on Thursday warned that the U.S. and China, the world’s …

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Trump has lost more than 90 percent of deregulation court battles

Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump participates in a discussion on immigration proposals with conservative leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, January 23, 2019. President Donald Trump has been hailed as the greatest rule-cutter in modern American history. But despite his administration’s efforts to …

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Joe Biden, Kamala Harris top contenders

Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call Group | Getty Images Vice President Joe Biden talks with Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., center, and her aunt, Dr. Sarala Gopalan, during swearing-in ceremony in the Capitol’s Old Senate Chamber, January 03, 2016. A huge question of the 2020 campaign centers is who former President …

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Furloughed federal workers to miss second paycheck this week

Haley Hernandez via AP This Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019, selfie photo provided by Haley Hernandez shows herself, a stay-at-home mother of four and wife of an active duty member of the U.S. Coast Guard, in Corpus Christi, Texas. Hernandez said she has applied for free lunches for her children, and …

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Supreme Court will hear gun rights case on transporting handguns

Gabriel Bouys | AFP | Getty Images A man buys a gun at the Gun Gallery in Glendale, California. The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will hear a 2nd Amendment case that could limit restrictions on gun owners. The case concerns a New York City ban on transporting …

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In 2020 Democratic race for president, virtually all the barriers are gone

Christopher Evans | Digital First Media | Getty Images US Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks during the Massachusetts Democratic Coordinated Campaign election night party at the Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel in Boston, Massachusetts on November 6, 2018. Less-experienced Democrats still must demonstrate presidential gravitas. But social media has magnified their …

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White House games out potential new Trump infrastructure plan

Alex Edelman | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump speaks at a press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 4, 2019. The Trump administration isn’t giving up hope of pursuing a “significant” infrastructure initiative during President Donald Trump’s first term. The …

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Trump cancels US delegation’s trip to Davos over government shutdown

Chris Kleponis | Getty Images President Donald Trump speaks to the media before departing the White House for Camp David on January 6, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chris Kleponis – Pool/Getty Images) President Donald Trump has canceled his delegation’s trip to the World Economic Forum, citing the partial …

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Dates to watch as US government shutdown over border wall continues

Yuri Gripas | Reuters Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) (C) and other Senate Democrats hold portraits of constituents affected by the government shutdown on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 16, 2019. The partial government shutdown dragged into its 27th day Thursday, leaving 800,000 workers …

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