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Michael A. Cohen There’s no crisis at the border, but there is a democratic crisis within the GOP.  JEFF JACOBY Benjamin Harrison had an illustrious family name and a gift for public speaking. He also had a personality problem.   Capital Source “I was fortunate to have the means to be able to recoup the funds that I personally gave to my campaigns, and I felt it was the right time to do so,” Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito said.

Michael A. Cohen There’s no crisis at the border, but there is a democratic crisis within the GOP.  JEFF JACOBY Benjamin Harrison had an illustrious family name and a gift for public speaking. He also had a personality problem.   Capital Source “I was fortunate to have the means to be able to recoup the funds that I personally gave to my campaigns, and I felt it was the right time to do so,” Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito said.

Michael A. Cohen There’s no crisis at the border, but there is a democratic crisis within the GOP.  JEFF JACOBY Benjamin Harrison had an illustrious family name and a gift for public speaking. He also had a personality problem.   Capital Source “I was fortunate to have the means to be able to recoup the funds that I personally gave to my campaigns, and I felt it was the right time to do so,” Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito said.

House Democrats are vowing an aggressive response to MORE's emergency declaration at the southern border, mulling ways to block his go-it-alone approach with legislation, legal action, or both. Yet party leaders are in no immediate rush to show their hand, instead hoping to keep the focus on growing GOP divisions while pressuring more Republicans to oppose the president's unilateral power play. Heading into the weeklong Presidents Day recess, the office of Speaker MORE (D-Calif.) is distributing a spreadsheet to members logging a host of wide

MORE on Friday declared a national emergency to bypass Congress and spend roughly $8 billion on barriers along the southern border, a big step toward building his long-promised wall that also comes with significant political and legal risk. Trump's move, announced in a rambling, improvised address from the Rose Garden shortly after signing the declaration, will launch a fierce constitutional battle in the courts with lawmakers and outside groups who say the president overstepped his authority. “I am going to be signing a national emergency,” Trump said after a long in

State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert withdrew her name from consideration for the nomination of U.S.

Sen. MORE (I-Vt.) is expected to launch a 2020 presidential exploratory committee next week, according to two people familiar with the plans. Sanders is gearing up to release a video in the coming days announcing his exploratory committee.

Democrats this week used the one-year anniversary of the deadly Parkland, Fla., high school shooting to advance legislation cracking down on access to firearms in states across the country. Bills moved not in blue states, but in purple states like Nevada and New Mexico where Democrats hold newfound political power. And on Capitol Hill the day before Thursday’s anniversary, a House committee approved a measure that would require background checks on firearm sales. Rep.

Addressing hundreds of supporters in the Bronx, the freshman lawmaker even had a swearing-in ceremony before uttering mostly platitudes. Defending the Green New Deal after she and her office botched the rollout to much ridicule this week, the Democratic-Socialist claimed that the “Green New Deal is the legislation of indigenous communities in the United states” and many others. “The Green New Deal is the legislation of the residents of Flynt.

Addressing hundreds of supporters in the Bronx, the freshman lawmaker even had a swearing-in ceremony before uttering mostly platitudes. Defending the Green New Deal after she and her office botched the rollout to much ridicule this week, the Democratic-Socialist claimed that the “Green New Deal is the legislation of indigenous communities in the United states” and many others. “The Green New Deal is the legislation of the residents of Flynt.