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“This is the wall,” Trump said to reporters who joined him on the trip. “It looks great.” The steel border barriers were at the Mexican border of Calexico, replacing existing fencing. “It’s better and much more effective than the previous wall. And we actually can do it faster and it’s less expensive if you can believe it,” Trump said.

WASHINGTON (AP) — In his first public appearance since several women said he had behaved physically inappropriately, former Vice President Joe Biden on Friday made light of his tendency to be affectionate while delivering a nostalgia-drenched speech aimed at winning back the white, blue collar workers who backed Trump in 2016. He criticized the president as ‘‘locked in the past.’’ But Biden, 76, evoked his own youth and even the life of his father in his speech to members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Biden recounted a time when he said the dignity of teachers, sanita

In a letter to the governor, the delegation expressed concern that $14 million dollars meant to expand early education was used to supplant child care programs, rather than to supplement them.   James Pindell | Ground Game South Bend, Ind. mayor Pete Buttigieg has been the candidate-du-jour for weeks following his acclaimed CNN town hall.   The proposal would ban motorists from touching a cellphone while driving except for a single touch to activate a call or mapping function.

SCOT LEHIGH It’s not just what he has to say, it’s the way he says it.   EDITORIAL The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s new policy on consulting firms might as well be called the “Incumbent Protection Act.”   In a letter to the governor, the delegation expressed concern that $14 million dollars meant to expand early education was used to supplant child care programs, rather than to supplement them.   James Pindell | Ground Game South Bend, Ind. mayor Pete Buttigieg has been the candidate-du-jour for weeks following his acclaimed CNN town hall.

SCOT LEHIGH It’s not just what he has to say, it’s the way he says it.   EDITORIAL The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s new policy on consulting firms might as well be called the “Incumbent Protection Act.”   In a letter to the governor, the delegation expressed concern that $14 million dollars meant to expand early education was used to supplant child care programs, rather than to supplement them.   James Pindell | Ground Game South Bend, Ind. mayor Pete Buttigieg has been the candidate-du-jour for weeks following his acclaimed CNN town hall.

SCOT LEHIGH It’s not just what he has to say, it’s the way he says it.   EDITORIAL The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s new policy on consulting firms might as well be called the “Incumbent Protection Act.”   In a letter to the governor, the delegation expressed concern that $14 million dollars meant to expand early education was used to supplant child care programs, rather than to supplement them.   James Pindell | Ground Game South Bend, Ind. mayor Pete Buttigieg has been the candidate-du-jour for weeks following his acclaimed CNN town hall.

MORE on Thursday after Trump tweeted a doctored video mocking allegations of unwanted touching against the former vice president.  "I see that you are on the job and presidential, as always," Biden tweeted.  His tweet came in response to an edited video shared by Trump that features footage from a statement Biden issued a day earlier in which he addressed the allegations. The 15-second clip features an image of Biden that has been edited into the footage t

House Judiciary Committee Chairman MORE and give Congress all correspondence between the Justice Department and Mueller’s office related to his final report. Nadler wrote to Barr Thursday after The New York Times and The Washington Post reported that some members of Mueller’s team had expressed concerns th

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People close to the former president say that he is standing behind Biden amid allegations from seven women that the former vice president made them uncomfortable by touching them inappropriately at public events.

“He's spent an infinite amount of time talking about his character, and they remain in touch and good friends,” the source said.

Senate negotiators say a deal on disaster relief is unlikely this week as MORE refuses to agree to more funding for Puerto Rico in the midst of a feud with public officials on the island.  Trump’s beef with Puerto Rico has put Senate Republicans from Midwestern and Southern states in a tough spot, because they say farmers in their home states need assistance immediately.  Instead of fast action, however, the standoff is going to stretch into next week.