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Senate Majority Leader MORE (R-Ky.) is giving 2020 hopefuls a choice: Show up in the Senate to vote or hit the presidential campaign trail. The Senate is moving forward with a mammoth defense bill and potentially a heated fight over MORE’s ability to take military action against Iran, even as several Democratic senators are expected to be rotating out to go down to Miami this week for the first Democratic presidential primary debate. It’s one of the first high-profile examples of the crowded White House fight spilling over into the day-to-day

Four House Democrats on Tuesday evening bucked party leadership and voted against a bill to provide $4.5 billion in emergency border funding.

The House passed a $4.5 billion border funding bill in a 230-195 vote on Tuesday after last-minute changes were made to the legislation to sway progressive and Latino lawmakers who previously weren’t on board.  The Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act, which aims to provide humanitarian aid and address the flow of migrants, faces a veto threat from the White House and an uphill battle in the upper chamber, which is slated to bring up its own border bill as soon as Tuesday. An amendment to the just-passed bill, unveiled by the

Special counsel Robert Mueller will publicly testify in front of the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees on July 17 following a subpoena, the panels’ chairmen said Tuesday.  “Pursuant to subpoenas issued by the House Judiciary and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence tonight, Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III has agreed to testify before both Committees on July 17 in open session,” Rep.

“It was purely a disgusting act by somebody who clearly has emotional problems,” Eric Trump told Breitbart News when reached by phone late Tuesday evening. “For a party that preaches tolerance, this once again demonstrates they have very little civility.

Vice President Mike Pence was headlining the launch of the Trump 2020 presidential campaign event when chanting broke out among what was described by New York Times Miami Bureau Chief Patricia Mazzei as a largely Cuban/Venezuelan/Nicaraguan American crowd, “Build the wall.” “We need four more years for President Donald Trump,” Pence said sparking the crowd to begin chanting those same words. It’s notable that Pence did this event in Miami on Tuesday because on Wednesday and Thursday in the same city the Democrat candidates for president will have their first debates in the same city.

Trump wrote on Twitter that Grisham will also assume the role as White House communications director, a position she held under the first lady. “I can think of no better person to serve the Administration & our country.

The new survey released on Tuesday afternoon from Crooked Media/Change Research shows Sanders has overtaken Biden in New Hampshire, leading the former Vice President 28 percent to 24 percent in the state, while Warren, who represents nearby Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate, is coming up just behind them at 21 percent. South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg is next at 14 percent, then former Rep. Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke (D-TX) at four percent, Sen.

The first set of Democratic presidential debates are upon us. On Wednesday and Thursday night, a total of 20 candidates will take the stage in Miami to make their pitch to potential voters and break away from the crowded field. Here’s how to watch the debates and a look at who is participating: The debates will air Wednesday, June 26, and Thursday, June 27, from 9 to 11 p.m. The debate will air on NBC (in the Boston area, that’s NBC10 Boston), MSNBC, and Telemundo. The debates will be widely available online.

WASHINGTON — Special counsel Robert Mueller has agreed to testify publicly before two House committees after Democrats issued subpoenas to compel him to appear, the chairmen of the two committees announced Tuesday. The testimony from the former FBI director before the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees is likely to be the most highly anticipated congressional hearing in years, particularly given Mueller’s resolute silence throughout his two-year investigation into Russian contacts with President Donald Trump’s campaign.