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To justify the wall, Trump repeatedly insisted criminals, gang members and drug traffickers were pouring over the border and that only a wall could stop them.
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One of Mr. Santorum’s rivals for the Republican nomination, Representative Ron Paul of Texas, scoffed at Mr. Santorum on Sunday for focusing on social issues like abortion and contraception – and for believing that he could defeat Mr. Obama.
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“He criticized America for having ‘arrogance’ and the audacity to ‘dictate our terms’ to other nations.
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The project inspired a major march in Washington in September.
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His resignation is effective December 31.
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He previously received death threats over a photo he took of "Glee" actress Heather Morris with bruises on her face.
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Such information is often used for future fund-raising solicitations.
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Mr. Romney has said that he favors allowing domestic partnerships that bestow certain rights on same-sex couples, like hospital visitation, but he has not delineated them in great detail.
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"The President's actions clearly violate the Congress’s exclusive power of the purse, which our Founders enshrined in the Constitution."
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Surely this has never been done to a man.”
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We're not reading out details of the conversation, but the lines of communication remain open," the statement released by each office said.
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In other (and considerably less gory) photos shot by Shields, Griffin poses by the pool in a revealing leather getup as a man holding a camera stands above her.
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Which brings us back to Etheridge’s response.
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At a news conference at the United Nations a little more than a week after The Times’s report, Mrs. Clinton first said she “chose not to keep” her private personal emails.
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“If it’s standardless and recordless,” he said, “then why is there commonality?”
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“We have spread the word to everyone, and there was a lot of interest,” he said.
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In a 48-page indictment released by the Justice Department, Mr. Hunter, Republican of California, and his wife, Margaret, are charged with converting more than $250,000 in campaign funds to pay for personal expenses and filing false campaign finance records with the Federal Election Commission.
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House interns hauled signs: “Scalise Strong,” “Capitol Police MVP” and “Unvidvided” in red, white, and blue.
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Strzok appeared to launch a new Twitter account to fire back, saying he's "deeply saddened" by the decision and linking to a GoFundMe page.
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While the threats facing the United States have changed in the 21st century, America's global influence remains a benevolent force, Rubio said.
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The secretary tried to explain that "1.43 million cables" come through the department every year.
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With fiscal issues continuing to dominate the political calendar for the next several weeks, White House officials and lawmakers say the gun safety effort is likely to be debated in separate pieces of legislation that could be introduced over time.
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The assailant, who authorities have identified as 66-year-old James T. Hodgkinson of Belleville, Illinois, was shot by police and later died of his injuries at a hospital.
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But the lawsuit from Nebraska and Oklahoma, where marijuana is still outlawed, argues that Colorado has “created a dangerous gap” in the federal drug-control system.
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The phrase quoted by Carney is not in the Bible, though it is often mistaken as a verse.
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And his language was markedly different; instead of insisting on the “big beautiful wall” he promised during his 2016 campaign, Mr. Trump took care to use the word “barrier” as well — and seemed to pare back his vision for it.
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Despite an expectation that Congress would override, the White House made a last-ditch attempt to fight it.
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The Senate will not take up the bill, according to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
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But he said he wants changes made so it more closely mirrors a 1993 federal law.
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"John Boehner and his cronies are holding up the U.S. Constitution as a sacred, perfect document.
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The delays were merely the “result of bureaucratic snafus,” Mr. Strzok’s lawyer wrote last month in USA Today.
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Joe Biden knew Lloyd Bentsen.
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"This is becoming more troubling by the day.
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He tweaked House Republicans for passing a resolution on Tuesday reaffirming the national motto, “In God We Trust,” when they should be creating jobs.
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In addition to the punitive damages they want an injunction that would force Wal-Mart to adopt more stringent anti-discrimination policies.
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The New York Democrat, who is known for his combative style in interviews and on the House floor, granted a series of TV interviews after getting testy with reporters late Tuesday.
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It is the same thing that happened when I was marching for civil rights, when they didn’t want a black to come into their restaurant," he told a press conference in Washington, DC.
