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President Donald TrumpA s re-election campaign released a new ad on Saturday that attacks Democrats as being complicit in murders committed by illegal aliens in the U.S. The new campaign ad came just hours after the Democrats voted to shut the government down as they prioritized illegal aliens over American citizens. The ad features illegal alien Luis Bracamontes, 37, who is on trial for murdering two police officers and shooting a motorist in the head.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks to the chamber on the first morning of a government shutdown after a divided Senate rejected a funding measure last night, at the Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Jan.... . Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., arrives for a meeting of fellow Republicans on the first morning of a government shutdown after a divided Senate rejected a funding measure, at the Capitol in Washington, Saturday,... .
A top White House official said Republicans have been "showing flexibility" while trying to get a deal with Democrats on immigration that will lead to the federal government reopening. "I think you've seen us move.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Sunday said President Trump and the Republicans have "played" the government shutdown to their advantage. Gingrich, a Georgia Republican, said the Democrats erred in opposing a spending bill to keep the government open with their demand to protect the Obama-era program that shields young immigrants brought to the United States by their parents from deportation.
The White House's top negotiators in the budget impasse said President Trump is open to working out a deal to protect young immigrants from deportation, a sticking point in talks as the government entered its second day of the shutdown . "The president is absolutely interested and wants to get DACA fixed," White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney told CNN's "State of the Union," referring to the Obama-era Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals.
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Sunday that the Trump administration would not reopen talks with Democratic lawmakers on "illegal immigration" until the U.S. government shutdown had concluded. During remarks to troops at a military facility in the Middle East, Pence said Democrats were playing politics with military personnel pay.
Mick Mulvaney stormed Washington as a tea party lawmaker elected in 2010, and he hasn't mellowed much as director of the Office of Management of Budget at the White House. In both spots, he's been at the center of a government shutdown.
The U.S. government shut down at midnight after Congress failed to resolve a partisan standoff over immigration and spending. In a late-night vote, Senate Democrats blocked a bill that would have kept the government running for four weeks.
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.
A neighbor of Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., intends to plead guilty to a federal felony charge after he tackled the senator in November in an attack set off by the placement of a pile of brush, the man's lawyer said Friday.
People gather for a Women's March, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, in Los Angeles. On the anniversary of President Donald TrumpA a a s inauguration, people participating in rallies and marches in the U.S. and around the world Saturday denounced his views on immigration, abortion, LGBT rights, women's rights and more.
The Trump campaign came out with an explosive new campaign ad Saturday night that implies the Democrats could have blood on their hands because of the shutdown - arguing they will be "complicit in every murder committed by illegal immigrants." It shows footage of Luis Bracamontes, a 37-year-old man being tried on charges of killing two policy deputies in 2014 in a trial in California that began last week, according to the Sacramento Bee.
A former assistant police chief for a Kentucky police department allegedly instructed a police recruit to shoot black minors if he were to catch them smok... -- Two Americans and two Canadians who were kidnapped by gunmen in northern Nigeria earlier this week have been rescued, police said.The foreigners -- three m... Nebraska Extension will conduct chemigation certification training sessions beginning in February through early April at Scottsbluff, Sidney, Bridgeport, Alliance and Valentin... Kearney, Neb.
Billionaire couple who were found hanging in their Toronto home were MURDERED by multiple killers and the wife may have put up a fight, private investigators conclude 'I want my pin back': Scarlett Johansson calls out James Franco during her Women's March speech after Golden Globe winner was accused of sexual misconduct by five different women Trump is pictured at his desk receiving updates on the government shutdown as his new campaign ad accuses Democrats of being 'complicit' in all future murders by illegal immigrants Neo-Nazis supporting an anti-abortion protest and Antifa groups are set to clash in Knoxville as thousands hit the streets for peaceful Women's March Accused killer of gay Ivy League student was a white nationalist whose posts on social media grew more disturbing over time House of Horrors investigators 'will bring in cadaver dogs to look for the remains of MORE children ... (more)
WASHINGTON - Congressional leaders in both parties refused to budge publicly from their political corners Saturday on the first day of the government shutdown, avoiding direct negotiations and bitterly blaming each other for the impasse in speeches. But private glimmers of a breakthrough were evident by late Saturday, as moderate Democrats and Republicans began to rally behind a new short-term funding proposal to reopen the government through early February.
White House officials are due back in the Senate to try to reach an agreement putting an end to the shutdown before the start of the working week. Money for federal agencies technically ran out at midnight on Friday after government failed to agree on a vote that would have ensured stopgap funding.
Dr T.P. Wilkinson writes, teaches History and English, directs theatre and coaches cricket between the cradles of Heine and Saramago. He is also the author of Church Clothes, Land, Mission and the End of Apartheid in South Africa .
Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., left, GOP sponsor of the long-stalled Keystone XL pipeline bill, is joined by Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., right, as he makes his case at the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee during a markup to advance a bill to the floor, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. WASHINGTON - A bill to approve the Canada-U.S. Keystone XL oil pipeline cleared a key Senate committee Thursday, setting up a fight next week pitting newly empowered Republicans against President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats.
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.