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The White House has sent its wish list for a likely stopgap spending bill to the House and Senate Appropriations committees, highlighting their priorities as Congress barrels toward the Oct. 1 funding deadline.  The Hill 1625 K Street, NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20006 | 202-628-8500 tel | 202-628-8503 fax The contents of this site are ©2019 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.

U.S. and Chinese officials have agreed to meet in early October for a new round of negotiations amid the continuing trade war between the nations, officials from both nations said Wednesday night. U.S. Trade Representative according to CNBC, which was the first to report news of the meeting. A U.S.

MORE on Wednesday displayed a map that he said reflected Hurricane Dorian's original path, but the image appeared to be manually altered with a marker to show the storm's trajectory continuing toward Alabama. Trump later told reporters that he did not know anything about the changed map, but was adamant that original forecasts called for Alabama to be impacted by the hurricane. The president referenced the map during an Oval Office briefing on the government's efforts to monitor and respond to Dorian as it made its way up the East Coast.

Vice President Pence’s office is engulfed in controversy set off by his two-night stay in Ireland at one of MORE’s family properties. Pence stayed at Trump International Golf Links & Hotel in Doonbeg on Ireland’s west coast despite his meetings the same day in Dublin, which is on Ireland’s east side and 182 miles away. The curious decision also came with a shifting story about why Pence ended up at Trump's property in Doonbeg. The vice president’s chief of staff said Trump had suggested Pence stay at the Doonbeg golf club, though Pence’s office later that day said

The activism of Greta Thunberg — including refusing to fly on a plane — has gained international attention from both those who agree with her climate agenda that calls for giving up fossil fuels and meat and those who see her as a pawn in the hands of much older climate zealots whose politics are distinctly as far left as their climate plans. And because she is just 16 years old, the debate takes on a different twist: Adult climate change deniers are bullying a kid who just wants to save the planet. Andrew Mitrovica, a climate change believer who lives in Canada,

The latest Harvard/Harris Poll finds that 2020 presidential candidates who want to increase overall immigration to the U.S. — while the country already admits 1.5 million foreign nationals every year — are the least likely to win over American voters. When all U.S.

“This is the hardest thing we will have done certainly in my lifetime as a country, this on par with winning World War II,” he said.

Biden was in the middle of speaking when his eye appeared to fill with blood, and he seemed not to notice. The incident instantly gained attention on social media. Afterwards, Biden tweeted, “We can’t turn a blind eye to the way in which environmental burdens are distributed unevenly along racial and socioeconomic lines”: Biden, 76, has already been facing questions over his age and health amid a string of verbal gaffes and mixing up details of a dramatic story involving three separate incidents related to Afghanistan. Biden also has a

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Mark Esper approved the use of $3.6 billion in funding from military construction projects to build 175 miles (282 kilometers) of President Donald Trump’s wall along the Mexican border. Pentagon officials would not say which 127 projects will be affected but said details will be available Wednesday after members of Congress are notified. They said half the money will come from military projects in the U.S.

You’ve heard it before: There’s Brexit-related turmoil in London as Britain faces an Oct. 31 deadline to leave the European Union. This week, tension boiled over as Parliament tried to block Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s threat to leave the EU without a trade deal in place if Parliament does not approve one.