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It was the third major release of Clinton’s email records.
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“After more than two years of investigation plagued by malicious leaks, violations of grand jury secrecy and strong-arm tactics, the U.S. attorney’s office has disclosed its intent to file criminal charges against Congressman Grimm,” Mr. McGinley said.
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“We need immediate federal action to reverse these policies and protect these amazing animals.”
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“There’s a whole lot of anger,” said one Democrat who opposed her, who requested anonymity in order to speak freely.
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The dueling running mates turned the lone vice presidential debate into an uncharacteristically feisty affair, scrapping over everything from the economy to Libya to taxes.
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In brief remarks after meeting with President Bronislaw Komorowski of Poland, Mr. Obama on Wednesday emphatically disputed that Democrats generally feel betrayed by his deal with Congressional Republicans on the tax cuts, saying that “the more who look at it, the more will say this makes sense.”
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"Then we’ll end up in the Supreme Court, and hopefully we’ll get a fair shake, and we’ll win at the Supreme Court -- just like the [travel] ban.”
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Reid, after all, only issued the above statement after his Republican opponents began hitting him for going silent on the matter.
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Gillibrand tweeted: "Trump ordered the end of DACA and TPS.
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Strzok attorney Aitan Goelman said in a statement Monday that his client, a 21-year FBI veteran, was fired Friday afternoon, claiming this was a departure from standard practice and politically motivated.
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A proven effort by Mr. Trump to pressure a witness to commit perjury would be one of the most damning revelations so far in the investigation into Russia’s attempts to sabotage the 2016 presidential election and could be the cornerstone of a case that the president obstructed justice to keep investigators at bay.
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"This is very emotional for me," Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., said on the floor before the reading began.
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In a letter to the House Intelligence Committee reported by Fox and other news organizations, Mr. Page wrote: “I have learned from your Committee staff on this Memorial Day holiday that I might not be immediately afforded the opportunity to address the false or misleading testimony by James Comey, John Brennan, et al. as per our previously scheduled appointment for next week.
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We're going to have to make some choices as a society," he said.
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Nadler derided what he called the "ritualistic reading" as "total nonsense" and "propaganda" intended to give Republicans claim to the document.
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It's pretty clear what the motivation was."
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I ask for your forgiveness," he said.
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“And I think we need to use whatever compulsory methods are necessary to get the information that he possesses.”
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The president’s proposal “strikes a fair compromise by incorporating priorities from both sides of the aisle,” Mr. McConnell said in a statement after Mr. Trump’s speech.
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In a written statement, a spokesman for her said she had told the committee months ago that she was prepared to testify at a public hearing.
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The former Mexican president, who led the country from 2000 to 2006, also questioned Trump’s allegiance to the Republican party, or, for that matter, any political party.
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Governor Appoints Ex-Aide to Fill Kerry’s Seat
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Mr. McCabe, a veteran agent who joined the bureau in 1996 and once specialized in Russian organized crime, was named deputy director in 2016.
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WASHINGTON -- The Senate GOP's threat to filibuster every single piece of legislation until the chamber resolves budget and tax cut measures will likely be tested as soon as Friday.
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Florida is considered a toss-up in recent polling, and its 29 electoral votes could swing the election.
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Minutes after his tweets on Saturday morning about social media, the president — who has long had an affinity for conspiracy theories — appeared to do just that.
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She told voters she had not seen the cover.
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The magazine posted other photos of her on its website, and many of them are flattering.
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“But whether they do or not, this will ultimately be decided by the American public at the ballot box in South Carolina and in every state of the union.”
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Shortly after a “Fox and Friends” segment reporting that Democrats no longer want to hear testimony from Carter Page, a onetime Trump campaign adviser, Mr. Trump wrote that it was all part of a “witch hunt” against him.
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But when you actually look at the details, then I think we've struck the right balance," he said.
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Asserting that the legislation was not about discrimination, he said, “The issue here is, you know, is tolerance a two-way street or not?”
