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Renée Graham Now that California’s Kamala Harris has announced for president, conspiracy theorists are making up the same lies about her citizenship that Barack Obama faced.  Michael A.

Renée Graham Now that California’s Kamala Harris has announced for president, conspiracy theorists are making up the same lies about her citizenship that Barack Obama faced.  Michael A.

Renée Graham Now that California’s Kamala Harris has announced for president, conspiracy theorists are making up the same lies about her citizenship that Barack Obama faced.  Michael A.

MORE. Trump took to Twitter to list a group of former government officials that he alleged had lied in the past, without offering specifics. "If Roger Stone was indicted for lying to Congress, what about the lying done by Comey, Brennan, Clapper, Lisa Page & lover, Baker and soooo many others?" Trump wrote, referring to multiple former national security and law enforcement officials he has repeatedly criticized. "What about Hillary to FBI and her 33,000 deleted Emails? What about Lisa & Peter’s deleted texts & Wiener’s laptop?

Tight city budgets were stretched thin during the 35-day partial shutdown, and some officials fear the damaging financial effects will extend beyond the reopening of the federal government. Cities across the country in recent weeks have stepped in to fill shortfalls left by shuttered federal agencies. Some, like Washington, D.C., offered no-interest loans or mortgage assistance to furloughed federal workers.

MORE signed a three-week funding bill on Friday night, formally bringing an end to the partial government shutdown without securing money for a border wall. Trump skipped the fanfare of a public signing ceremony and instead signed the continuing resolution (CR) behind closed doors at the White House, less than 12 hours after he reversed course and said he had agreed to punt the funding fight.  It was the latest sign that the shutdown, which consumed Washington for 35 days, is

MORE raised the white flag of surrender on Friday, bringing an end to a partial government shutdown in its 35th day despite not getting funding for his border wall. Weakened by negative opinion polls, growing restiveness in his own party and mounting beyond-the-Beltway problems including snarl-ups with air travel, Trump consented to reopening the government for three weeks. The Senate and the House in short order passed a stopgap spending bill by voice vote, and the president signed it into law without any public ceremony. Speaking in the White House Rose Garden earli

Ties to Wall Street and corporate interests are raising concerns about a number of high-profile Democratic candidates considering White House bids as the party moves to reduce the influence of big money in campaigns. Sens.

Speaking before the 2019 Desert Town Hall series in Indian Wells, California, this week, Christie said that while he doesn’t envision himself mounting a bid against Trump, he told attendees, “Never say never,” according to KESQ. Christie, who is on a media blitz promoting his soon-to-be-released memoir Let Me Finish: Trump, The Kushners, Bannon, New Jersey and the Power of In-Your-Face Politics, ended his 2016 presidential run following a disappointing finish i

Speaking before the 2019 Desert Town Hall series in Indian Wells, California, this week, Christie said that while he doesn’t envision himself mounting a bid against Trump, he told attendees, “Never say never,” according to KESQ. Christie, who is on a media blitz promoting his soon-to-be-released memoir Let Me Finish: Trump, The Kushners, Bannon, New Jersey and the Power of In-Your-Face Politics, ended his 2016 presidential run following a disappointing finish i