Democrats speechless as scandal engulfs Virginia’s leaders

Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 13:33:14 +0000

Democrats speechless as scandal engulfs Virginia's leaders

With Virginia’s top three elected officials engulfed in scandal, fellow Democrats were rendered practically speechless, uncertain of how to thread their way through the racial and sexual allegations and their tangled political implications.

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Unbowed by Trump, Democrats charge ahead with investigations

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 05:42:30 +0000

Unbowed by Trump, Democrats charge ahead with investigations

President Trump warned Congress investigations and legislation don’t mix. But Speaker Pelosi said such threats have no place in the House.

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Trump calls for end of resistance politics in State of Union

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2019 04:44:29 +0000

Trump calls for end of resistance politics in State of Union

WASHINGTON — Facing a divided Congress for the first time, President Donald Trump on Tuesday called on Washington to reject “the politics of revenge, resistance and retribution.” He warned emboldened Democrats that “ridiculous partisan investigations” into his administration and businesses could hamper a surging American economy.

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Top Democrat blocks Trump’s State of the Union speech to Congress

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 23:06:04 +0000

Top Democrat blocks Trump's State of the Union speech to Congress

WASHINGTON, United States – US President Donald Trump intensified his war of words with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Wednesday after she effectively blocked him from delivering his annual address in Congress during the government shutdown, now in its 33rd day. The growing acrimony came on the eve of a pair of US Senate votes that […]

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 Trump’s shutdown solution hangs in limbo

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 04:52:31 +0000

Trump's shutdown solution hangs in limbo

President Donald Trump’s proposal to break through the budget deadlock appeared to be gaining little traction Monday, as another missed paycheck loomed for hundreds of thousands of workers and the partial federal shutdown stretched into its fifth week.

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Shutdown goes on as Trump offer doesn’t budge Democrats

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 09:46:14 +0000

Shutdown goes on as Trump offer doesn't budge Democrats

Thirty-one days into the partial government shutdown, Democrats and Republicans appeared no closer to ending the impasse than when it began, with President Donald Trump lashing out at his opponents after they dismissed a plan he’d billed as a compromise.

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Democrats aren’t buying Trump’s shutdown-ending ’compromise’

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2019 08:59:05 +0000

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In a bid to break the shutdown stalemate, President Donald Trump offered to extend temporary protections for young people brought to the U.S. illegally as children and those fleeing disaster zones in exchange for his long-promised border wall. But while Trump cast the move as a “common-sense compromise,” Democrats were quick to dismiss it as a “non-starter.”

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