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Michael A. Cohen The fact is, Americans are OK with raising taxes on super-rich Americans.  President Trump’s nominee for attorney general asserted independence from the White House on Tuesday, saying he believed that Russia had tried to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, that the special counsel investigation shadowing Trump is not a witch hunt, and that his predecessor was right to recuse himself from the probe.  House votes overwhelmingly to condemn white nationalism amid furor over Rep.

A bipartisan group of senators met on Monday night to search for a way out of the partial government shutdown, but made no visible progress toward breaking the weeks-long stalemate.  Democrats say their message in the meeting was that MORE has to fully reopen the federal government before they commit to serious negotiations about the border. "From the Dems’ standpoint, our point is clear, which is government’s got to be reopen before we have a discussion about border security," Sen.

The House this week is slated to take up two continuing resolutions (CRs) aimed at temporarily reopening the government as negotiations remain stalled over funding for
The upper chamber is not expected to take up the legislation if it makes it through the House, as Senate Majority Leader MORE (R-Ky.) has vowed not to bring any spending bills to the floor that the president won't agree to sign. Trump has made it clear he won't support any funding measure that doesn't provide ample funding for border security. 

Democrats vowed to introduce tough oversight of MORE if they won back the House majority, and they are signaling a new aggressiveness to meet their promises. Michael Cohen, Trump’s former personal attorney, is slated to testify before Congress publicly next month, an event that promises high drama as lawmakers question him on Trump’s dealings in Russia and his involvement in a scheme to pay off women alleging affairs with him during the 2016 campaign. Meanwhile, dueling reports have given Democrats momentum in further probing Trump’s actions and his conversations with

House GOP leaders moved Monday to remove Rep.

MORE on Monday rejected a proposal from a top legislative ally to reopen the government, even as a raft of polling suggested he is losing the battle for public opinion with Democrats over his demand for a border wall. Trump’s dismissal of the plan to end the partial shutdown offered by Sen.

From the walls surrounding Vatican City to Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) iron fence, below,  Breitbart News breaks down 20 walls, fences, and barriers from around the world. 1. The Walls of Vatican City and St. Peter’s Square Though Pope Francis has routinely blasted the enforcement of international borders, Vatican City and St. Peter’s Square are completely walled off from Italy. 2.