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James Pindell | Ground Game By far the top priority for Democratic voters, according to a CNN poll out this week, is a candidate who has a “good chance to beat Trump.”   Opinion | Margery Eagan The economy may indeed be “thriving” for the near-rich, rich, and super rich.

James Pindell | Ground Game By far the top priority for Democratic voters, according to a CNN poll out this week, is a candidate who has a “good chance to beat Trump.”   Opinion | Margery Eagan The economy may indeed be “thriving” for the near-rich, rich, and super rich.

Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) on Monday night sought to counter MORE (D-Texas). O’Rourke generated excitement among Democrats nationwide in 2018 after coming within a few points of defeating GOP Sen. MORE in deep-red Texas. Shortly after his loss, O’Rourke was floated as a White House candidate, but has remained mostly quiet on a potential 2020 run, irking some Democrats. But last week, the former congressman reemerged and entered the national spotlight during an appearance with Oprah Winfrey.

Freshman Rep. MORE (D-Minn.) apologized on Monday for tweets suggesting that American lawmakers were motivated by money to defend Israel. Omar's apology came after she spoke with Speaker MORE (D-Mich.) over their views critical of Israel. "It's all about the Benjamins baby," Omar tweeted, referring to money. Omar then tweeted that AIPAC was paying American politicians to support Israel.

MORE on Monday knocked Beto O’Rourke, the former Texas congressman and potential 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, as the two men held competing rallies in the border city of El Paso, Texas. Trump traveled to the Lone Star State to make his case for a border wall.

MORE on Monday said he would build his long-desired wall along the southern border regardless of whether Congress approves funding for it. “Just so you know, we’re building the wall anyway,” Trump said at a campaign rally in El Paso, Texas, which sits directly across the Rio Grande from Mexico. Trump spoke shortly after lawmakers said they had reached a funding deal in principle to avoid another government shutdown set to begin on Saturday.

Lawmakers said on Monday night that they had reached an agreement "in principle" to avoid a second partial government shutdown set to begin on Saturday. “We’ve had a good evening. We’ve reached an agreement in principle between us on the Homeland Security and the other six bills,” Sen. MORE (R-Ala.) told reporters. Shelby announced the deal alongside Sen.

“The Democrats do not want us to detain, or send back, criminal aliens!” Trump wrote on Twitter. “This is a brand new demand. Crazy!” Democrats on the bipartisan compromise border security committee to fund the wall issued a demand for a “cap” on the number of beds used for detained illegal immigrants. “For far too long, the Trump administration has been tearing communities apart with its cruel immigration policies,” Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) said in a statement.

Rasmussen reports that the president’s approval rating is now at 52 percent, a nine-point jump in just ten days. Trump’s approval rating hit a low of 43 percent at the end of January, but strong jobs numbers released in February and a successful State of the Union address appear to have had an effect on his approval numbers. The last time that Trump