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Mohammed Salem | Reuters Migrants from Honduras, part of a caravan of thousands from Central America trying to reach the United States, walk next to the border fence as they prepare to cross it illegally, in Tijuana, Mexico, December 26, 2018. President Donald Trump threatened on Friday to close the …
Read More »Acting Defense Secretary Shanahan brings corporate style to the Pentagon
Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg via Getty Images James Mattis, U.S. Secretary of Defense, right, and Patrick Shanahan, Deputy Secretary of Defense, wait outside the Pentagon before an event in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018. After a career in which he rose to oversee Boeing’s supply chain operations as …
Read More »Mueller asks to delay hearing in Jerome Corsi lawsuit, citing shutdown
Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Jerome Corsi, right wing commentator poses for a picture in New York, November 27, 2018. Special counsel Robert Mueller along with several federal agencies have asked a U.S. district judge to delay an upcoming hearing in a lawsuit brought by Roger Stone-linked conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi, …
Read More »Bloomberg likely to spend $100 million on potential 2020 campaign for president
KC McGinnis | Reuters Mike Bloomberg, former mayor of New York City, speaks to media after touring the Wind Technology program at Des Moines Area Community College in Ankeny, Iowa, December 4, 2018. Billionaire Mike Bloomberg is prepared to spend well over the $100 million he put into his last …
Read More »Shutdown could delay aid for farmers hurt by Trump-China trade war
Dan Koeck | Reuters Corn and soybean farmer William Hejl checks one of his soybean fields in Amenia, North Dakota, July 6, 2018 The U.S. government’s payments to farmers as part of trade aid relief will temporarily stop next week if the federal shutdown continues, according to the Department of …
Read More »Trump’s special envoy to defeat ISIS resigns after Syria decision
Delil Souleiman | AFP | Getty Images A picture taken on April 2, 2018 shows a general view of a US military base in the al-Asaliyah village, between the city of Aleppo and the northern town of Manbij. Brett McGurk, the special envoy for the global coalition to defeat Islamic …
Read More »I want to see ‘something happen’ on border security
Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump speaks during an interview in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. With less than 12 hours to go before a partial government shutdown, President Donald Trump was running out of ways to force Congress to fund his …
Read More »Trump tariffs would make a ‘steel slat’ border wall much more costly
Jose Luis Gonzalez | Reuters Construction workers are seen next to heavy machinery while working on a new border wall in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, as seen from the Mexican side of the border in San Jeronimo, on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico April 23, 2018. A White House …
Read More »Read James Mattis’ letter to Trump resigning as Defense secretary
Mattis’ resignation comes on the heels of Trump’s controversial plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria. The president’s decision, announced on Wednesday, will reportedly take more than 2,000 U.S. servicemembers out of the country, ending the ground strategy against the Islamic State. Trump said in a tweet Wednesday morning that …
Read More »House votes on spending bill, border wall ahead of government shutdown
Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Speaker designate Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speak to reporters after meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 11, 2018. At the news conference with Schumer, Pelosi called the House bill “shameful.” She …
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