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Lawmakers Reach Deal on Border Wall Funding
6 monthes ago | By Newser
Congressional negotiators announced an agreement late Monday to prevent a government shutdown and finance construction of new barriers along the US-Mexico border, overcoming a late-stage hang-up over immigration enforcement issues that had threatened to scuttle the talks, the AP reports. Republicans were desperate to avoid another bruising shutdown. They tentatively...
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Congress reaches last-minute deal to avoid another government shutdown. ‘in principle'
6 monthes ago | By RT
US lawmakers say they have averted another partial government shutdown, reaching enough of a deal on border security to keep the government open through September 30, though the particulars remain up in the air.
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On Politics: Tentative Deal Reached to Avert Shutdown
6 monthes ago | By NY Times
House and Senate negotiators agreed “in principle” to provide $1.375 billion for physical barriers at the southwestern border, a deal that appears to be a victory for Democrats.
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Republicans Finance Congress Democrats United States Politics and GovernmentAfter Greenland Sale Rejected, Trump Cancels Denmark Trip
President Trump has called off a planned trip to Denmark because Prime Minster Mette Frederiksen has rejected the idea of selling him 98% of the kingdom's territory. After... Read more ...
Trump Unloads on Jews Who Vote Democrat
President Donald Trump says any Jewish people who vote Democratic show "either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty." Trump commented Tuesday amid his ongoing feud... Read more ...
Trump team braces GOP donors for a potential ‘moderate and short' recession
In public, President Donald Trump and top White House officials keep extolling the strength of the U.S. economy. In private, they're increasingly worrying about a global... Read more ...
Julián Castro Is 10th Democrat To Qualify For September Presidential Debate
The former HUD secretary made the cut just over a week before the deadline to hit polling and fundraising benchmarks. Less than half the field is likely to make it on stage in... Read more ...
Trump says he could tap Pompeo deputy to be new ambassador to Russia
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan "could very well be” his pick to be the new envoy to Russia. Speaking to reporters in the Oval... Read more ...
FDIC approves Volcker revamp, in latest move to roll back bank rules
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. board voted 3-1 Tuesday to give big banks more leeway to make risky short-term bets in financial markets by loosening a landmark but highly... Read more ...
Trump mulls scaling back proposed $4B in foreign aid cuts
President Donald Trump is considering abandoning a large portion of the billions of dollars in foreign aid cuts his budget hawks are pushing, as he finds himself torn again... Read more ...
Reps. Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar Encourage Colleagues To Visit Israel In...
“I call on all of you to go. The occupation is real. Barring members of Congress from seeing it does not make it go away,” Rep. Omar said. Read more ...
Jeffrey Epstein Signed Will Two Days Before Suicide, Records Show
The existence of the will, first reported by the New York Post, raised new questions about Epstein's final days. Read more ...
U.S. prisons chief removed after Epstein's death
WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr has removed the acting director of the Bureau of Prisons from his position more than a week after millionaire financier Jeffrey... Read more ...