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Posted at 6:00 pm on June 6, 2017 by streiff Earlier today these tweets were sent out by the @realDonaldTrump twitter account. What they refer to is several Arab states, led by Saudi Arabia, cutting off diplomatic and commercial ties with Qatar. When asked about it at today’s press conference, the Pentagon’s spokesman plead ignorance: Obvi

Posted at 8:30 pm on June 6, 2017 by Jim Jamitis We’ve known for some time that unpaid White House Advisor and First Daughter, Ivanka Trump’s pet project involves federally mandated paid family and maternity leave. Her father has spoken positively about it, whether it’s because he actually supports it or just because she’s his daughter remains unclear to me. He’s a Republican but he is not an ideological conservative by any stretch of the imagination, so he may indeed like the idea. Federally mandating family leave is not really a Republican idea.

Posted at 9:32 pm on June 6, 2017 by streiff James Comey’s Thursday testimony is being promoted like a WWE event. In an open session there is damned little Comey can tell us that we don’t already know but the item that has everyone in DC on the edge of their seats is waiting for Comey to dish on conversations he had with Trump. Comey says Trump asked him to pull back on the investigation of Mike Flynn.

Posted at 10:00 pm on June 6, 2017 by Susan Wright I get it. I’ve also been in situations where I had to ask someone not to leave me alone with some guy, because he creeped me out. That’s something James Comey and I have in common, apparently. The New York Times is citing current and former law enforcement officials who have stated that after the private meeting between President Trum

Posted at 5:05 am on June 7, 2017 by Jennifer Van Laar Two Iranian state news agencies are reporting terror attacks in the capital city of Tehran. In one attack, suicide bomber, one of four “terrorists,” attacked a shrine to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. In a second attack, four gunmen opened fire in the Parliament building, and one attacker reportedly blew himself up. Iranian state TV says one of the attackers taking part in an assau

President Trump’s son Eric Trump on Tuesday said Democrats are “not even people” to him after their obstruction of his father’s agenda. “I’ve never seen hatred like this,” he said on Fox News’s “Hannity” Tuesday night. “To me, they’re not even people. It’s so, so sad. Morality’s just gone, morals have flown out the window and we deserve so much better than this as a country."  “You see the Democratic Party, they’re imploding. They’re imploding.

Kansas legislators on Tuesday voted to raise taxes by more than a billion dollars, rolling back steep tax cuts signed into law by Gov.

Rafael Bernal de The Hill explica lo que está en juego para el futuro de Puerto Rico, incluso la pelea para Medicaid, saliendo de la bancarrota y un voto sobre la estadidad. 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 ©2017 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.

The Hill's Rafael Bernal breaks down what's at stake for the future of Puerto Rico, including the fight for Medicaid, getting out of bankruptcy and voting on statehood.

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The Hill takes a look at the economic and political factors that contributed to the large financial debt Puerto Rico is currently working to address. ADVERTISEMENT Learn more in the video above. 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 ©2017 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.