1 minute ago | Politico

Democratic governors, mayors, and members of Congress are urging the Department of Labor to allow "excepted" federal employees required to work through the government shutdown...
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Democrats vow aggressive investigations into report that Trump directed Cohen to lie to Congress

33 minutes ago | The Washington Post

The chairmen of key House committees said Friday they will get to the bottom of a story by BuzzFeed that Cohen alleges the president suborned perjury, which would be a crime.
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The Latest: Pelosi cancels trip, accuses White House of leak

39 minutes ago | My Sanantonio

WASHINGTON - The Latest on the partial government shutdown : 10:15 a.m. Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is canceling a congressional fact-finding trip to Afghanistan and...
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Bob Casey passes on 2020 presidential bid

55 minutes ago | Politico

Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey announced Friday he won't run for president in 2020. In a nod to Pennsylvania's outsize role as a swing state, the three term senator said in a...
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Rep. Wasserman Schultz says she won't join Women's March over anti-Semitism controversy

1 hour ago | Politico

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said Friday she will not walk in the Washington Women's March this Saturday due to the national organization's association with Nation of Islam...
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Trump points to a migrant caravan and unverified claim about Muslim prayer rugs as he continues push for wall

1 hour ago | The Washington Post

Morning tweets from the president carried the latest arguments that Democrats have derided as scare tactics.
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Trump criticizes Pelosi for attempting to see troops in Afghanistan

1 hour ago | Politico | 4 articles

President Donald Trump criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday for attempting to visit troops in Afghanistan as the government shutdown continues with no end in sight...
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Casey ends consideration of a presidential run in 2020

1 hour ago | My Sanantonio | 2 articles

HARRISBURG, Pa. - U.S. Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania is ending any consideration of joining a potentially crowded Democratic field running for president in 2020. Casey's...
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House committees to probe report Trump told lawyer to lie to Congress

1 hour ago | Reuters | 10 articles

Two leading Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives promised to investigate U.S. President Donald Trump's dealings with his personal lawyer Michael Cohen after a media...
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Congress to probe report that Trump directed lawyer to lie

1 hour ago | My Sanantonio | 5 articles

WASHINGTON - The Democratic chairmen of two House committees pledged Friday to investigate a report that President Donald Trump directed his personal attorney to lie to...
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Democrats: This New Report on Trump One of the Worst Yet

Michael Cohen has admitted that he lied to Congress about Donald Trump's ambition to build a tower in Russia. But a new report from BuzzFeed adds a wrinkle that has bombshell... Read more ...

Bruins cash in late for the win

After losing their previous two games, the Bruins were looking for standings points against the St. Louis Blues on Thursday at the Garden, not style points. And they got what... Read more ...

Vice President Says Outrage Over Wife Karen Pence's Discriminatory School Is...

Mike Pence's wife took a job teaching art at a school that bans LGBTQ families and individuals, HuffPost first reported Tuesday. Read more ...

Trump's Ex-Lawyer Cohen Acknowledges Scheme To Rig Polls In Presidential Race

Michael Cohen tweeted about what appeared to be another example of questionable actions he'd taken in order to help Trump's presidential ambitions. He already has pleaded... Read more ...

Trump Administration Appeals Ruling Blocking Citizenship Question On 2020 Census

The Trump administration is asking the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review the first major court ruling over plans to add a question about U.S. citizenship status to... Read more ...

Federal Immigration Agents Separated More Migrant Children Than Previously...

Before family separation became an official and controversial policy of the Trump administration, federal immigration agents separated "thousands" of migrant children from... Read more ...

How Strong Is The Islamic State In Syria?

ISIS has lost almost all its territory, but it claimed a suicide bombing that killed four Americans. The extremist group is still believed to have thousands of fighters who... Read more ...

Thousands More Migrant Children Were Separated From Parents, New Watchdog...

A new report shows that in 2017, government officials noticed a "steep increase" in separated children in detention centers. Read more ...

ICE Tried To Deport This U.S. Citizen And Marine Veteran

Last month federal immigration authorities took Jilmar Ramos-Gomez into custody to face possible deportation. He was born in Grand Rapids, Mich., served in the Marines and saw... Read more ...

Feds: Georgia Man Was Plotting White House Attack

A 21-year-old Georgia man has been arrested for allegedly plotting to attack the White House and other federal buildings, CNN reports. Authorities say Hasher Taheb planned to... Read more ...

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Democratic governors seek unemployment benefits for shutdown workers