U.S Senator who lost both her legs in Iraq slams Trump as a ‘five-deferment draft dodger’

Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth said the U.S. president's attempts to pin the shutdown on Democrats, especially by using the military, were examples of him failing to take responsibility. Donald Trump's decision to accuse Democrats of not caring about the military is galling, said U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth, who lost both of her legs in the Iraq War.

Dick Polman: Michael Wolff’s Book Resonates Because Donald Trump Keeps Confirming It

Michael Wolff and I were talking backstage prior to his gig on Tuesday night at the Free Library of Philadelphia , and he confessed that he never saw it coming. He was convinced that he'd gotten the inside skinny about President Donald Trump's den of dysfunction, but in our info-saturated ecosystem, with Trump under scrutiny 24/7, who could have envisioned 11 printings within 12 days of release? After hanging out in the West Wing for nine months - Wolff concluded in his book that Trump is dangerous, incompetent, ignorant and unfit to serve.

Graham anticipates a breakthrough in shutdown negotiations

Moment a mother who left her daughter, 4, to die in a scalding bath that made her skin 'melt off' is arrested with her boyfriend for the brutal crime Lindsey Graham anticipates a 'breakthrough' in funding negotiations that could end the government shutdown TONIGHT as he claims to have brought five Democrats 'on board' Bitter ex-husband of late New York City sculptor left her work 'to rot at a drab Long Island gas station' after her cancer death in 2016 'There was blood everywhere': Woman dies after falling from her balcony on a Carnival cruise and landing several decks below - a year after man, 24, died when he fell overboard the same ship 'It's all guesswork': Scarlett Johansson under fire for eviscerating James Franco at the LA Women's March after DEFENDING Woody Allen and starring in THREE of his films New Jersey's new first lady, 52, tells Women's March crowd how she was sexually ... (more)

Donald Trump Re-Election Campaign Releases Disgusting Video Accusing…

The racist in the White House is now openly employing the most debased kind of incitement against his political opponents. Today's example is a new ad released by the Trump re-election campaign, complete with an ending that says "I'm Donald Trump and I approve this message" - accusing Democrats who oppose his insane border wall fantasy of being "complicit in every murder committed by illegal immigrants."

‘Ridiculous on both sides’: Government shutdown continues; so do negotiations

President Donald Trump's budget director is holding out hope that feuding Democrats and Republicans in Congress can reach a short-term spending agreement before the start of the workweek Monday, but he worries that the government shutdown could last for several more days if progress remains elusive. Democratic lawmakers challenged the president to get more involved and to accept bipartisan compromise as a way out of a shutdown that entered its second day Sunday amid finger-pointing from both parties as to who bears primary responsibility.

Trump campaign ad: Democrats will be ‘complicit in every murder committed by illegal aliens’

President Donald Trump's re-election campaign released a YouTube ad Saturday that claims Democrats will be "complicit in every murder committed by illegal aliens" if they stand in the way of the president's agenda. The ad was released on the first day of the government shutdown, and the one-year anniversary of Trump's presidency.

Galvanized by #MeToo, global female empowerment marches enter second day

Marches are set for Miami, Melbourne and Munich, with a rally in Las Vegas launching an effort to register one million voters to target swing states Protesters hold up placards and chant during the Women's March in London on January 21, 2018 as part of a global day of protests, a year to the day since Donald Trump took office as US president. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.

Eric Trump on government shutdown: ‘Honestly, I think it’s a good thing for us’

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President Trump Goes to Davos

The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, getting under way this week in the Alpine town of Davos, Switzerland, has long been known as much for its socializing and its parties as for its serious discussions of policy. But the organizers do their homework, and last Wednesday the W.E.F. released its Global Risks Report 2018, detailing how factors such as interstate conflicts, earthquakes, market bubbles, and a severe energy-price shock could affect the well-being of populations and businesses around the world.

Today In History, Jan. 21: Women’s March

One year ago: A day after Donald Trump's inauguration, more than 1 million people rallied at women's marches in the nation's capital and cities around the world to send the new president an emphatic message that they wouldn't let his agenda go unchallenged. In 1937, Count Basie and his band recorded "One O'Clock Jump" for Decca Records .

Democrats, GOP exchange charges of blame for shutdown Source: AP

Feuding Democrats and Republicans in Congress are trying to dodge blame for a paralyzing standoff over immigration and showing few signs of progress on negotiations needed to end a government shutdown. The finger-pointing Saturday played out in rare weekend proceedings in both the House and Senate, where lawmakers were eager to show voters they were actively working for a solution - or at least actively making their case why the other party was at fault.

Trump the dealmaker comes up short ahead of shutdown

He wrote a book on the art of negotiation and was elected to office claiming he alone could end Washington gridlock, but President Donald Trump's latest attempt to broker a big, bipartisan deal has turned into a big mess. The failure to find consensus on immigration and spending is a blow to Trump's presidency on the one-year anniversary of his inauguration - and perhaps more painfully, a blow to his brand as a wheeler-and-dealer.

Trump Campaign Ad on Murder Raises Heat in Shutdown Fight

President Donald Trump, accompanied by from left, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, speaks to reporters at Camp David, Jan. 6, 2018. U.S. President Donald Trump's presidential campaign on Saturday issued a new video ad calling Democrats "complicit" in murders committed by illegal immigrants, during a government shutdown partly triggered by an impasse over immigration.