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Michael A.

Michael A.

Michael A.

Efforts by centrist lawmakers to break away from their party leaders and build a compromise that would end the government shutdown are floundering. The failure to reach a consensus outside of leadership is another indication that the shutdown won’t end unless a deal is struck by the principals: Speaker MORE. The centrists’ idea was straightforward and simple: Write a letter urging Trump to reopen the government for three weeks and, in that time, negotiate a compromise on border security. But Trump earlier this week said he rejected a similar idea, and Vice President P

The Trump administration on Wednesday pushed back on Speaker MORE’s State of the Union address. “The Department of Homeland Security and the US Secret Service are fully prepared to support and secure the State of the Union,” Homeland Security Secretary MORE said on Twitter. Nielsen praised the service, which her department oversees, “for their mission focus and dedication and for all they do each day to secure our homeland.” The secretary’s comments are the administration’s first public response to Pelosi’s argument that the Jan.

House Democratic leaders averted a potentially divisive vote to censure embattled Rep. MORE (R-Iowa) despite a push from some rank-and-file members to take further punitive action. House Majority Leader MORE (D-Ill.) to the Ethics Committee, which was quickly adopted by voice vote. Democratic leaders had grappled Wednesday with how to proceed on efforts from Rush and Rep.

Speaker MORE to postpone his Jan.

MORE wraps up his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.

Breitbart News senior tech reporter Allum Bokhari revealed in an exclusive report on Wednesday that, despite Pichai’s sworn testimony, Google and YouTube use “blacklists” for “controversial YouTube queries” which contain a list of search terms the Silicon Valley giant considers sensitive.

Breitbart News senior tech reporter Allum Bokhari revealed in an exclusive report on Wednesday that, despite Pichai’s sworn testimony, Google and YouTube use “blacklists” for “controversial YouTube queries” which contain a list of search terms the Silicon Valley giant considers sensitive.