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He obtained at least five military deferments from 1965 to 1970 and took repeated steps that enabled him to avoid going to war, according to records."
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Republican leaders generally support Obama's trade proposal and have suggested they may try to revive the bill as early as this week.
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She and other Democrats disputed the claim that taxpayers will pay for campaigns, noting that money for political campaigns would come from a surcharge on federal settlements made with banks and corporations that run afoul of the law.
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As for Iran, Rubio said it cannot be trusted.
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And to emphasize that she was not shying away from drawing attention to her view, Mary Cheney concluded her Facebook post: “Please like and share if you agree.”
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Trump spent the past week meeting with NATO allies in Brussels; meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May and Queen Elizabeth II in England; and visiting Scotland.
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WASHINGTON — Jesse L. Jackson Jr., the former Democratic representative from Illinois, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to one felony fraud count in connection with his use of $750,000 in campaign money to pay for living expenses and buy items like stuffed animals, elk heads and fur capes.
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Members of Congress are calling her evasive, and question why she didn't reveal the program sooner -- plus her history at the Federal Elections Commission is coming under scrutiny.
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A decision in 2015 by the Office of Congressional Ethics, an independent, nonpartisan board, cleared him of wrongdoing, and he promised to repay the settlement.
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"You said I don't want to build a fence," Romney said.
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Mr. Schumer, determined to keep the fissures in his party coalition muted, used a meeting of Senate Democrats before the vote to urge the liberals in his caucus not to criticize those voting to reopen the government, according to one senator who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a private meeting.
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Ocasio-Cortez, the Democratic socialist lawmaker from New York, went on Twitter to weigh in, accusing the GOP of a having a double standard.
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The Democratic National Committee also sent that statement around to reporters.
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White House officials rejected criticism from across the ideological spectrum that Mr. Trump was creating a precedent that future presidents could use to ignore the will of Congress.
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Nearly two weeks ago, the department also waived the ban in a similar manner for Zambia.
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Mr. Sellers responded that “there is no minimum number” in court decisions.
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In the poll, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney leads the would-be group of contenders with 21 percent of Republican primary voters surveyed followed by Trump and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee at 17 percent each.
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Trump tweeted Tuesday he's not sure it will happen.
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The NAACP adopted a resolution Tuesday condemning "racist elements" in the Tea Party movement and calling on the movement's leaders to repudiate bigotry, despite claims from Tea Partiers that the measure is just a political ploy.
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“I know the pain the Brown family is going through right now,” he said.
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Regardless of what happens in the Senate, progressive and immigrant advocacy groups said House Republican leaders will never take up a bill that would offer legal status to young undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children without excruciating concessions on other immigration issues.
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Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and 18 members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee called on President Donald Trump to cancel his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin after indictments were announced Friday accusing a dozen Kremlin intelligence officers of hacking Democratic Party emails during the 2016 presidential campaign.
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The communications pro also took a shot at President Obama and the first lady, writing "your mother and father don’t respect their positions very much, or the nation for that matter, so I’m guessing you’re coming up a little short in the 'good role model' department.”
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The declaration gives Patrick Shanahan, the acting defense secretary, broad latitude to carry out this process.
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“The president’s pathway to citizenship is a stumbling block,” said Representative Andy Harris, a conservative Republican who represents the Maryland district that will host the retreat.
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“We must never allow political violence to take root in America,” Trump said.
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But they also argue that an impeachment that does not have a reasonable shot of winning a conviction in the Senate will backfire and strengthen Mr. Trump in the 2020 campaign.
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"Federal law undisputedly prohibits the production and sale of marijuana," Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning said Thursday in a statement.
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Braley says if elected to the Senate to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin, he would want to serve on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has asked supporters to donate the cost of a meal at a Chick-fil-A, about $6.50, to gay and lesbian rights groups.
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The financial industry tycoon ridiculed Trump’s statements on immigration, national security, foreign trade, and his use of overseas labor.
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