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Trump’s acoustic demagoguery stokes our state of disunion
The biggest thigh-slapper of last night's State of the Union was Trump's apparent belief that unplugging his vocal amplifier would somehow soften his demagoguery.
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Trump State of the Union unites on infrastructure, divides on immigration
President Trump's State of the Union united Democrats and Republicans on infrastructure, but immigration proposal is doing the opposite.
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Trump calls for optimism in spite of warnings of danger in State of the Union
Trump addressed the nation with tensions running high on Capitol Hill.
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FEMA to end food and water aid for Puerto Rico
The decision to end the delivery of aid is part of the agency's broader plan to transition away from the emergency response phase of its work on the island.
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In reversal, EPA suspends Alaska mining proposal to preserve watershed protections
EPA said it was suspending its effort to withdraw proposed protections for a southwest Alaska watershed to make room for a new mine.
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USOC Tells USA Gymnastics’ Board To Resign Within 6 Days
USA Gymnastics' board must resign, the U.S. Olympic Committee says, or it will lose its certification as a national governing body
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Trump intended to fire Special Counsel Mueller in June, ‘New York Times’ says
White House counsel Don McGahn refused and threatened to quit himself if the president went ahead, according to an explosive report in The New York Times.
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Trump plan offers citizenship path to 1.8 million immigrants
Democrats said they were heartened Thursday by Trump's support, while Republicans were more cautious.
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Trump hints at ‘nuclear option’ as partial shutdown enters second day
Republicans could theoretically vote to change laws to require just a simple 51-vote majority to pass a spending bill, as they did to get Neil Gorsuch confirmed.
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Supreme Court to hear latest challenge to Trump’s travel ban
Almost a year after Trump tried to bar travelers from entering the US, the Supreme Court announced that will consider a legal challenge to the third version of that ban.
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Victims of Las Vegas shooting: We need more help
In Las Vegas so many more lives were affected and the fund has raised just upward of $22 million.
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Schumer, White House respond to shutdown by pointing fingers
The federal government is now in a partial shutdown after Congress failed to pass a stopgap measure to keep funding going ahead of a midnight deadline.
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House Passes Bill To Avoid Government Shutdown, But Senate Prospects Uncertain
Republicans need 60 votes in the Senate to proceed on the four-week continuing resolution, which would extend funding only until Feb. 16.
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Apple to build 2nd campus, hire 20,000 in $350B pledge
Cities from across the U.S. will likely be offering Apple tax breaks and other incentives in an attempt to persuade the company to build its second campus in their towns.
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Suspect charged with murder in Penn student’s killing
A former high school classmate of a University of Pennsylvania student found stabbed and buried in a California park was charged Wednesday with murder.
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